10 Kenya Business Opportunities Online: Are you taking Advantage?

Practical Online Business Ideas for Kenyans

I previously wrote a post about Kenya Social media business opportunities that are slowly shaping how business is done online in Kenya; now let’s highlight a few online business opportunities that you can implement in Kenya. This post is intended to cover the scope of Internet based business ideas that have been tried, tested and proven to work well in Kenya. When you read through to the last letter of this post; you should gear up to start implementing one of these online business ideas.

10 Practical Online Business Ideas for Kenyans

1) Freelancing

Freelancing tops the list of the 10 business ideas that you can implement in Kenya. Since 2003 there has been a steady increase in the number of people offering freelancing services in Kenya. It is still the most common way of making money online in Kenya. Freelancing encompasses a wide range of services that range from writing, design, consultation, software development, project management, business services among other service.

 2) Blogging for Profits

Blogging for profits or blogging to make money is the second easiest ways to make money online in Kenya. This involves the creation of a blog and selling the advertisement space on this blogs. This is a business that is not capital intensive since you just require a domain name and a hosting plan to get started. You can also get a blog designed by a professional or less than 5k or even freely designed for you. The most important part of this way of making money is to provide the blog with consistent supply of fresh content. You make money through Google AdSense and other affiliate marketing advertisements.

3) Self Published Books

I am going to publish more content in future here about making money with self published books. It is a great way that you can also implement in Kenya to make money. In fact it is regarded as one of the easiest ways online to earn a consistent passive income. You can write a small book and publish in one of the self publishing platforms and you will make some money passively. I promise to write more practical guides on how to do this in a future post. 

4)      Hosting Services

Hosting is another way that you can use make money online in Kenya. Providing hosting in Kenya is a thriving business that we expect to see it grow to a large extent in a foreseeable future. More and more businesses are getting online and they are ready to pay for hosting services. 

5)      Domains Sale

Just like hosting the sale of domains is another easy way to start a business online in Kenya. Although there is some stiff competition, you can still manage to beat the competition with a good Digital Marketing Plan. I have analyzed most domain sellers and they don’t do good SEO. Toppling them to the top of search engines is easier than you think. Askme how

6) Local Business Services

Offering local business services online is a great way to make money online. You can offer a wide range of services to local businesses online, most importantly marketing services. You can reach the local businesses through a well designed website and good branding coupled by a great digital marketing plan.

7) Mobile Apps

One of my friends is making more than $1000 per month from monetizing the apps he develops. If you are good in development of apps, you can make a lot of money from these apps by adding ads on the Apps. This works the same way as Google AdSense and affiliate marketing. 

8) Software as a Service

Software as a service is the new way that the developers all over the world are making money with their software. In fact you can develop software and charge subscribers a certain fee per month to use the software. The best local example I can cite is Jambo Pay, Kopokopo, PesaPal and many others. 

9) Forex Trading

It is a great way to make money online world over for those who have money to invest. There are several ways you can use to authenticate whether a certain Forex trading platform is legit or scam. Take time to lean first before you plunge your hear earned money into bottomless abyss of internet scams! 

10)  Business on Social Media Kenya

In my previous post I highlighted the way Kenyans are doing business on Social Media particularly on Facebook. You can take this opportunity to make money online by selling your merchandise through social media pages like many other people are doing. You dong have to rent a shop space; just take a few photos of your merchandise and post it on the social media pages and you will get good leads that will convert to sales. 

The Golden Rule of Making Money Online is and will always be TAKE TIME TO LEARN…..If you can Ask an Expert, please do and count yourself lucky to receive such valuable advice for free! 

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