Kenya - Startup under 3 years old

Décrivez votre projet en quelques mots

My project is selling of secondhand handbags, but in future if I can get enough capital I will specialise on all other types of bags eg school bag,Travelling bags,shopping bags ,sport bags,makeup bags swimming bags.

01.01 Décrivez votre startup en détail

Hi,am Nancy Mutwa Muli aged 34 year,a single parent of 3 kids,a I live in a slum called Kibera in Nairobi Kenya. For the living i sell ladies handbags since am the only breadwinner of my 3 kids and my 5 siblings who also stays in Kibra slum in Nairobi Kenya since my mother is a mama vua(she washes cloth for the people and it is not guaranteed per week she can get that job once or twice)Because of that reason I have been struggling day and night to pay school fee of my 3 kids who are in primary school and my 2 siblings who are in high school my mother is also a single parent. As I said my business of selling ladies handbags is located in a market called Toi market which is also in Kibera slum in Nairobi Kenya.

01.02 Quel est le problème principal que vous essayez de résoudre ?

1.To pay school fee of my 3kids who are in primary school and my 2siblings who are in high school. 2.Since our house we stay in is in a very bad condition it is made of iron sheets one side and the other side mud which is almost collapsing down it's if I get money I will renovate it. 3.Also our latrine is full I have been struggling to get money in order to call people who removes that waste when it full but nothing is working out. 4.The owner who has been renting kibanda(shop) for me at market where my business has been taking place for those 2 years has given me a notice to ether by that kibanda Ksh 4000,000 otherwise he is going to sell it to somebody else's because he want to use that money for treatment of his mother who is addimmited at hospital suffering from kidney failure so have been struggling day and night inoder to rescue my shop from been sold to somebody else but nothing seems to work kidly it is my polite request help me plz.

01.03 Dites-nous quels sont les principaux avantages et/ou bénéfices de l'utilisation du produit/service fourni par votre startup (au moins 3).

1.I have been paying school fees of my 3kids. 2.I have been paying school fees of my siblings. 3.I have been providing food to my kids and my siblings. 2.since my husband left us have been able to cloth them feed them and also pay there school fees even if they have been in and out of school because I cannot afford to pay school fees on time.

01.04 Veuillez décrire précisément à qui s'adresse le produit/service de votre startup. Quels sont les bénéficiaires visés ?

1.My kids because am the only parent who they are looking at to support them in other word am the mother and at same time father I will pay there school fees. 2.For sure our house is in a very BAD CONDITION because it is made of mud and old iron sheets which is almost collapsing down so my startup's product is going to help renovate it hence I and my kids benefitting from it. 5.I my self be a beneficiary because my kibanda (shop ) where I run my business is in a risk of being sold to another person because the owner told me is either I buy it or he bring other person to buy it because his mother is addimmited at hospital suffering from kidney failure and he want that money to take her to India for treatment as soon as possible yet I don't have that ksh 4000,000 he is selling that shop yet my customers were used to that shop it means if am not buying it am going to lost my customers so if I'll get that money am going to rescue my shop.

01.05 Quand votre entreprise a-t-elle été créée ?

02/03/2022

01.06 Vendez-vous déjà votre produit/service ?

Oui

01.07 Combien y a-t-il de propriétaires de votre entreprise en plus de vous ?

0

01.08 Parmi les autres propriétaires, combien sont des femmes ?

0

01.09 Veuillez décrire le profil des autres propriétaires de votre startup (compétences, expérience, etc.).

Within my startup am the only owner since I started With ksh 30,000 which I borrowed from my friend and from there I joined merry-go-round in the market I paid her through it The same money from merry-go-round I normally use it to support my business and pay school of my 3kids and my siblings who in high school because my mother's job is not guaranteed because she is a mama vua (she washes cloth for people in the slum)and per week she can get that job once or twice so she cannot depend on that money to pay school fees and she is widow.

01.10 Si vous avez un site web, une page sur les médias sociaux (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin...) ou une application, veuillez fournir le(s) lien(s) ici :

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560561668505&mibextid=ZbWKwL

01.11 Quel est le secteur d'activité qui décrit le mieux votre entreprise ?

Autre : I sell bags eg ladies handbags

02.01.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Pas de pauvreté'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.01.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Agre=7 After school those kids have been educatting they are going to get skill on how they are going to earn money hence fighting poverty.

02.02.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Faim Zéro'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.02.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

After educating all this kids they are going to get skills which will enables them in one way or other ether starting their own business hence depending on themselves leading to zero hunger

02.03.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Bonne Santé et Bien Être'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.03.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

For example if am going to get money I am going to renovate our house and I will have done away with coldness in our house which has been affecting my kids every now and then they have been running noise due to coldness because our house is having holes every coner because mud is old enough it has been collapsing down every now and then and iron sheets is old and wonout so the renovation of that house will result to Good health and well being justification .

02.04.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Éducation de Qualité'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.04.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

I strongly disagree because my kids and my siblings have been in and out of school because I can't afford to pay school fees on time.

02.05.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Égalité entre les Sexes'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.05.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because mostly I specialise on ladies handbags reason my business is not stable enough where by if I could be having enough capital I could have brougt bags for both gender eg sports bags for men,backpacks for both gender,tools bags,swimming bags makeups bags,laptop bags,shopping bags whereby currently don't have.

02.06.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Eau Propre et Assainissement'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.06.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

I disagree because in our slum(Kibera ) the big number don't have latrines starting with me where by latrine is already full of waste and cannot afford to call those people who normally empty those latrines. Even you will also find single room at the same time is a bedroom,at the same time is the kitchen and also bathroom resulting to poor sanitation like in my case we are sharing single room 7 people.

02.07.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Énergie Propre et Abordable'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.07.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because I my self in our house the energy we use it not genuine I mean people who connected it are not qualified it mighty cause damages an time and that is why electricity bunning houses in our slum is not something new. Aslo in our slum Kibera other people are using stops to cook which is harmful to our heath.

02.08.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Travail Décent et Croissance Économique'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.08.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Yes because in our market we pay taxes to our county government twice per week hence leading to decent work and economic growth.

02.09.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Industrie, Innovation et Infrastructure'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.09.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Strongly Agree because the more the customer keep on buying the more bags are manufactured.

02.10.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Réduction des Inégalités'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.10.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because the more customers keeps on buying the more there is a exchange of money

02.11.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Villes et Communautés Durables'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.11.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because the more there is amovement of money in business the more the cities are growing

02.12.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Consommation et Production Responsables'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.12.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because after customers buying my handbags am not sure they uses them responsibly.

02.13.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Lutte contre les Changements Climatiques'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.13.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because am not sure whether there is any way bags affecting climate.

02.14.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Sous-Marine'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.14.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because we are not near to those sources of water even in our slum kibera there is a scarcity of water.

02.15.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Vie Terrestre'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.15.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because pupils are benefitting from the bags I sell to there parents through taking care of there books hence contributing to life on land.

02.16.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Paix, Justice et Institutions Efficaces'

7 - tout à fait d'accord

02.16.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because where there is educated people there is people.

02.17.01 Ma startup contribue à l'objectif 'Parteneriats pour la Réalisation des Objectifs'

1 - pas du tout d'accord

02.17.02 Justification de la contribution de ma startup

Because I don't have any partner in my business.

06.01 Un grand nombre de clients utilisent déjà un produit/service très similaire au nôtre.

7 = Tout à fait d'accord

06.02 Notre produit/service représente un type de produit/service entièrement nouveau

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

06.03 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une nouvelle technologie

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.04 Notre produit/service est une amélioration d'un produit ou d'un service existant

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.05 Notre produit/service pourrait être décrit comme une extension d'une gamme de produits ou de services

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.06 Notre produit/service répond à une demande ou à un besoin qui n'a pas été satisfait par d'autres produits/services.

7 - Tout à fait d'accord

06.07 Notre produit/service est une nouvelle version d'un ancien produit/service

1 - Pas du tout d'accord

06.08 Justification

It is a new version because just as cloth goes with new version the same applies to handbags because ladies like muching there clothes with bags

06.09 Analyse compétitive

1.My immediate neighbours, I know how to use sweet lunguage to customers yet my competitors does not. 2.I have good selection of bags yet my competitors don't have. 3.I do keep my business records but imy competitor does not. 4. I know how to apply proposition value to my business but my competitor doesn't apply. 5.I do keep time (I open my business on time but my competitor doesn't keep time)

11.05 Menez-vous des actions au sein de votre communauté pour promouvoir le rôle des femmes entrepreneurs ?

Yes because mostly I do sell ladies handbags when they come to buy I do take short time talk to them and educate them the important of being self independent because since my husband left me have been standing firm with our kinds and educating them and giving them any support they need .