Part two: business ideas 2019

I have already written another article on business ideas to try in 2019. Here is another list

·        Mini Power plant

Demand for power is on the rise. So many people have been added to the national grid over the last few couple of years. It is so nice to have power to use for various purposes. Not everyone is happy though. Some have complained of power outages. This greatly affects businesses that depend on power. When there is no power, no money is made. Some have complained of irregular bills. This month you pay a certain amount, the other month you are charged double. Others have complained about the cost of power. If your business needs power e.g. bakery, saloon, ice-cream vendor, welder you need electricity costs to be low so as to make profit. These problems can be addressed through accessing cheap and reliable electricity. These days, power can be generated efficiently using solar and wind power. Once you set up some solar panels and a windmill, you will be capable of producing electricity day and night. You can then sell this power to businesses in your area at a low cost. In areas where rivers are available, small hydro-powered turbines can be used to generate electricity. The biggest cost to this idea is during the setting up phase. Once the machines are up and running, you will only need to do repairs.

·        Biogas

Food is an essential part of survival. Most people eat meals which are cooked. In order to cook food, you need fuel. What are the options available? First there is electricity. This option is too expensive for most people. Second is charcoal. The problem is the availability of it. Sometimes it is there, sometimes it is banned. Another option is firewood. The problem with this option is that not everyone can use it. It is so hard to light firewood in an apartment building. Another option is using gas. This option is nice but not everyone can afford it. The last option on the list is biogas. Many people across the country use this option of cooking. They have found it to be the most affordable and environmentally friendly. Many people however cannot produce their own because they don’t own land to produce this commodity. This creates a business opportunity. The production of biogas is usually simple. All you need is the machine that creates the gas and fill it with animal waste in order for it to work. Some researchers have stated that vegetable waste produces more gas because it has not been broken down by the digestive systems of animals. If this is the case, then it may be better to use vegetable waste to produce the gas. Marketing this product will be fairly easy since cooking is a basic need.

·        3d printing

3d printing is a fairly new concept in today’s world. It basically involves printing a physical object in order for it to have three dimensions, length, width and height. Some of the early adopters of this technology used it to make 3d models of people from their digital photos. The uses of this technology, in theory, is limitless. For example I was thinking about car parts. Minor accidents happen every day in our streets. Sometimes damages occur to your vehicles indicators or headlights. If you own a new model of a car brand or your car is the only one in the market, you may find it difficult to find a replacement part. One option you have is to park your car. The other option is to put a polythene bag over your lights (the police will eat you dry). Both these options are annoying. The third option would be to 3d print a new car part. All you need is a digital photo of the car part that broke off. You can do this by taking a photo of the remaining good lights. Next you upload the photo to your 3d printer and wait for new car part to be finished. This process is more complicated than how I have described it here but there are many tutorials online. This can only be used as a temporary measure as you wait for the original car part to be available to you. 3d printers are very expensive so this idea requires a lot of capital.

·        Mobile homes

Almost everyone needs shelter. It’s hard though to find an affordable place to live in urban areas. This is because the cost of land and the cost of construction is very high. Landlords set rent at a high rate in order to quickly recover their cost. The cheapest places to live are normally found in adjacent counties. Every day as you commute, you always see a “kwaheri” billboard. This problem can be solved by the introduction of mobile homes. You don’t have to own land with this option. You can opt to lease land. Once you have a written agreement with the land owner, you just have to purchase mobile homes and park them on the land. You may do some research online on where you can find the cheapest option. You may need to set aside some cash for repairs if you opt to buy second hand. The beauty of this option is that if a tenant refuses to pay rent, all you have to do is drive off with the house. Another advantage is that if you want to go on vacation, you just hook the mobile house to your car and drive off to your preferred destination. Once you are there, you don’t need to spend money on a hotel.

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