KAPAGI INFORMATION INSTITUTE-KII
Department of Training and Seminars
Entrepreneurship
Training
Tips
for Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Tanzania
Course Instructor: Peter K Kapagi (BAED)
Instructor Assistant: Edgar Kajolo
Venue: Seminar room at KII Head Office
Tanzanian
are getting trouble when want establish entrepreneurial business, some have
capital they didn’t know where to invest. Here are 17 entrepreneurship
opportunities.
1. Printing
industry
Printing
industry is growing now days due to the Information development as forces much
information to be published like advertisements, posters, calendars, banners,
books etc.
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Analog
machines
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Printing
cards, Brochures, banners, Posters, flayers, Postcards, Books, Exercise
Books, Notebooks, Graph papers, Stickers, Tickets, T-shirts printing
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Digital
machines
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2. Stationeries
Increase
of schools and colleges are good indicator that stationery demands increase for
learners and education institutions.
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Selling
and supplying of school materials to both individual and institutions
3. Full/Combined
stationary and secretarial services
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stationery
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Selling and supplying of school materials to
both individual and institutions
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secretarial
services
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Providing
secretarial services to individuals and institutions as well: Typing,
Printing, Card designing, Scanning, Binding, Copying etc.
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4. Food
processing
Food
demands are always high because population is increasing. Food processing
should be based on take away foods especially bites:
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Bakery
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Breads,
bun(andazi), Donat, Egg chops, Cakes, Meat ball(kababu)
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Colored
Baobab nuts (Ubuyu), Baobab Powder,
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Crips
making
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Chama/
Tingatinga
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Pop
corns
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5. Boutique
and Saloons
One
of the Tanzanian girls and women daily demands is fashions and beauty, so
Boutique and saloon services are best business especially in urban areas.
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Boutique
in general
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Cosmetics
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Saloon;
hair braiding, waving etc
6. Horticulture
Cultivation
of vegetables, onions, tomatoes etc all are consumed daily in families,
cafeteria and hotels.
7. Education
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Tuition
centers and learning centers for private candidates
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Private
laboratories for science tests because government school s lack laboratories
and experiment apparatuses.
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Establishing
Private secondary schools as the community lost hope towards government schools
performance.
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Private
nursery schools and English medium primary Schools are marketable as government
policy which is on swahili medium primary schools. People especially rich
people prefer English medium schools.
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Vocational
training centers
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Polytechnic
colleges: Agriculture, computers etc
Investment
capital for education depends on the type of institution, some need small
capital like nursery school, Tuition centers.
8. Entrepreneurship
seminars
Providing
seminars for entrepreneurship skills, teaching opportunities as well as
practical activities on Soap making, food processing etc
Payments
for seminars nowadays are minimum of 10000Tshs. So to have at least two
seminars per month with at least 100 attendances will make 1,000,000Tshs
9. Soap
making industry
Soap
is one of the daily needs, so its market is growing as population increase. It’s
simple to make soaps. For example Southern Highlands regions are using soups
form Dar es Salaam Industries so if you will try to invest in Soap making and
make good supply will be a best deals with satisfactory market.
10. Mobile
Phones stores
It’s
another growing trade; mobile phones are part of life, so people are travelling
long distance to find mobile phone stores. Due to the growing communication
network Mobile phones should be sold nearby customers.
11. Computer
Stores
As
mobile phones also Computer market is growing very fast as IT development. PC
users are increasing like workers and university students because much
information is computerized. Computer stores should be located out of Dar es
Salaam city but upcountry.
12. Full
commercial Agriculture
Commercial
agriculture is very productive but it needs big capital and tolerance because
it takes a long time produce. But its market is high for at every agricultural product
13. Candle
making machines
Even
if you have a single room you can make it as factory because candle making
machines are simple and occupy small area. It’s simple to make candles in
Tanzania as we have bee keeping industry and machines mix it with simple
skills.
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14. Chalk
making Machines
Chalks
are in high demand in schools. Chalk materials are available in Mbeya and chalk
making machines can be purchased from India South Africa with price less than
8,000,000/=. Effort needed after establishing chalk factory is strong supply,
promotion and advertisement so that because in Mbeya region chalks are
purchased from Singida and Dar ES Salaam, also Kenya, China and India.
15. Whiteboard
making
Whiteboard
making will be new innovation since nowadays are used for universities. But
whiteboards demand is for all students, teachers and instructors for all levels
of education. To establish it is to take risk on promoting the use of
whiteboards and influencing government policy on the use of whiteboards.
Whiteboard is healthily than blackboards.
16. Cloth
processing
As
fashion cloth processing is marketable in Tanzania. Batiki, Tshirt printing,
Hanger chiefs, etc
17. Hostel
investment.
One
of the growing demands is accommodation in Urban. Investing in hostel which
will be full accommodated would be a big deal. This investment need big capital
at least to build house with ten 10 room as starting point.
Hostels
can be in into two categories; students’ hostels and Ordinary hostels.
Hostel
Distribution table
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Category
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Rooms
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Capacity
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C/month
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Cost
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Total cost
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Students Hostel
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10rooms
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4students @room
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40 students total
per month
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30000@students per
moth
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30000 X 40
=1,200,000/=
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Ordinary Hostels
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10rooms
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1person @room
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10 people per month
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3000Tsh@ person/day
90000/=@personmonth
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90000 X 10= 900,000
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Total cost which would be
taken as gross profit is big compared to gross salary of Tutorial Assistant
which is estimated to Tsh, 800,000 and Education Officer II =Tsh.590,000
Success is not a miracle its results of desire, preparation, plan,
and hard work
People
are waiting for Changes, Changes they are waiting is us
PETER KAJOLO KAPAGI March
2014
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Mbeya.
Tanzania
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