Hello Breanice , starting a Mpesa shoo is a great Idea . I'll highlight some things that you need to have a successful mpesa business. First you could have stated your location so that we know the rent to be paid. Let's assume and estimate . Look for a place where the rent is 1000 at most 2000. Make sure the mpesa is located in a busy street in a business centre especially where there are shops , hardwares . To start a Mpesa business you need the following: a. Your national ID to use in acquire the Mpesa agent line. b. You need a KRA pin as it will be used to acquire a Certificate of good conduct which will be requested during buying the line. You will need a business permit to open an mpesa 3. You need a minimum of 20,000/= as a start up. a. 5,000/= will be used to buy the mpesa Agent lime while 15,000/= will be your first float balance.

The best place to locate an Mpesa is where there are shops , so if you can get someone with a shop , hardware or a butchery and rent a space and place your stall there at a cost of 1 to 2k many people withdraw cash to pay for items as others deposit. You can as well be selling safaricom lines this will boost you to get rent . You can be selling bingwa sokoni data also.

Below is a sample for mpesa shops .