{"id":263,"date":"2022-12-26T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/?p=263"},"modified":"2025-07-04T19:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:44:59","slug":"small-businesses-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/small-businesses-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Small Businesses You Can Start With Little Capital in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 17<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_263\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"263\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAxIDEiIHdpZHRoPSIxIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEiIGRhdGEtdT0iaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZpMC53cC5jb20lMkZrb2JvdGFsay5jb20lMkZCTE9HJTJGd3AtY29udGVudCUyRnBsdWdpbnMlMkZwYWdlLXZpZXdzLWNvdW50JTJGYWpheC1sb2FkZXItMnguZ2lmJTNGcmVzaXplJTNEMTYlMjUyQzE2JTI2c3NsJTNEMSIgZGF0YS13PSIxIiBkYXRhLWg9IjEiIGRhdGEtYmlwPSIiPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-spai=\"1\" border=0 \/><noscript data-spai=\"1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/spai\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp\/i0.wp.com\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif?resize=16%2C16&ssl=1\" data-spai-egr=\"1\" border=0 \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p>So you got here because you are searching for ideas about small businesses you can do and make good profits.\u00a0 If so, you are in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog we discuss anything business, entrepreneurship, investing and personal finance. And in this post, I&#8217;ll be sharing about 30 small business ideas that you can easily start in different sectors of the economy and make good money.<\/p>\n\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Why Start a Small Business?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">There are as many reasons for starting a business as there are budding entrepreneurs.\u00a0 People are motivated by different factors.\u00a0 Some it is the satisfaction they derive from being independent.\u00a0 For others it is the desire to make enough and achieve financial freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In Nigeria, many people now desire to start their own small businesses because of increasing rate of unemployment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Unemployment is officially estimated at about 33.5%.\u00a0 But unofficial sources put at over 50%.\u00a0 In order words, 50% of people who are qualified, available and willing to work cannot find work to do. Yet some of the jobs available are not even worth having. A<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">s a result, many people will rather start their own businesses than wait for unavailable jobs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Or work in one that is not worth having.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Those who have the opportunities are choosing to leave the country in droves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the growing number of Nigerians who wish to <a href=\"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/how-to-start-a-business\/\">start a business<\/a> often face the challenge of identifying profitable small businesses they can start with very minimal investment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the focus of this blog post.\u00a0 In this post, I will highlight 121 small businesses any one can start with very little capital and make good money.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the businesses may involve you rendering services to clients outside Nigeria.\u00a0 Sure you will want to earn in dollars and wonder how you will receive payment. Don&#8217;t worry, with <a href=\"https:\/\/wise.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1011lqdxQ\/pubref:kobotalk\/ar:wisecampaig\">wise money transfer<\/a>, you can receive payment in Dollar from any part of the world.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">30 Small\u00a0 Businesses In Nigeria You Can Start With little Capital<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The small businesses we identify here are scalable. In other words, you can operate at levels your immediate financial capacity can carry.\u00a0 And thereafter, grow to larger scales as you make progress and raise more funding. For ease of identification, I have grouped the busienesses into: Retail and distributive Trade, Light Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing.\u00a0 Others are: Agricultural Production, Services and Online\/Digital Businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Retail and Distributive Trade<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#1\u00a0 Sale of Drinks and Water<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Everybody drink water and almost everybody drink non-alcoholic beverages, usually called soft drinks in Nigeria. Your market is the many retail shops in your locality, restaurants, bars, mini fast foods spots and individuals who buy in crates and packs for household consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To do this business successfully, you have to develop a regular source of supply. In this regard, you will develop a relationship with major distributors and wholesalers who will give you the drinks and packaged water with discounts; you deliver directly to these retailers identified above with some margin. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The more quantity you are able to supply, the more profit you will make.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To start this business, you will need a cart, some empty crates and cash to buy the drinks. When you develop good relationships with the distributors, you may have access to credit.\u00a0 If you already have a car, you can convert it to your distribution van.\u00a0 There are a variety of drinks you can supply. Do your market survey of your area to know which people buy most and concentrate on those ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/how-to-make-money-producing-and-selling-sachet-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Make Money Producing and Selling Sachet Water<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#2\u00a0 Bread Supply and Distribution<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">People eat bread on a daily basis all year round.\u00a0 The demand for bread is so high that a variety of them has come to the market.\u00a0 You can do this business by identifying good bakery to buy from and sell to retailers.\u00a0 All you need is a vehicle with which to distribute your bread and then create a market with shops and supermarket owners scattered all around you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can start this business with less than N100,000, if you already have a personal car and scale up when you have been able to develop a large number of retailers to whom you supply.\u00a0 If presently do not have a car, not to worry.\u00a0 You can start by hiring a vehicle to deliver your bread and get a delivery van when you have built up the financial capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#3\u00a0 Eggs Supply and Distribution<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Egg is a rich source of protein and is consumed all over the world.\u00a0 Apart from its dietary needs, eggs are used to make many products such as confectioneries, cosmetics, soaps, hair conditioners, shampoo, glue and face masks amongst many others.\u00a0 The uses of egg are so numerous that supply is hardly enough to meet demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Supply of egg is a business that can be started in small scale and grow to become a big venture.\u00a0 If you want to go into this business, the first thing you must do is to identify poultry farms that produce quality eggs and\/or large egg distributors. You buy from these farms or distributors and supply to retail shops, supermarkets, fast food joints, bakers and even households. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Then develop a network of buyers who are many and varied around your neighborhood.\u00a0 What you will need to succeed in this business are empty egg crates and a delivery van. Minus the delivery van, you can start this business with less than N100,000.\u00a0 If you have a vehicle already, you can go into this business straight away but if you don\u2019t have a vehicle, you can still start by using a cart to deliver your goods and later acquire a used vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#4\u00a0 Sale of Mobile Phone Accessories<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This is a very lucrative business you can start with small capital.\u00a0 With as little as N50,000 you are in business.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">While you will do well by renting a space if you have the money, this business can also be done in mobile fashion i.e by carrying your products <\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">to places they are needed.\u00a0 In this case, you have to first identify your market and feed them with their needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">What drives this business is the rapid growth in the use of mobile phones in Nigeria.\u00a0 Nigeria has an estimated population of over 200 million people.\u00a0 Over 180 million of this population is connected through the mobile phone line.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A certain study showed that most Nigerians carry two phones in spite of the influx of dual SIM phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Accessories that are in common demand include batteries, memory cards, battery charges, ear pieces, screen guards, pouches, etc.\u00a0 You can get your supplies from Computer Village in Lagos or online through the many online stores.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can also import these accessories through the many international ecommerce stores.\u00a0 As matter of fact, the <a href=\"https:\/\/pinpack.pk\/\">mobile phone<\/a> and accessories business is one sure of way of getting into online importation business. What is commonly known in Nigeria as mini importation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#5\u00a0 Mini Importation<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The internet has redefined trade and commerce.\u00a0 Many people have struck gold by importing items online through eCommerce sites like Alibaba, Aliexperess DHgate, global sources, etc. With less than N100,000 you can start this business.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">What you have to do is identify the little, little things that people need; search these eCommerce sites, find a procurement agent who will buy the items and send to you, sell locally and make your profits.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Even with the falling value of the Naira, people who are engaged in this business still smile to the bank. Items you can import and many varied and may include: mobile phone accessories, cosmetics, fashion items, etc<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#6\u00a0 Food Cart\/Mobile Food Business<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Food is one of the primary needs of man.\u00a0 Whatever the condition is with a man, he must eat.\u00a0 As a result food business will always be a lucrative one.\u00a0 You can enter food business through mobile food vending.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The key to success here is to differentiate yourself by choosing a specialty menu, a niche and a market segment.\u00a0 You cannot be everything to everybody.\u00a0 Select your market carefully where the returns is higher.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">For example, you can choose to serve workers of big organizations like banks, oil and gas companies, and multinational organizations and develop a relationship with their HR departments to allow you bring your food during their launch or within specific hours of the day.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can add special delivery of specialty food to busy executive as part of your service.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>#7. Light Export<\/h3>\n<p>Do yo have relatives or friends living abroad?\u00a0 Rather than always asking them to send you money why not develop a business partnership with them, supplying African food products. Let them help with identifying African shops and restaurants in their respective locations while you source and package the products that they need.<\/p>\n<p>You send the products using air freights.\u00a0 Africans in diaspora crave for Home foods that they miss so much.\u00a0 What you can export is many: vegetables, fish, melon, chili pepper, etc., This is one way of earning dollars and beating domestic currency devaluation.<\/p>\n<h3>#8. Sale of Home Security Gadgets<\/h3>\n<p>Security is a big business and will ever remain so.\u00a0 Setting up a full scale private security business can be rigorous.\u00a0 It is a regulated sector and requires huge capital investment.\u00a0 However, you can service the sector by buying and supplying personal security gadgets. Many homes and offices need these gadgets to secure their premises.\u00a0 Security outfits use them to improve their services.<\/p>\n<p>You will be selling security gadgets like car trackers, home alarm systems, CCTV cameras, stun guns, pepper spray, etc.\u00a0 Take a further little step to learn how to install and service these gadgets, then you are even in bigger business.<\/p>\n<p>This is one business you can do offline or online.\u00a0 If you have a little more capital, set up a shop otherwise, you can also do this business from home.\u00a0 But you will do a lot of marketing.\u00a0 Once you get and service your first few customers, your business will set to boom with referral patronage.<\/p>\n<h3>#9. Sale of Alcoholic Beverages<\/h3>\n<p>This is related to our No. 1 business above (sale of drinks and water).\u00a0 But in this one you will be selling liquour. Strictly alcoholic beverages, a variety of it like spirits, wine, champagne and cognac.\u00a0 These beverages sell like crazy both in the cities or remote areas. And from my research, the margins are attractive compared to other consumer goods.<\/p>\n<p>You may decide to niche down and sell only wine.\u00a0 Retail wine selling is one of the most lucrative businesses any one can do.\u00a0 But to do a <a href=\"https:\/\/winehousenigeria.com\/wine-business-in-nigeria\/\">successful wine business<\/a>, requires you have some knowledge of the different kinds of wine; regular, exotic, vantage, etc.\u00a0 This is important because you&#8217;ll also be offering your customers advice on the best wine to buy for specific occassions.<\/p>\n<p>You can do this business at any scale depending on your financial capacity and the type of wine you want to sell.\u00a0 However, starting with regular wine will get you into the door with low capital to cover cost of shop rental and initial stocks.\u00a0 An investment of between N500,000 and N1,000,000 can get you started.<\/p>\n<p>You can also do it completely online and in this case you will be needing lesser amount of money to start.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll have to create an online store.\u00a0 Advertise and supply to your customers by home delivery using the many delivery services providers around.<\/p>\n<h3>#10. Retail sale of Perfume Oil<\/h3>\n<p>Every body like to look and smell good.\u00a0 And that is why perfum oil is in high demand. Perfume oils are simply undiluted perfumes.<\/p>\n<p>They are essential oil blended with propylene glycol and undiluted fragrances.\u00a0 Thus, perfume oil smells better and last longer than the regular perfume you buy from the supermarkets and big retail chains.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the strong sweet smell, selling perfume oil is a profitable business.\u00a0 The idea is to buy from importers and repackage them in smaller bottles.\u00a0 If you like rebrand them but don&#8217;t remix in order not to lose its power.<\/p>\n<p>This is a business you can start with as little as NGN20,000 with the potential of making 100% profit per bottle.<\/p>\n<h3>#11. Sale of Building Materials<\/h3>\n<p>Nigerian is one of the African countries with the highest rate of urbanization. Add this to the huge population of over 200 million, you will understand while the sale of building material is a hot business idea.<\/p>\n<p>The demand for shelter is huge and supply is limited. You will be supplying building materials for construction of residential housea, schools, hospitals, shopping malls, high rise building etc. Even the construction of public infrastructure such as roads, requires the use of building materials.<\/p>\n<p>What type of building materials will you be supplying? It&#8217;s many and varied: cement, sand, stones, roofing sheet, doors, windows, iron rods. Name it.<\/p>\n<h2>Online\/Digital Businesses<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#12. Blogging<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">If you can write or have the capacity to learn how to write, you can start a blog in a niche of your interest.\u00a0 Blogging has become one good way of launching an internet business. \u00a0It is popular and profitable if you get it right and what more, you can start with little or no capital.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">All you need is an internet access, a good research skill, a laptop and lot of time.\u00a0 In fact your most important and perhaps expensive investment in a blogging career may be your time. Set up a free blog with wordpress or blogger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Or if you have some money, set up your blog on self hosted server.\u00a0 Populate it with quality content, get people to read your content (drive traffic), gain their confidence and monetize your blog with <a href=\"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/steps-to-getting-your-google-adsense-account-approved-on-first-application\/\">google adsense<\/a>, display advert, affiliate marketing or sell information products such as ebooks, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Blogging has made a lot of Nigerian youths millionaires but it is not as easy as it sounds, nothing good comes easy.\u00a0 If you are prepared to learn, spend time, work hard and be patient, blogging will make you rich.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#13.\u00a0 Information Marketing<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This is another internet based business that has taken people out of poverty in Nigeria.\u00a0 Do you know anything that people don\u2019t know, or know something that other people know but can present it differently or know someone who knows something that others may not know? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You may be on your way to making money by packaging the information in the form of a report, an ebook, video, or audio and sell online.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can&#8217;t write? Don\u2019t worry! <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The market is massive and opportunity still growing.\u00a0 You do not have to write it as there are many resources online to help you.\u00a0 You can outsource the writing on fiverr.com, buy master resell right or private label rights books, rewrite and re brand to your choice and sell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Selling information based products is what I call a money tree business because if done properly is capable of becoming your money tree that will continually bear you fruit for life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In this eBook, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Plant-Money-Harvest-Lasting-Wealth-ebook\/dp\/B083V58BH5\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=buchi+ejiogu&amp;qid=1636453350&amp;qsid=141-3691699-6253234&amp;sr=8-1&amp;sres=B083V58BH5%2CB01A4W8AUK%2CB078K93HFD%2CB08R43V7XN%2CB089XX6FJ3%2CB08V1FB9BH%2CB07GCWLWTM%2CB01N7S1CV5%2CB00392QOGA%2CB00BON5SV8%2CB08QQV28NF%2CB077K2FP3W%2CB079662C4X%2CB07T617SD3%2CB07952FBRT%2CB07MCJ54C1\"><em>The Money Tree Businesses &#8211; Simple But Highly Profitable Businesses You can Start to Make Money On Demand<\/em><\/a>, you will learn more about Information Marketing and other simple businesses you can start from home, with little amount of investment and make ton of money for life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#14. Affiliate Marketing<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This lucrative online money making opportunity anyone can start with little or no investment.\u00a0 An affiliate marketer is one who helps companies or individuals sell their products and earn commission.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Products you can sell online here can be digital products or physical products. You can sign on with as many affiliate programmes as you can handle and use your affiliate links to promote the products through the social media or by creating dedicated websites.\u00a0 Many people in Nigeria have become millionaires through affiliate programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#15. Social Media Marketing<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Social media has become an important tool that can drive not only the visibility of businesses but also their profitability.\u00a0 It is increasingly becoming the first tool of choice that companies use to inform, persuade, educate, and promote their products and services.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Indeed, some forward looking companies now have social media strategy as a full service function within their organization while some others outsource this service.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This is why there is a growing need for people with social media marketing strategy and development skills.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Take advantage of this development to learn the tricks of using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Online Forums and Blogs to sell goods and services and offer this to the many individuals and corporate organizations, including small businesses (SMEs) yearning to advantage of the opportunities offered by digital marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">#16. Drop Shipping<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Drop shipping is gaining popularity as a profitable business model. Why wouldn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 A business you can start with small amount of investment, with no inventory or any need to manage fulfillment, yet make tone of money in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">All you need to start a drop shipping business is a website, a drop shipping plugin or app, then find products to sell in your store from one of the popular e-commerce sites.\u00a0 Many drop shippers source their products on Ali-express.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can sell a variety of products as a drop shipper: shoes, bags, cosmetics, clothes, perfume oil, eye glasses, health products.\u00a0 Just anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>#17. Online Advertising Agency<\/h3>\n<p>Advertising is a critical aid to commerce. That is, it is one of the services that makes businesses successful.\u00a0 Advertising promotes products and services, creates awareness and help generate sale.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, only certified practioners can do the business of advertising because the print and electronic media would not accept an advert from some one who was not a member of approved advertising professional body.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the Internet, advertising is somewhat democratised.\u00a0 Online advertising is the use of the internet assets such as blogs, social media, websites, search engines, etc to communicate marketing messages for products and services.<\/p>\n<p>Set up an agency to render this service.\u00a0 Tgis is a business you can do completely from home with litle investment.\u00a0 All you need is a laptop, a mobile phone and data subscription.<\/p>\n<p>An essential skill you will need to achieve success in online advertising is perharps ability to write copy, key word research and funnel building.\u00a0 Learn these skills and you are in business helping small and big business owners promote their products and services online.<\/p>\n<h2>Service Based Businesses<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#18\u00a0 Mobile Phone Repairs<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Phone repairs business will fetch you good money if you are patient to learn how to repair and maintain mobile phones.\u00a0 With less than N50,000 you can start a phone repair and maintenance business from the corner of your home.\u00a0 All you need to start is a little training, a laptop, software tools, some regular home tools (screw driver, soldering iron, brush, battery tester, etc) and some marketing to let people know what you do. \u00a0You will also need to develop good relationship with dealers of quality accessories. \u00a0With less than N5,000 you can buy a complete repair kit from popular ecommerce stores paying with your Naira debit cards and set for business.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#19\u00a0 Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This is again one of the small businesses that will continue to thrive for a very long time to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">As people get busier and more women engage in work or business to assist in the family, the demand for services of dry cleaners will continue to be in the rise.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This business has made some smart people millionaires and the good thing is that you can start very small even from home.\u00a0 All you need is a washing machine, pressing table, good quality pressing iron, washing basin, and garment conveyor for keeping dry cleaned clothes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can start by serving your neighborhood, your colleagues at work and other working class people.\u00a0 Differentiate yourself by doing home deliveries and pick up, especially for your corporate staff clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#20 Car Wash<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Car wash services has been one of the most popular small businesses in Nigeria for a long time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The reason is that the need for car wash will always be on the rise and anybody can do this business irrespective of age. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">With a little more capital, you can start a car wash that appeal to upwardly mobile individuals by setting up a sitting area decorated with TV set where your customer will sit while their cars are being washed.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can make it a multiple income stream business if you have the space\u00a0 by adding the sale of drinks, shawama, etc at the sitting area.\u00a0 The critical things needed for a car wash business is the space which can be rented, source of water and washing machine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Also Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/start-a-car-wash-business-and-smile-regularly-to-the-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Start A Car Wash Business And Smile to The Bank<\/a> for a more detailed information on this business idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">#21\u00a0 <strong>Rental Services<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">People always need things that do not have.\u00a0 Some of the things you can stock to rent out include chairs, canopies, vacuum cleaners, cutleries, cooking utensils, music box, ladder, etc.\u00a0 The list is endless.\u00a0 Once you are known to be engaged in this business in your environment, you may not be able to meet demand.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">If you have an interesting range of expensive gadgets or equipment, you might consider exploiting them for side income business hiring them out on hourly use basis.\u00a0 If the business gets going, you can add more items as you discover what people like renting.\u00a0 Prepare a leaflet, advertise in local newspaper or use the social media to announce your services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#22 Website Design and Maintenance<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Many businesses, both big and small, are going online.\u00a0 Many high networth individuals like politicians, chieftains of corporate organizations and successful business people are now using online tools such as websites to promote their individual brands and personality.\u00a0 This trend has increased the demand for website designers.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">If you learn how to use common design tools and build good websites, you are in for good business.\u00a0 To be successful you need to need to know how to design professional websites, create web graphics, build web pages, and upload web pages to the server.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Other skills you will need include domain name registration and how hosting services work.\u00a0 As you gain capacity, you may add domain name registration and hosting to your service bouquet.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#23 Sports Betting Agency<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Sports betting have become a goldmine in Nigeria as the young and old take advantage of their love for football to make money while enjoying the round leather game.\u00a0 This also explains the reason there is an upsurge in sport betting companies (book makers).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">These sports betting companies cannot be everywhere and this is why they need agents who relate directly with betters.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You will need a neat environment for an office space ( a shop will do), a generator, a computer, a printer, an internet connection And a fixtures board.\u00a0 You will then sign an agency agreement with the bookmaker of your choice.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">With some companies, you make money in three ways, viz: board game, virtual game and deposit you make on behalf of your customers. With N250,000 you can sure be in this business and begin to smile to the bank.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#24 Viewing Centre<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This business will continue to be good as long as the game of football keep developing and the crowd of football lovers continue to exist. What add to the fun of watching football matches in viewing centres is the debate to goes with fans of the opposing teams, though sometimes this gets nasty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can make serious money by establishing football viewing centres in your neighbourhood.\u00a0 All you need is a space which can be carved out from your home or you operate from a rented shop, a TV set (large screen will serve the purpose best), DSTV decoder and subscription to\u00a0 premium bouquet, a generator chairs and good lighting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Also, make sure that the environment is well ventilated. \u00a0Because matches are not played every day or even every weekend, you may decide to monetize the free days by adding a game centre to your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>#25. Business Writing Services<\/h3>\n<p>Do you have business writing skill? Why not set up a content writing service firm with speciality business documentation.\u00a0 You will be helping micro, small and medium enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>You will also be serving individuals who are going into businesses for the first time and require help with producing some needed documents.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of documents will you be helping them with?\u00a0 Many, varied and include: business plans, feasibility reports, business proposals, company profile, pitch deck, etc.\u00a0 Other services you may be rendering include producing website content, blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>Some business writers may choose to specialize in particular industry of aspect of business writing such finance, stock market, the economy, etc.\u00a0 The key to success is to get sufficient business knowledge, hone your writing skills, build a portfolio and network very well to get clients.<\/p>\n<p>You may start by creating a profile on freelance network services such as upwork and fiverr and then progress to directly pitching companies as you gain confidence and experience.<\/p>\n<h3>26. Book-Keeping Services<\/h3>\n<p>One of the major reasons many small businesses fail is inadequate record keeping or a lack of it.\u00a0 Very oftern small business owners are not able to employ accountants or retain the services of one on contact basis.<\/p>\n<p>Yet they are in dire need of good record keeping not only to survive.\u00a0 This is where you come in as an independent book keeper.<\/p>\n<p>Professional book-keepers help small and medium businesses keep records, track expenses, keep inventories, create and send invoices, prepare books of accounts and reconciling bank records.<\/p>\n<p>You will certainly need to get some training and understanding of accounting and business.\u00a0 You will need to understand the use of spreadsheet and <a href=\"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/accounting-software-for-small-businesses\/\">acounting softwares. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>A little more efforts at getting qualified in some type of book-keeping certification will help you prepare adequately if you want to make a success of this business.<\/p>\n<p>Other services you can add to your regular book-keeping services may include helping your client <a href=\"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/easy-steps-to-register-a-business-in-nigeria\/\">register their businesses at CAC<\/a>, tax computation and processing of TCC, etc.\u00a0 All these are important and high in demand needs for small businesses.<\/p>\n<h3>#27. Translation Services<\/h3>\n<p>Big and small organizations, entrepreneurs and HNIs conduct cross border businesses.\u00a0 One challenge that these businessmen encounter is language and that&#8217;s where translation services providers come in.<\/p>\n<p>They provide a critical service in making communication between and amongst businesses people from different cultures and languages easy.<\/p>\n<p>If you are skilled or have the ability to read and write one international language such as French, Chinese, Dutch, etc., you will do well to set up a translation service directed at the international community in your country,<\/p>\n<p>You will be translatng business documents for them.\u00a0 For example, translate contract from French to English and vice visa. It could be basic, standard, technical and marketing documents.<\/p>\n<p>Good translators are scarce and always in high demand and they charge high for their services.<\/p>\n<h2>Light and Process Manufacturing<\/h2>\n<p>The light industry describes any manufacturing or construction activity that doesn&#8217;t involve the deployment of heavy production equipment. Such activities are not usually capital intensive, meaning that you can start these businesses with small amount of investment.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#28. Plantain Chips Making And Sales<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You have seen it everywhere; that crunchy snack made from plantain.\u00a0 Hawkers sell it in traffic and along the highways but what you may not know is that it is a big money making business for those who produce it.\u00a0 What else, you don\u2019t need to be a UAC or Leventis Food to engage in plantain chip business. A <a href=\"https:\/\/kobotalk.com\/BLOG\/plantain-chips-plantain-chips-business\/\">small-scale plantain chip enterprise<\/a> with an initial investment of say, N50,000 is capable of returning N10,000 in profit on a daily basis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You can do this business from your kitchen with a little expense to print your branded pack.\u00a0 You will need to get some coaching from someone already doing the business, learn some recipe and develop a supply chain both for your raw materials (plantain) and finished products.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#29. Ice block Production and Sale<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nigeria is located within the tropical climate region with abundance of sunlight and heat. The weather is mostly hot and people always need cold refreshing water to drink and keep their systems hydrated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Unfortunately, electricity supply is very poor, making it difficult for homes to maintain adequate stock of cold water in their refrigerators.\u00a0 This is what makes ice block production a money spinning business to do.\u00a0 People require ice block to keep their water and drink cold.\u00a0 It is needed at all times especially during the hot season which is experienced about 300 days out of the 365 days of the year in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Your market includes households around your neighborhood, retail shops, restaurants and bars that need to keep their drinks iced cold at all times.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Party organizers also constitute your market and this occurs every weekend in the cities. The beauty of this business is that you can start small with what you have already.\u00a0 If you have a deep freezer and a medium sized generator, then you are good to go.\u00a0 As you make money, you can scale up by acquiring ice block making machine.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>#30. Liquid Soap Production<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The market for liquid soap is so enormous that the established brands are not meeting demand.\u00a0 It is a product that is needed by every household and as the population increases, so also will be the demand.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">If you look around you, you will find homemade liquid soaps with no branding at all, packaged in plastic bottles selling for between N50 and N100.\u00a0 With a little investment, you can make so much money producing liquid soap. You sell to supermarkets and other shops that retail to end users, restaurants, bakers, caterers and home keepers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You may have to acquire some training which is available at vocational centres run by churches, government and non-governmental organizations. Create a large market by branding and fine packaging and you will smile to the bank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Now you have it. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a030 Small Businesses You Can Start Right Now With Little Capital.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>These are just highlights.\u00a0 You will need to do proper studies of any of the ideas that interest you before you take the plunge.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">If you require our input in terms of feasibility studies, business plan preparation, field investigation or business registration, feel free to contact us.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">We shall also be doing more detailed write up on some of the small businesses highlighted here in future posts, so keep visiting us here or better still subscribe to our mailing list for updates.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Have any business idea, please share it with us.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 17<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>So you got here because you are searching for ideas about small businesses you can do and make good profits.\u00a0 If so, you are in the right place. 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