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5 Business Ideas for recent college graduates in Southern Africa

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Are you are a young person who recently graduated? Congrats are in order we wish you well as a future leader in your respective fields. Now 99.9% of you should be looking forward to being employed and its not surprising because this is what the lecturers have been teaching you. You have been wired to look for a job and for some the dream to be employed started from primary school when teachers would ask you what your dream profession was. Popular answers included professions such as Medical doctors, Teachers, Drivers, Pilots etc

Now as a fresh graduate chances are high that a job might not come as soon as you need it. So what should you be doing whilst waiting for your dream job? ZBIN will try and assist you in terms of business idea options and we hope they will be beneficial.

Number 1: Become a Business Researcher– There a lot of unlimited opportunities in the SME sector, from Accountants, Marketers, Business Developers. Help this sector with your research skills by producing reports and surveys for sale. A lot of people and companies are willing to pay if you can provide them with latest and up to date research reports on their products or services.

Number 2: Website Development- There are a lot of bad websites out there- websites with no up to date material and what I would call dead websites. The good news about website development is that nowadays anyone can develop a website-a lot of material is available online on how to develop websites. Research and approach companies and organisations with your proposals to improve their websites by developing new and relevant websites or by managing their websites.

Number 3: Writing- Do you have a passion for writing? There are a lot of blogs that pay writers who write original articles. Research about them on the net and earn from as little as $50 per article.

Number 4: Online Forex Trading-Are you good in Mathematics? If the answer is Yes then consider investing your time learning about Online Forex Trading for the next 6 months. Do not pay anyone any money, simply join the ZBIN Online Forex Trading Group and get free materials. Online Forex Trading is not a get-rich-quick-scheme but with a lot of practice and patience one can actually earn a living from it.

Number 5: Start Ups – Start ups is the buzz word in town and research about start ups on the net. There is a lot of information from countries such as India, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and USA. Read a lot of start-up stories and get inspired to start your own. You may not need a lot of funds to start one for yourself.

So all the best in your job search but in the meantime you may try some of the options we have given you above. You may also join the ZBIN Whatspp Groups and participate in business discussions. Do send your number to Catherine Shava on +263776 196 313

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Ntate Victor

The author Ntate Victor

Ntate Victor is a Chartered Management Accountant, ACMA, CGMA and an award winning business coach and consultant. Author of 6 books and skilled in financial analysis, strategic planning, risk management, and business coaching. Contact +263 773 055 063