Investment Opportunities in Nairobi County that You Can Start for as Low as 10,000 Shillings

Nairobi is known all over the world for being a city with a National Park in it. However, there is more to Nairobi County than meets the eye. It is a muscular city with a touch of cosmopolitan charms that range from a ton of investment opportunities, beautiful places to visit, eat, and indulge in an exciting nightlife.

If you are a Nairobian, a Kenyan, or a visitor passing through Nairobi County, you won’t help but notice that the region offers nothing but beautiful ideas for businesses and enterprises. Before  I give you some of the best ideas you can inject your idle cash into, here are notable aspects about Nairobi County that will facilitate your investment opportunities.

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• Population

People in Nairobi are packed. It has the highest population density 6,474 people per square kilometer. The population is growing at 4.1 percent annually. In fact, the growth of the metropolitan area stands at 3.1 percent against the national and global average growth rate of 2.5 percent and 1.2 percent.

You know what this means, right? It means that should you establish a business, you won’t lack clients or customers. We are here, aplenty.

• Infrastructure

The infrastructure in Nairobi is welcoming. Well, apart from a few quibbles in a specific area, the road traversing through the city’s outskirts are paved and with the availability of dual carriageways, moving or transporting things from one place to another is easy. Unless, of course, when it is the rush hour.

People move from one place to another using public transport, personal cars, train (with 15 railway stations within the county and five stations outside in the nearby Kiambu County), and taxi services like Uber, Bolt, and Little Cab to name a few.

The best part of it all is that there are numerous car parks within and outside the city, which means that if you own a car, you won’t lack a place to pack! Wait, a car park is a brilliant business idea, don’t you think?

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Nairobi County gets piped water. There are also water vendors and boreholes in various parts that supplement the piped source. The city has the highest water coverage of 81 percent with the metropolitan area standing at 59 percent.

The region receives enough electricity with the City and its surrounding consuming more than 50 percent of the country’s electricity due to its vibrant and lively industries.

Nairobi County’s Metropolitan Area is served by two airports; the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), located along Mombasa Road, with a capacity of 7.5M passengers annually and 43 aircraft, and the Wilson Airport, located along Lang’ata Road, with a capacity of approximately 120,000 passengers and 33 small-scale aircraft.

• Financial Institutions

There are plenty of financial institutions totaling 47 commercial banks, 2 licensed mortgage finance institutions, 8 authorized non-operating bank holding companies and 13 licensed microfinance banks.

You don’t have to worry about where to invest or save your money.

• Communication

Kenya is known for being the M-Pesa country, a mobile money service that was the first of its kind in Africa. The product was born out of the communication system. Nairobi County’s mobile network coverage stands at 99 percent, that means it is excellent!

The county has mobile network coverage of about 99%.

• Commerce

Nairobi City carries out trade links with the outside world including Asia, the Middle East, Europe, as well as the US. It has, for a long time been the hub of business in East Africa with trade ranging from agricultural products, real estate industries, tourism sector and export and import of economic goods.

Nairobi is the commercial nerve center of the country that offers citizens with a variety of business opportunities. But what are these vibrant business ideas once can venture into in Nairobi?

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Investment Opportunities in Nairobi County

There is a lot that one can achieve or inject his or her expendable cash into. From the manufacturing industry to wholesale and retail sub-sectors, tourism to health investments, Nairobi County will never let you sleep.

It doesn’t matter if you are young or old, rich or poor, broke or loaded, there are ideas you can implement and reap something big from them.

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