Inventory of text books for my growing business

Cecilia

Mombasa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Cecilia

Member since

August 2014

On-time repayments

257 installments  •  81%

About Me

My name is Cecilia Wangui - born in Central Kenya and later relocated to Mombasa city. I am the first born in a family of three siblings. My parents are small scale business people back home.

I went to primary and secondary school and later joined a college where I did a certificate course in business management. However, I did not secure a job and that is when I decided to start my own business selling wall hangings.

I am married with 2 kids. My husband is also a small scale business man who hawks hardware materials. I am a woman full of desire to succeed and I believe in hard work and being focused in life.

My Business

I started my second hand clothes business eight years ago. Later on, I decided to branch off to selling educational posters and school text books. This has proved to be a wise decision and I have since discarded selling of wall hangings to devote my energy and resources into this new venture.

My take home from this business currently ranges from USD 280 - USD 350 but I am hoping to improve on this figure once I boost my stock with credit from Zidisha. Ultimately, I would like to expand and supply on wholesale basis where customers will have a variety of products.

Loan Proposal

My business has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two years. Similarly, demands from my clients has grown too as they expect to get all their books needs from my roof. This has made it necessary for me to stock a wide variety of books so as not to disappoint them.

This loan will help me with buying a stock of the books that the clients need as well as replenishing the current stock. This will create confidence and help me in attracting high spenders to my business.

My experience will guide me into getting the right copies that I will be able to sell fast and make some good profit.

My Videos

Jun 24, 2022: Zidisha

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  • trincowski    Jun 19, 2017

    Cecilia's behaviour was excellent. Always on time. Amazing!

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  • Ed    Jun 5, 2017

    Always on time, a pleasure to lend to

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$1,005.00

Date disbursed

Jul 2, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

21 months

Lenders

H

hilde

seattle, United States

S

SvenWaage

Stavanger, Norway

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

mraph

Virginia, United States

Generaal

Antwerp, Belgium

GuillaumeTeissier

Montréal, Canada

melissapmeier

United States

M

mbarbier

United States

rjb

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, United Kingdom

Fred

Germany

Anna Hoad

Toronto, Canada

V

Vivek

Arlington, VA, United States

Marcus

Germany

Emma

Australia

wissam

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

roark22

Geneva, Switzerland

Ed

Howells, United States

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Vratik Krocik

Prague, Czech Republic

Deirdre

Yorkshire, United Kingdom

M

Marco

Napoli (Italy), Germany

Emily

San Francisco, United States

CN

Craig Newmark

United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

JT

Joanne Thompson

United Kingdom

JP

Junggiu Park

Seoul, Republic of Korea

CL

Carolyn Luhn

United States

Jennie

Milan, Italy

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