As the harsh economic realities of the country deepen, individuals and families are looking for business ideas to supplement the family income.

Follow this thread for updates on the 99⁺ small business ideas you can start before the end of 2021.

I have divided these 99+ business ideas into 10 separate categories for easy comprehension and to make the thread easier to follow.

A. Fashion
B. Importation
C. Manufacturing
D. Food & Agric businesses
E. Content Creation
F. Transportation
G. Small Retail Businesses
H. Automobile Industry
I. Hospitality & Tourism
J. Sundry Services


Stay tuned!

Source: https://itnest.co/small-business-ideas-perfect-for-africa/

A. Fashion

1. Clothing Line

Every famous clothing brand in the marketplace today has an origin story. Establishing your clothing line can be such a rewarding enterprise. The fantastic thing is that you don’t necessarily have to become a designer yourself to start your very own clothing line. You can have a contract with some excellent designers in Africa to design under your label. A passion and some sound business acumen are all you need to get started.

2. Bag & Shoe Making

Bags and shoes are accessories that complete every fashion story. Given that both items are often cut from the same material (such as leather, suede, etc.), it makes perfect sense to establish a business dealing in both.

Just like starting a clothing line, you can either learn the arts of bag and shoe making yourself or contract independent designers to manufacture under your brand name. Whichever way you go, the most important thing for a business invested in fashion is to develop and secure the demand end of your business.

3. Jewelry Making

No true lover of fashion can do without wearing some jewelry. Many are doing great in the industry. Going straight to compete with the experienced sellers or being too broad in your market positioning may not help much. There are different categories of jewelry in the marketplace. They range from wristwatches and ornamental jewelry to beads and necklaces.

You can learn to make these items or contract out its making while maintaining your brand name. One of the small business ideas that can bring in a passive income.

4. Briefs & Undergarment Brand

The demand for undergarments is unending. The market is significant for new entrants, ranging from underpants to vests, especially female panties, brassieres, and lingerie.

You can acquire the needed design skills or work with independent designers to establish your brand.

5. Tailoring Material Sales

All the material needed to run a successful clothing company is somebody else’s business. You can become a supplier of tailoring materials such as fabrics, leather, buttons, threads, needle, and even branding labels. Depending on your investment capital, you can become either a wholesaler or retailer of tailoring materials. Both are good lines of business with the potentials to grow bigger in Africa.

6. Modeling Agency

All that beauty and glamour you see on TV screens and during fashion weeks is somebody’s business. Often, when iconic brands wish to showcase their latest fashion inventions, they hire models from modeling agencies to give their brand a face.

Two of the basic things you need to start a modeling agency are a location and some models (both male and female) with beautiful bodies to work with.

7. Fashion Store/Boutique

If you are interested in sales and marketing, you can invest in the world of fashion by owning a boutique. The boutique business does not require you to have your fashion brand. Your store is a sales point for quality fashion brands of other manufacturers. You can choose to deal exclusively on clothes or shoes or bags or a combination of all three of them.

Depending on what vision you have for your business, you can expand by establishing more business chains at popular locations such as shopping malls and busy streets.

8. Costume Rentals

The costume rental business is a rewarding prop business. There are different reasons people may need to rent a costume. It could be for a real movie, a school drama, a carnival or festival, or any special occasion.

You can become a successful business person in costume rental by finding out what costumes are in great demand and having them in your collection.

9. Bridal Couture

Year in year out, couples get married. One thing that is rarely missing in any wedding is a proper wedding dress. It offers an excellent opportunity for business-minded individuals to invest in bridal outfits as a business. Depending on what you want, you can do a business by designing exclusively bridal outfits like wedding dresses, flower girl gowns, shoes, bags, jewelry, etc.

Alternatively, you can set up a bridal outfit rental business. Your skillset and capacity will determine which you go into and how you expand your business in the long run.

10. Fashion Design School

What could be more fulfilling than teaching others to do what you know to do? If you enjoy teaching and have fashion design skills, you can package your passion and talent into profitable business ideas for others.

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At the moment I am engaged in a travel agency. If your city is interesting for tourists, you should think about it. To begin with, you need to figure out where people look for the services of travel companies and how you can attract attention to your agency. But do not forget about the organizational issues. For example, where to register a company. Since, I often visit Singapore, I decided to register my company there and paid a fee sdl . This is a fee levied on all full- or part-time Singaporean employers. But there are no additional fees. It seems to me that the tourism business has not gone through great times in 2021, but since the situation is recovering and people are already missing the travel and as soon as the borders open, the flow of tourists will go on a large scale