AMAZING MOTORCYCLE TOURS!! WE ARE HERE TO CHANGE LIVES AND IMPACT POSITIVELY

In my strongest moment, I stood tall. Presenter Ali, your entertainment PA And by the way, AE is always for amazing. Sikuzo, tena tia bidi kwa kikishi wamano Kuletea stories, differences, and of course today I'm with one CEO and founder of Amazing Motorcycle Tours, nice to meet you stories, different ones so that you all can get to know him as well get to know about what he does Thank you so much for coming to the show. Thank you, thank you very much for having me. So first of all, maybe You can just introduce yourself to the audience. My name is Akili Terry and I'm always told that my name means brain, so I have a Swahili name. Nice to finally meet you Actually, and of course, you are the founder of Amazing Motorcycle Adventures or Tours, tell us a little about it. and perhaps how you came up with the idea Certainly So AMT, Motorcycle Adventures Mombasa Ltd was created in Kenya We have guided and We offer both guided and self-guided tours. for tourists and locals We actually partner with Kibo, our proud client so that we use theirs brand to ensure we have our clients have the best experience We currently have the Kibo 160R in stock. and the Kibo K250 Maybe you can Just go a little bit and get a good understanding of yourself because when someone is watching you And they're like, this isn't a Kenyan accent. Tell us where you're from. Oh yes, definitely I'm actually from California, so I'm from Berkeley. So, B-Town, I'm from the Bay Area. so if anyone knows the Bay Area I'm representing the Bay So I grew up in Emeryville, Oakland, West Oakland Moraine County, I went to school at Moraine Catholic, so I went to school with Jet Lucas' son So that's George Lucas' son. Excuse me, Jet Lucas so the guy who does the Lifesavers We went to the same school. I also played American football. So I played with Jared Goff; he was a quarterback. for the Rams and is currently a quarterback for the Lions, so I had a really good experience over there I went to college at Sacramento State. University I had my bachelor's degree in criminal justice I actually also got mine HR Management Certificate I'm a real estate agent I have my insurance license; I'm a notary. I perform CPR, and even I was able to use my CPR training. and instruction because at the commercial center I saw a person having a seizure. And so I was able to place him in a recovery position. I let him ride out the seizure for about here in Kenya so I let him ride it out between 10 to 25 minutes after he got stable, I was able to Set him up, I paid for his Uber to go. to the actual medical center, because it closed, I believe at Seven o'clock, I told him. I said hey, anytime you need your medicine Because it's 1,500 shillings, I said always go. to AMT and we'll cover the cost So I gave him our number; he has our contact information. so I said anytime he needs that, he can come to us, 1,500 shillings is nothing because At the end of the day, I want to see somebody. not have the same experience because he fell pretty hard, so if it's 1500 to make sure he gets his medication We'll take that cost. amazing, talking about how you came about founding AMT I just want to know, did you have An experience with motorcycles at a young age? Yeah, I actually did. I used to ride bicycles a lot. I was riding a bike; I used to go up big ones. hills, so when I got into college my friend and I had a bet, who can get their motorcycle license fastest, and I was 18 so I was the one who Got it, and since 18 to 28, that's how old I am Now, I've been riding for 10 years. and so, so far I had 6 different bikes, my very first bike was a Honda 250 from 1989, the second bike was a 2000 SV650 my third bike was a Gixxer 600, my fourth bike was a Kawasaki 600, mine The fifth bike was a Supermoto. 450, so I was doing a lot of wheelies So I was popping them up, almost just like our bikes downstairs, and then my last bike, what I currently have is a Honda ST1300 so a big guy that entire biking experience, did it like, you know, push you toward Coming out with this AMT? Yes, definitely, so. It was my very first time in Kenya, and Actually, Africa, in October 2022 and so when I came out here, I was trying to figure out how to invest in Kenya, I was Planning to take a vacation, but I was trying to see How can I invest so that I am truly committed? with the locals, so I wasn't living the regular tourist life So I stayed in Airbnbs, I was at the various junction centers, talking to locals I'm just really trying to get a good understanding of how Kenya works, and so that led me to my director He is an enthusiastic motorcycle rider. and he has many connections with motorcycles community, after that He said, "Hey, why don't you try motorcycles?" And I was like, you know what? That's a very good idea because I love it. motorcycles as well, and so After that, I returned to America. In November, I set up my business through East African Business Consulting and I used Rienye Group's company and advocates, I believe, as my lawyer so he can set up everything, so I'm legally compliant with Kenya, because I always want to make sure We are always compliant and make sure we are following the laws, and after that We set up our shop in November 2022 the 2nd, the 22nd So it only took me a month to actually create this company, and so Yeah. How easy was it probably? to penetrate the Kenyan market? It was actually pretty easy, the reason why because when I came in October, I didn't live that kind of tourist lifestyle, I was really inside and deeply rooted in the community and so a lot of our customers come from referrals, we do 5% referrals for every customer that you bring in our highest referral was 8,000 shillings, because they referred Three people from Germany, and they I rented the bikes for 13 days, excuse me 14 days, and so we try to get the referral right there and then so if we're able to give it to you the same day If not, we'll just wait until our payment goes through. through with the client, and then we'll give it to you between 1 and 3 days What makes AMT, you know, tourist experience unique from The other tours? I think AMT makes this tour very unique because we provide a high standard of Business Excellence and Service We would like to be loved by the community first but what's also cool is that we have These cool equipment, so right here you can see We have our GoPro, GoPro Hero 5. I brought a few of those over from America. so our customers can experience this, so all you have to do is press this button On top, it's recording at 4K. or 1080p then we have our Sena's, this Sena right here, you can have a three-way communication with 3 different ones, actually Excuse me, a 4-way communication with 4 different bikers while you're on your ride and you can also listen to music We also have Uclear. Amp, it's another brand, and those kinds only match with themselves, but we are also going to be offering cool and sick-looking helmets so that You know, people just have a good experience. and we have the Kibo brand that we're with and thus they are a premium bicycle in Kenya They're made in Kenya, so it's like you know. I'm really just trying to keep everything In-house, we also plan to do KTM, because KTM above all others The other different companies are actually In Kenya, so they have their shop in Mombasa. and Nairobi, so hopefully as Once we start making more money, we actually can Get more bikes and have better ones. experiences for our customers so what is actually One thing I'd really love to know is, what is the procedure towards coming into the office and getting to hire a bicycle And what are the requirements? Yeah, it's actually a pretty simple and easy process. the only thing a person needs to do have their Kenyan driver's license that allows them to ride a motorcycle If you're a tourist, the only thing you need is your passport and then your international driver's license then we have a handover certificate, we make sure we Check that the bike is in good condition; you check the bike as well. If everything is good, we Ask for a deposit for the bike before you take it. and when you come back and everything is good We refund the deposit to you. and we also have an agreement contract that you sign, but you can be out between, I'd say, 5 to Ten minutes at most, if you check out our Google reviews in Mombasa you'll see our customers rave about How quick and efficient our process is Wow, and one of the things that I've actually noticed that You are always mentioning In the conversation is community. You seem to love so much for the community, is there something you do for them, like a CSR initiative Yes, definitely So, I love the community. I like to help out a lot of people when I came out here. I actually helped the family. So this was before I even had a business. I paid their rent, made sure one of their The child has to go to school. I went to Wasini Island; I brought a whole bunch of books. and school supplies for the children who were in Wasini Island but currently What IMT Motorcycle Adventures is doing We just had a game show in Mombasa. So hopefully the game show can take place. every last Sunday of the month but what we did was offer a 10,000-dollar scholarship, and that scholarship goes directly to the school, but during the games We also offer 100 shillings for different winners So we had a game. where it consists of three different holes, we have a small soccer ball, if they're able to get in One hole, they get 100 shillings. Then we had a match where they bounced the ball. On their head, you do it three times. For a child, you get 100 shillings if you do it. four times, you get, as an adult You get 100 shillings, we also I did one-on-ones—that's actually the coolest thing Event, a lot of people became really competitive We had one champion; he just kept winning and winning. and winning, and so It was a really cool event, so we were also able to Give back to the community, even if they weren't able to do so. to win the scholarship, because you have to put it in into a raffle, and then we Call it at the very end of the event. but we were also able to support the community by allowing them to participate in the games, to win 100 shillings each hopefully in the future, we plan to have school drive, so we're going to be giving school supplies to the children in Banbury, Motwapa Diani, if we can get out there and also, we plan to do the same in Nairobi, hopefully go to the Kapira slums to make sure we promote education, and also give people opportunities to a higher standard of living Wow, that's pretty. Amazing, but then for anyone watching these, one of the the major questions they would be having would be What about the pricing? Is it fair, is it Too high, is it too low, tell us about Is it competitive? Definitely, we actually have competitive prices, because our prices are lower than Actually, our competitors In the market, currently we have Our prices for the Keebo 250 at 38 USD or 4,500 Kenyan shillings and for our 160, we Have it at 30 USD and 3,500 Kenyan shillings Okay, I think That's okay, so If you really want to go out there to adventure and You need a bike. AMT is the place to be I mean, where are your offices located as well? Yes, our offices are in Actually, our headquarters is in Mombasa, it's in PJ Plaza along Links Road in the alley, and our second The location is actually here in Nairobi, in Westlands. at Park Muir Building along Sports Road Okay, amazing, so let me take our details and contacts out on your الفريق، إذا كنتم ترون need any of the services, you can just Call them; I'm also going to pin it on the Comment section, thank you so much for watching the video, probably before we finish What would be your final remarks? My last remark is, I really want this company. to be loved by the community First, I really want to give back to the community, I want other people to be able to give back as well, hopefully I'm going to set up a GoFundMe page, so personal money to grant these scholarships and provide these prizes, but hopefully as we start making more Money, we will be able to offer more scholarships. and also, if you are a company you want to support, we're also taking donations and we'll Direct it specifically toward that cause and hopefully we have ours YouTube channel that actually shows us actually doing the work, because I know that sometimes there may be concerns about where the money is going but I want to show you specifically where The money is going, so I'll try to take it. vlogs of the process on how we're doing it