Profitable Business ideas in Kenya

IS GYM A WORTHY INVESTMENT IN KENYA  With many people wishing to keep fit, a gym business is a lucrative venture with less competition. There are very few gymnasiums and the demand is high.  Many people working in offices have less time to exercise and they prefer to drop at your gym in the evening when they leave their workplaces. Laban Okemwa, a gym owner in Nairobi’s Karen estate had not really thought of investing in a fitness space until his customers got stranded. “Three years ago, one of the gyms I was working with closed leaving me stranded with the clients I was training. I had to think fast not to lose them and I rented a small room at Hardy, Karen area,” says the 40-year-old. He then started investing in a bigger space that he named ‘Laban’s Gym’. The fitness trainer says that a gym is a worthy investment though as an entrepreneur, it does not pay off at first. “Exercising has taught me to be resilient and I have watched the gym grow. The equipment is quite expensiv...