Additional stock for my meat & eggs supply business

James

Mombasa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

James

Member since

December 2014

On-time repayments

220 installments  •  82%

About Me

My name is James Opany. I am 43 years old having been born in Mombasa City which is the second largest city in Kenya. Mombasa is a port city and my father used to work at Kenya Ports Authority as a clerk. He later retired and went back to Western Kenya which is his rural home. By then was all grown up and I had cleared my college education and I decided not to follow him to his rural home.

I trained as an accountant after my secondary eduction and luckily got a job as an accountant in a local auditing firm. I worked there for about 10 years and then the company closed down. With my terminal benefits, I decided to set up a business selling food products such as sausages, eggs, chicken as well as soft drinks.

I am married with two kids aged 16 and 9 years.

My Business

I deal with sale of food products such as sausages, eggs, chicken as well as soft drinks. I get my supplies from Farmers Choice who are the leading processors of these products in Kenya. I got to know them well because they were our clients at the auditing firm that I was working for before it closed down.

I make daily sales of about $60 with a daily profit of about $12. I use this money to support my family and for business expansion. Despite the relatively good sales volumes, I go get some challenges since there are many competing needs for the money generated by the business and this makes expansion very difficult or even replacing faulty equipment.

I started rearing chicken two years ago and the business has proved to be a huge success since I sell the poultry products from this lot. I however want to expand this area so that I may produce enough birds to sell at the outlet.

For this reason, I need a helping hand in form of credit and I feel Zidisha is a perfect partner in my endeavor due to their friendly loan terms.

Loan Proposal

My business has grown by leaps and bounds in the last one year. I now have many orders from institutions like schools, hotels and hospitals. For me to serve these new clients effectively I need more capital so as to expand my capacity.

With money from this loan, I will be able to satisfy them by increasing my daily stock by about 40%. This in turn will translate into more sales and hence more profit from the business.

Thank you for reading my proposal and kindly consider lending me.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$377.00

Date disbursed

Jan 19, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

36 months

Lenders

MindMuse

Talking Rock, United States

PG

Paul Graham

United States

Rosario von Li

San Jose, Ca, United States

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  • James    Dec 24, 2018

    My business is at it lowest. Kindly allow me to repay this amount for now.
    Thank you.

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  • James    Aug 17, 2018

    Hi am glad and happy to thank the zidisha team for the great work they are doing to us, since we can afford to have affordable loans and improve our business and our family life.May God bless the whole team.

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  • James    Jun 10, 2018

    My business has stagnated and cannot cope with paying more than KES 100. I hope to recover in a few weeks and resume higher repayments.

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  • James    Jul 3, 2017

    I decided to change the instalment so to be able to me payment time with no delay and also due to financial constraints since am paying school fees for my two daughters in high school.

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  • James    Apr 27, 2017

    Thanks a lot to my many lenders for believing in me once more. The money will be used in my poultry farming business and it will boost my income. God bless.

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  • James    Apr 15, 2017

    Thanks so much for your unrelenting support that has enabled me to do rapid expansion of my business. My God bless you abundantly.

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  • James    Mar 21, 2016

    Dear lenders, I am going through some personal challenges and I would like to reduce my weekly repayment to KES 250 until further notice. Kindly accept and understand.

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  • James    Jan 9, 2016

    Dear lenders, My business has grown significantly mostly due to the last loan I took from Zidisha last year. I was able to penetrate new markets and I hope the same trend will continue with additional funding. Thank you so very much.

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  • James    Aug 5, 2015

    i solely want to thank zidisha so much because they have made reach this far i can now rare chicks for meat and sell and am planning to add my birds from one hundred to two hundred birds.

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  • James    Jun 16, 2015

    To my worthy lenders, I have made my first loan payment after receiving USD 198 on the first of this month. I have already up-scaled my poultry business and the response so far is very impressive. Thank you so very much for your support.

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  • MindMuse    May 20, 2015

    James,
    Glad to hear from you and of your success. I am pleased at the opportunity to lend to you again. You were reliable and prompt in repayment, and I believe investment in you and your business pays social dividends that make a difference in a wider sphere.

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    • James    May 20, 2015

      Thank you MindMuse for your compliments and contribution. I was wondering if my postings are ever read by the lenders; I am glad you have answered me.

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  • James    May 19, 2015

    Dear lenders, I am glad I have finished the race! I thank you profusely and the Zidisha team for this excellent idea of supporting our small business. Your loan has made a big impact in my family's life and you have restored my dignity.

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  • James    Mar 30, 2015

    Dear lenders, Update: I managed to get the electronic weighing machine. It cost a little bit more but I managed to top up the money with my own savings. Thank you for the loan because I can now do serve my clients in a quick way.

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  • James    Jan 6, 2015

    To all my lenders, MindMuse, Marietta, thedraft, phangsang and Scott McLean receive my sincere appreciation. Nothing feels better than waking up in the morning and finding good people have contributed to your loan.

    May God bless you.

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  • James    Jan 5, 2015

    Thank you MindMuse for being my first lender ever at Zidisha. I kindly ask other lenders to do the same.

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