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The making of a furniture business

Stanley Nding’uri

Stanley Nding’uri’s business premises is located along Ngong Road in Nairobi.

Photo credit: Caroline Wambui | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Nding’uri kicked off his business with interior furniture, but later began making outdoor furniture.
  • His venture employs 20 full-time workers and over 50 casual workers, male and female.

A home is not a home without furniture, and not just any furniture, quality, modern of furniture that not only catches the eye, but that which is functional as well, catering to the needs of the users. It does not matter whether the furniture is intended for a home, office or open spaces such as gardens, it must meet its intended purpose.

Consumer attention has been shifting from wood to more sustainable and versatile material, such as rattan. Stanley Nding’uri, 45, therefore new the direction his business would take. At the time, he was employed in a furniture-making company, and having worked in this sector for over 15 years, he felt it was time to branch out on his own and establish his own business.