Name
Dismas
Member since
May 2017
On-time repayments
169 installments • 83%
My name is Dismas Kipsongok, born 1990 and currently in a family of two (my sister and I) to a single mother in Kenya, Nandi County. Growing up in a rural setting with financial challenges and lack of better amenities, I decided to work hard in school to actualize my vision of a better life ahead. After completing my primary I proceeded to Secondary level. Though with fees challenges my mother faced, I managed to complete my Secondary Education in 2009, and joined College two years later, 2012. I enrolled and studied a national Diploma in Information Communications Technology (ICT) and successfully graduated in 2015.
I started Nandi Digital Center – an IT/computer training hub in my hometown, Nandi Hills. With four desktop computers and my laptop, I am offering affordable Computer Packages to people, mostly the youth mainly from senior/secondary school awaiting to join university/colleges, and at the same time doing a variety of cyber services, including online government businesses like e-Citizen, TSC registrations, iTax, printing, scanning, photocopying among others.
The Center also doubles up as a Playing Station for children who usually come to play PC games on weekends. The loans I am applying for will help boosting my overall business operations, including setting up other new projects that will earn income.
When I serve customers who need hard-copies, I usually load the document to my flash disk and rush to a nearby office to print. Though printing is relatively cheap if pages are few, this trend has gradually costed me considerable amount of money especially when the hard copies are many. I have decided to buy a business printer that would enable me do three tasks on the same machine: that is (1) Printing, (2) Scanning and (3) Photocopying. The basic Epson-make printer would cost approximately $30. With its ability to print photos and many types of cards, which is quite lucrative, my business earnings would increase, since I will stop outsourcing the print jobs.
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Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$81.00
Date disbursed
Sep 5, 2017
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
8 months
Amount repaid
$79.82
Amount remaining
$0.00
Date repaid
May 4, 2018
Status
Fully repaid
Expected Payments | Actual Payments | ||
---|---|---|---|
Sep 15, 2017 | $2.95 | Sep 15, 2017 | $2.95 |
Sep 22, 2017 | $2.95 | Sep 22, 2017 | $2.95 |
Sep 29, 2017 | $2.95 | Sep 29, 2017 | $2.95 |
Oct 6, 2017 | $2.95 | Oct 6, 2017 | $2.95 |
Oct 13, 2017 | $2.95 | Oct 17, 2017 | $2.95 |
Oct 20, 2017 | $2.95 | Oct 20, 2017 | $2.95 |
Oct 27, 2017 | $2.95 | Oct 28, 2017 | $2.95 |
Nov 3, 2017 | $2.95 | Nov 5, 2017 | $2.95 |
Nov 10, 2017 | $2.95 | Nov 12, 2017 | $2.95 |
Nov 17, 2017 | $2.95 | Nov 18, 2017 | $2.95 |
Nov 24, 2017 | $2.95 | Nov 24, 2017 | $2.95 |
Dec 1, 2017 | $2.95 | Dec 2, 2017 | $2.95 |
Dec 8, 2017 | $2.95 | Dec 8, 2017 | $2.95 |
Dec 15, 2017 | $2.95 | Dec 15, 2017 | $2.95 |
Dec 22, 2017 | $0.98 | Dec 22, 2017 | $0.98 |
Dec 29, 2017 | $0.98 | Dec 29, 2017 | $0.98 |
Jan 5, 2018 | $0.98 | Jan 6, 2018 | $0.98 |
Jan 12, 2018 | $0.98 | Jan 12, 2018 | $0.98 |
Jan 19, 2018 | $0.98 | Jan 20, 2018 | $0.98 |
Jan 26, 2018 | $0.98 | Jan 27, 2018 | $0.98 |
Feb 2, 2018 | $0.98 | Feb 9, 2018 | $0.98 |
Feb 9, 2018 | $0.98 | Feb 9, 2018 | $0.98 |
Feb 16, 2018 | $0.98 | Feb 17, 2018 | $0.98 |
Feb 23, 2018 | $0.98 | Feb 17, 2018 | $0.98 |
Mar 2, 2018 | $0.98 | Feb 24, 2018 | $0.98 |
Mar 9, 2018 | $0.98 | Mar 9, 2018 | $0.98 |
Mar 16, 2018 | $0.98 | Mar 9, 2018 | $0.98 |
Mar 23, 2018 | $0.98 | Mar 23, 2018 | $0.98 |
Mar 30, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 1, 2018 | $0.98 |
Apr 6, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 6, 2018 | $0.98 |
Apr 13, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 13, 2018 | $0.98 |
Apr 20, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 20, 2018 | $0.98 |
Apr 27, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 20, 2018 | $0.98 |
May 4, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 20, 2018 | $0.98 |
May 11, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 20, 2018 | $0.98 |
May 18, 2018 | $0.98 | Apr 20, 2018 | $0.98 |
May 25, 2018 | $14.73 | May 2, 2018 | $14.73 |
Jun 1, 2018 | $2.23 | May 4, 2018 | $2.23 |
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