Planning To Start A Business? Don’t Miss Out On This Great Opportunity!

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There was a time when the thought of launching a startup would be viewed by even the most experienced business minds with an air of caution and trepidation. Not anymore.

Starting a business from scratch sounds a bit intimidating but Broadwalk Limited, is offering Kiambu residents a very rare opportunity to become franchisees with Seven 2 Seven®, and become part of a brand that has the ingredients to rapidly grow not just into a successful national brand, but also into a world class international brand.

A franchise is a privilege or right officially granted to offer specific products or services under explicit guidelines at a certain location for a declared period of time. This arrangement saves the young entrepreneur the headaches of getting started on your own.

“Our vision is to pioneer the concept in Kiambu County and Nairobi County with 50 outlets and swiftly expand operations to other counties. This innovative approach into the informal retail sector will directly empower the communities involved and develop more seasoned young entrepreneurs,” explained the group’s CEO Zack Mukeva.

In this arrangement Seven 2 Seven® will take care of location identification, licensing, store set-up and equipment installation.

All the franchisees will also be taken through this training program before being allocated an outlet and will receive regular refresher training throughout the early stages of their business venture. Cumulatively, the training will equip a large number of youth with retail skills thereby gradually reducing the existing retail skills gaps.

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The training will touch on the Point of Sale technology, entrepreneurial skills on how to run and manage a businesses, Financial concepts in various subject areas including Savings, Budgeting and book keeping; food hygiene in line with the business activity; knowledge, skills, and competencies required to increase customer satisfaction; and Brand knowledge.

In this way, the group will to harness and hone entrepreneurship skills and give lucky entrepreneurs a chance to successfully run their own businesses.  

“The devolved system is at the center of the project rollout plan therefore we aim at aligning our locations with the County Integrated Development Plans and Urban Plans. Though we are looking at using privately owned spaces for the Seven to Seven® outlets, for us to be able to franchise low income individuals mostly the youth it is inevitable that we will place a large number of our outlets in public spaces such as bus parks, along county roads and market areas,” added Mukeva.

The company plans to initially rollout in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Murang’a, Nakuru, Nyeri and Meru Counties before setting up stalls countrywide. 

“We want to bring the fun and ease back into shopping and this can only be possible if shoppers get what they want, when they want it and at the price they want. We call on you to support us to finally bring convenience to the Kenyan people while at the same time improving the livelihood of those working with us and the communities around them,” said Nishant Bhatt, the company’s General Manager - Operations.  

The notion of franchising is new to Kenya; however, is certainly the future of retail. 

Among the items for sale will include popular brands of sugar, bread, flour and other baking goods, milk and dairy products, cooking oil, mineral water, soft drinks and other beverages, snacks, soap and detergents, toiletries and cleaners as well as airtime among other products.

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Requirements:

To qualify, one needs to have at least 1-year experience in retail business and the hunger and drive to run their own business.

However, one has to part with an initial investment of approximately KES 75,000 of which KES 50,000 will be the deposit for the stock and acquiring the kiosk while KES25,000 will cater for the training by Strathmore University.

How to start:

One is expected to apply by downloading from the Seven 2 Seven® website www.seven2seven.co.ke, printing and filling in the online form and sending it back to them together with all the supporting documents either by post or email – franchise@seven2seven.co.ke

A wonderful array of popular brands trusted by the Kenyans that Seven 2 Seven plan to stock to give the franchisees an added advantage over the local retailers.

Qualified applicants will be invited to the company’s offices for the signing of the contract after which they will undergo a 5-day training programme with Strathmore University.

Finally, they will be good to go after their store is set-up and equipment/stock installed.

Seven 2 Seven® is a registered trademark owned by Broadwalk Limited, a company based in Thika Town and spearheaded by a team with vast amounts of experience in the manufacturing, distribution and logistics of fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) in Kenya.