Are you struggling to make money in Kenya? Earning money in Kenya as a Gen Z is possible and easy. Not every job requires digital devices like smartphones, tablets, and laptops; rather, it requires human power, creativity, and practical skills. If you are looking for a business you can start today, below are 10 profitable ideas worth considering with your time and resources.

Sometimes making money does not require a lot of capital or a lot of energy, just a little spirit and the will to excel. With the right mind, the most complex things in life seem so simple.

1. Selling Second-Hand Clothes (Mitumba)

When selling second-hand clothes, you have to decide whether you will be selling from your own wardrobe or purchasing at wholesale prices. If you are near a school amenity or town center, then you can set up a temporary, trendy seasonal clothes stall, and if it’s where many people pass by regularly, then you can set up a market stall.

  2) Food business

Another good low-capital business to start in Kenya is selling street food like smokies, samosas, chips, bhajias, sausage, and boiled eggs on busy roads near bus stages, campuses, markets, and offices. One can also sell packaged meals, smoothies, fresh juice, and snacks.

  3) Selling Handmade Products

Know the targeted population around your home area. One can sell jewelry like necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings, or even crocheted bags and purses. You can set up a stall at a high-foot-traffic place and attend seasonal markets during marketing days for broader exposure. You can accept mobile payments since they are widely used as compared to cash.

4) Photography And Videography

One can earn a lot of money at events by recording the event and taking a lot of photos at events like birthdays, graduations, and weddings. You can also make money by carrying out street fashion shoots using a smartphone and a DSLR camera.

 5) Laundry services and home cleaning

Many people all over Kenya are busy with their work, and some students are lazy and occupied, therefore lacking time to clean their clothes. You can purchase some equipment and begin washing, drying, ironing, and delivering clothes for payment. This is because many people pay for laundry services. You can not only do home laundry service but also office laundry service.

 6) Beauty services and barbering

If you have skills in hair braiding, nail art, or basic makeup, you can easily render beauty services to clients where you go to the client’s home, therefore reducing rental costs and building trust with the client. You can also provide hair-cutting services and add services like beard grooming, hair washing, selling hair products, and hair accessories.

7) Selling phone accessories

This is also a good way for Gen Z to earn money. Many people use smartphones and need replacements. You can sell items such as phone protectors, phone covers and cases, chargers and USB cables, earphones and headphones, power banks, and phone stands and holders. You can join this business with phone repair, mobile money services, and printing.

8) Event Planning And Decoration

Many people have weddings, birthdays, baby showers, and graduations, and they require an experienced and professional event planner to make the event attractive and well-organized. With creativity and by rendering quality services, your business can grow to be more profitable.

9) MC and DJ services

You can make money as a DJ and MC by offering sound system services with payment, hosting weddings, birthdays, and baby shower events, and providing music services during parties. With talent, passion, and positive relationships with people, your business can expand.

10) Branding and printing services

This is a profitable business because schools, organizations, and businesses need branded clothes, where you create attractive designs and print them on different products to help individuals promote their brand. Branding is done mostly on T-shirts and hoodies.