Amina Said
I'm Amina. I've sewn in Mombasa for eleven years, the last three alongside four women who trust me with their livelihoods. I'm looking for one partner for one clear step.
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Founder
Why I started this business
For years I sewed alone and watched school contracts go to workshops in town simply because they had machines and I had one. Four of us decided to stop competing with each other and bid together. It worked — but we are still turning down the biggest orders. I started this collective so that a woman with a skill does not have to accept the smallest jobs forever. My dream is a workshop where our daughters learn the trade properly.
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Founder
Meet Amina
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The business
Pwani Tailors Collective
Pwani Tailors delivers uniforms and workwear at a small workshop in Mombasa. Funding adds two industrial machines and working capital for fabric.
Products and services
- School uniforms in bulk
- Workwear and hotel staff uniforms
- Alterations and custom tailoring
Current customers
Two schools with committed orders for the coming year, one hotel supplier, and steady walk-in alteration work.
Monthly revenue
KSh 310,000
Order volume has roughly doubled since the collective formed three years ago, limited now by machine capacity rather than demand.
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The business
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The opportunity
One partner, one agreement
- Funding requested
- KSh 500,000
- Equity offered
- 12%
- Implied valuation
- KSh 4,166,667
Planned use of funds
- Two industrial sewing machinesKSh 260,000
- Fabric working capitalKSh 180,000
- Workshop power and layoutKSh 60,000
Expected milestones
- Machines installed by month 1
- First bulk school contract delivered by month 3
- Monthly output up 80% by month 6
Timeline
- 1Month 1 — Purchase two industrial machines
- 2Month 2 — Fabric working capital in place
- 3Month 3 — Deliver first school contract
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AI insights
What our analysis says
A collective of experienced tailors, offering 12% equity for KSh 500,000 to fulfil school-uniform contracts that require industrial capacity.
Five tailors, one workshop, and two anchor school customers already committed. Machines and fabric working capital are the bottleneck.
Strengths
- Committed anchor customers before funding
- Experienced tailors, low training risk
Honest challenges
- Concentration risk on school contracts
- Fabric prices fluctuate
Suggested questions
- How firm are your school customer commitments?
- What's your plan for months without school orders?
- How do you split earnings across the collective?
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