Admin    Oct 31, 2013

Hello Lenders - On Oct. 29 I was able to speak to Mr. Alagbo's Community Leader. The CL assures me that Mr. Alagbo is in good health and that he knows his whereabouts. The CL says he will speak to Mr. Alagbo to encourage him to contact Zidisha so that we remain in contact and that we may assist him in becoming current. Thank you for your patience. Rachel

KM    Oct 28, 2013

Hello lenders - as a virtual volunteer here at Zidisha, here is a little update about Mr. Alagbo - our last contact with Mr. Alagbo was in September, and our latest attempt to get in touch with him was by phone on Oct. 10th.
Attempts will continue to re-establish contact and repayment. Thank-you for your patience.

Daouda    Aug 15, 2013

Hello Zidisha and my lenders, I profited from the festival of assumption which is celebrated in my home of Benin and the Ramadan festival, which is just past, I wish to greet Zidisha and the lenders, and wish you a long life full of sucess with all your works. The enterprise Alagbo and Sons apologizes to Zidisha for being late with the first payment, and promises to pay the rest in three months. Thank-you very much, see you soon.

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bjour zidisha et mes preteur je profit de la fete de l'assomption qui est d'ailleurs chomee chez moi au benin et la fete de ramadan qui c'est bien passee pour feliciter zidisha et les preteur ,et leur souhaiter une longue vie beaucoup de succes dans leur differents proge(.amen).l'entrprise alagbo &fils s'excuse aupres de zidisha le retard du premier versement ,et promet paye le reste en trois mois. merci beaucoup ,a tres bientot

Daouda    Jun 27, 2013

Hello Zidisha and my lenders, I am very happy to inform you that I received my loan as of this past June 7 and it has undoubtedly helped me a lot during my trip because, with it, I expanded my assets. Presently, our business is responding to client demand. We give enourmous thanks to Zidisha and our lenders. May God bless Zidisha and the lenders. Amen. See you very soon. Thank you.

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bjour zidisha et mes preteurs; je suis tres content de vous informer que j ai recu mon pret depuis la date 7 juin passe; et sans doute ca ma beaucoup aider pendant mon voyage parceque avec ca j ai renforcer mon capital.presentement notre entreprise repont au demande de ses client. nous remercions infinement zidisha et nos preteurs .que dieu benisse zidisha et les preteurs.amen Atres bientot Merci

Daouda    May 15, 2013

Good evening Zidisha and my lenders. My business thanks you with great joy. Thanks to the money I received, my business benefitted greatly because my stocks are up to date. We decided to "solder" next month in order to be able to receive another loan. Because Ramadan is near and the demand will be great due to the religious marriage ceremonies that take place here. Building cabinets, house remodeling, etc... We hope to have another loan as soon as possible to be able to get supplies and to respond to client demand. Thank you.

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bsoir zidisha et mes preteurs,c est avec une grande joie que mon entreprise vous remercie.grace à l argent recu, l entreprise à realiser une forte benefice parce que le storq est ajour .nous avion decider de solder le mois prochain , pour pourvoir recu un notre pret.parceque le ramadan est proche et la demande sera forte,à l occasion des mariage religieus comme ca se passe chez nous .les realisation des armoirs ,les reabilitation des maison etc.nous souhaitons avoir un notre pret le plus vite que possible pour pouvoir s aprovisionner et repondre au demande des client.merci

Daouda    Apr 8, 2013

Good evening, lenders! I am very happy to welcome my representative Mien to my home in Parakou, and together we spoke of Zidisha. She helped me understand a lot about the structure of Zidisha. She allowed me to ask many questions and her responses were truly satisfying. I thank Zidisha and the lenders for trusting me, and I will respect my commitment. I will talk to friends, colleges, and to all who are close to me to say that it is wonderful working with Zidisha and it's lenders.

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bonsoir,mes preteurs je suis très content d'acceuillir ma représentente Mien chez moi a parakou. et ensemble nous avion parler de zidisha elle ma faire comprendre beaucoup sur cette structure. elle ma permis de pauser beaucoup de question et que la réponse est satisfaisante vraiment je remercie zidisha et les prêteur de m'avoir faire confiance;et à mon tour je respecterai mon engagement .je parlerai à mes amis,mes collègues et tous mes proches. c'est très magnific avec zidisha et les prêteurs.

MienDeGraeve    Apr 7, 2013

Hi everyone,
My name is Mien, I am West Africa client relationship manager at Zidisha and I am currently visiting Parakou, in the north of Benin. Benin is a new country for Zidisha and till now there are only a few Zidisha borrowers. Let’s hope there will be many more people applying after my visit!
Parakou is the 3rd city of Benin, situated in the north of the country. The city has a lively market where women sell sweet mangoes, fresh vegetables, and delicious cheese made from cow milk. The business of Mr Alagbo is situated next to the market: he sells glass for windows and frames for pictures and he also offers some hardware products.
He was very happy to meet a representative of Zidisha because since a long time he had been wondering why an individual in Europe or the US would want to invest money in an entrepreneur in a far away country? I gave him my answers (including the fact that many people around the world are willing to help others as long as they know how the money is used and see the results of their investment) but please feel free to tell Mr Alagbo more about your personal reasons. He is very grateful anyway and he is looking forward to work more with Zidisha in the future. I told him about the importance of communicating regularly with lenders in order to invest in this future and he promised he'll post a personal update soon.