The opportunities and challenges of making affordable socks in Kenya

This week we're talking with two friends who have set up a business making socks in Kenya. Both Vidyesh and Bishell grew up in Nairobi to entrepreneurial families, and after education in the UK returned home to begin a business. They are also friends with Sumit, who featured in the board game cafe episode. Vidyesh and Bishell decided on socks, as they felt there was a gap in the market and that by starting with a relatively discrete market (school socks) they could grow the business. It's a very interesting conversation that goes through the practicalities of building a manufacturing company in Kenya. One of the challenges they state is, for example, the high cost of electricity, and its unreliability, but also the opportunities that come from getting a loyal customer base in an emerging economy. READ MORE AT:

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The opportunities and challenges of making affordable socks in Kenya is an episode from The East Africa Business Podcast: African Start ups | Investing | Entrepreneurship | Interviews.

This episode is 00:44:31 long.

This episode was published on Dec 5, 2019.

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