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Rank: Member Joined: 4/16/2008 Posts: 157
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Hi Wazuans,
I am a Nairobi based entrepreneur looking for Kenyans in Diaspora to partner with in exporting Kenyan products abroad.
There are an estimated 1 million Kenyans abroad, mostly in North America, Europe and Asia.
These Kenyans constantly need certain Kenyan products to reach them on a regular basis. Home is best.
That is the opportunity I see. They need Majani chai, Unga Ngano, Njahe, Nduma, Terere, Tusker, Macadamia, Maasai Market Crafts and much more.
Since I am based in Kenya (the source), getting in touch with people in diaspora (the market) is a crucial part in this business.
Wazuans, what do you think of this venture?
Anyone interested to join me?
jsaitoti(at)gmail.com
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/16/2007 Posts: 2,114
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Another question I would have asked is this:
Has anyone tried exporting any of these and succeded?
If there was failure,what caused the failure?
I would suggest that you wait till Delta Airlines starts direct flights to KE..
Another headache you will encounter is the FDA in the US.
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/16/2008 Posts: 157
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@Chaka, I have seen Kenyans, on several occasions, traveling back to the USA & UK with these products.
The most recent sighting being yesterday evening when i saw one kenyan lady departing at JKIA to the UK. She had nduma, ngwace and unga ya Jogoo.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/16/2007 Posts: 2,114
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@Saitoti,
What I am trying to put across is that other people must have considered doing what you are thinking..the question is whether they attempted.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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saitoti wrote:@Chaka, I have seen Kenyans, on several occasions, traveling back to the USA & UK with these products.
The most recent sighting being yesterday evening when i saw one kenyan lady departing at JKIA to the UK. She had nduma, ngwace and unga ya Jogoo. To where? If in the US ziliwachwa airport. Anything with the KBS label will pass. Kenyans living abroad carry such stuff and sell it to Kenyan shopkeepers there. But I encourage you to do it, the demand is there. "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/1/2010 Posts: 3,024 Location: Hapa
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Chaka wrote:Another question I would have asked is this:
Has anyone tried exporting any of these and succeded?
If there was failure,what caused the failure?
I would suggest that you wait till Delta Airlines starts direct flights to KE..
Another headache you will encounter is the FDA in the US. Australia is much much worse..... Good advice. I am sure others have thought of this idea too. Best to look at all the requirements/possible restrictions cos KEBS za huko majuu are fully functional. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. - Muhammad Ali🐝
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/17/2013 Posts: 4,693 Location: Earth
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saitoti wrote:@Chaka, I have seen Kenyans, on several occasions, traveling back to the USA & UK with these products.
The most recent sighting being yesterday evening when i saw one kenyan lady departing at JKIA to the UK. She had nduma, ngwace and unga ya Jogoo. United Kisumu,yes. Did you confirm whether she boarded with them? labda zilikuwa supper ya night staff. You can hide 2 or 3 light ones in your checked luggage and pray it doesn't get pulled aside.Very painful to lose such treasure.Now try stuffing it with mangwaces utalia-What of the weight allowed per luggage? Nigerians/Ghanians are courageous,one even attempted to carry a species of black snails (for consumption)known to cause massive destruction to vegetation to the US through, uuhm.. kamisi. They didn't refer to them as food when he was caught in US but was charged with'trafficking of live creatures,known to.....
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/17/2013 Posts: 4,693 Location: Earth
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If you are thinking commercial.
Nduma, Njahe>>
-check import requirements in those countries first.
-check with kephis for export permit
Macadamia.>>
-It's illegal to export unprocessed macadamia,we know the few licensed processors-google,they can send to your client whom they might take away from you in the long run by offering better prices.
Kiash weka order.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/22/2011 Posts: 1,325
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I am travelling back to the US soon with 2 empty suitcases. I have been wondering what I can carry along, your idea sounds good but I know that
on arrival, raw foodstuffs will not be allowed in. Dry foods like unga may go through, but then there is the problem of finding the Kenyans to buy the stuff. The US is huge, so unless you have a shop which you can be stocking regularly, just finding people is not feasible especially if you sell to them online,you would have to pay shipping costs which is at a minimum of $5. Good luck, if you need to send stuff to someone,lemme know.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 6/30/2014 Posts: 36
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I think there is someone doing this in the PA, NJ, DE, MD area. That person - the packaging looks the same wherever I see them hence my assumption that it is one individual, stocks local indian owned gas stations with tea bags, loose tea, wimbi, unga ya ugali (not the pre-packaged kind), njahi, njugu (those small kikuyu beans), indian spices etc. I no longer stress about declaring/not declaring njahi's at the airport.
The only problem is that the prices are very high.
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