Maureen, also known as Miss Moh, is a fish vendor based in Umoja in Nairobi’s Eastlands. The businesswoman and a YouTuber is a jack of all trades, running various businesses.
In an Interview with BTG News, Maureen said she started the fish business in 2020 at the height of covid 19 pandemic after losing her job from the effects of Covid.
Full of thoughts on how to raise her kids as a jobless woman, she stumbled on an interview that completely transformed her life from a jobless lady to a successful entrepreneur.
The lawyer by Profession said she was watching a live TV interview that featured Betty Kyalo, whose word of encouragement to jobless Kenyans gave birth to her idea of starting a fish business.
‘’I was watching Betty Kyallo being interviewed by Jalang’o when she was opening Flair by Betty. So she said don’t let covid stop you from accomplishing your dreams, adding that you don’t need to be employed to succeed in life.
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She said if you are watching me and you are sitting stressed because of unemployment, just wake up and do something. She was speaking with a lot of zeal, and I was like, I can do something,’’ she said.
The following day she woke up armed to try things out. She chose the food business over clothing because jobs were closed due to the pandemic, and nobody was leaving the house, so the clothing business was down.
She started her fish business with Sh 1,500, which only managed 8 pieces of fish. She sold all the 8 pieces on that day, motivating her to buy more.
She bought 12 pieces on the following day and kept growing the number with time. Maureen revealed she sells about 50 pieces of fish a day, noting she gets up to Sh 40,000 on a good day.
Her business is usually at its peak during the end of months and the first weeks of the month. She sells the fish from the house and makes delivery countrywide as well as outside the country.
She sells on pre-order, and customers receive their fish the following day after making orders. Maureen said she does pre-order services because she sells fresh fish only after discovering some of her clients do not like frozen fish.
‘’Most clients have issues with Frozen fish, so I go to Gikomba and get them fresh very early in the morning and start the business by 6 am,’’ she added.
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Besides selling fish, she is a YouTuber, and her content involves directing people on where to get various products in Nairobi at a cheaper price.
‘’I also shop for people in Diaspora, you just call me and give me a list of what you want, and then I get them for you, package them, and arrange how I’ll send them to you,’’ added Maureen.