Selling plastic carrier bags

Shadrick

Chililabombwe, Zambia

26% paid forward

Entrepreneur

Name

Shadrick

Member since

September 2020

On-time repayments

32 installments  •  81%

About Me

My names are Shadrick Kapolyo, from Zambia on the boarder town of Chililabombwe, on the copperbelt province. My career journey in life as seen me through some of the most interesting episodes in life. From the hey days in school, at Mungwi Secondary Technical School, in the Northern part of Zambia, and Kasama in particular to rose days as a banker with Barclay bank pls, and then Finance Bank Zambia Ltd, and life in the mining industries of Northwestern province, Solwezi.
Life can really be interesting, its like they say, life is what you make it, i could comfortably say i have had it all. Now settled in Chililabombwe, life has to continue, i have always dreamed of running my own affairs (business) and the boarder town provides that unique platform for both start-ups and established businesses, the common adage; ''any thing sells in chililabombwe/Kasumbalesa'' can not be over emphasized. Mine is to one day grow my Agric feed business, supplying agricultural feeds to poultry famers both local and across the boarder.

My Business

My business is currently seasonal, am operating lawn mowers, with hired laborers, this business though seasonal is very profitable. Currently i have two machines, one is electrical and the other is petrol powered. From what i have seen in the past season, this is far more profitable than running a fleet of taxis, as the operating costs are far too little compared with running a taxi, better still, the capital employed could be 1/200th of that of buying car. The daily cashing from a lawn mower business, is three or 4 times higher. This comparison arises from the fact that i have operated a taxi business before, whilst am almost set on this business, my eyes are still focused on running a Agric business, which logistics are almost done.

Project Proposal

Am planning to raise funds to venture into wholesaling of the same line of business am currently doing; plastic carrier bags.
At the moment the retailing side of the business is becoming more competitive. As more people are taking up the business moreso street vending.
To wade off the stifle competition I thought of playing the middleman's role, by buying in bulk and and reselling at wholesale price.
From my experience and a survey I have done, am more than certain this is an ideal business venture.

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$1,962.00

Date disbursed

Sep 16, 2022

Backers

M

marycb

United States

Kitty

Hailsham, United Kingdom

J

John

Newbury Park, CA, United States

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

F

flaguy999

Tampa, United States

Bobrm2k3

Charleston, United States

Paul

Juja, Kenya

nmatpt

Lisboa, Portugal

numbat

Perth, Australia

H

harrymore

Townsville, Australia

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

chriseyre

Fremont, Ca, United States

Tanya

Nelson, New Zealand

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Franmiguel

Perth, Australia

Richard

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

AG

Alexandre Genereux

Gatineau, Canada

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

I

Ian

United Kingdom

C

cota

United States

Framework Eyewear

Utrecht, Netherlands

Isaac

Cape Coast, Ghana

PG

Paul Graham

United States

AH

ajay hampapur

United States

Richard

Nanyuki, Kenya

roark22

Geneva, Switzerland

NG

Nick Gorrell

Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

Ed

Howells, United States

L

Lucy

Australia

Bencharles

Nakuru, Kenya

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Richard Benyon

United States

Christian

Accra, Ghana

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

A

Anonymous

United States

Joseph

Nairobi, Kenya

JF

J Fister

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Jane

Ontario, Canada

S

Sarah

Arlington, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

CN

Craig Newmark

United States

Teresa

Nairobi, Kenya

Faith

Nairobi, Kenya

Eugine

Nairobi, Kenya

Kevin

Kajiado, Kenya

Janeliza

Kitengela, Kenya

Evans

Muranga, Kenya

Dennis

Meru , Kenya

Sunny

Buriya, Kenya

Samwel

Nairobi City, Kenya

Agnes

Nairobi, Kenya

Hannington

Lain-moja, Kenya

Nick Studenski

Minneapolis, United States

Ryan Agnew

Australia

DO

Denis Ontiveros

Guildford, United Kingdom

alexalexalex

Berlin, Germany

Manfred

Nairobi, Kenya

RS

Ralph Smyth

United Kingdom

James

Koilot, Kenya

Samuel

Ngong, Kenya

S

Samuel

Kubwa, Nigeria

R

Robert

Nyeri, Kenya

Justin

Nairobi, Kenya

EW

Eric West

United States

S

Sibyl

Basel, Switzerland

Victor

Nairobi, Kenya

E

Eduardo

Paraguay

Joseph

Tala, Kenya

Black and White Zebra

Vancouver, Canada

EG

Erik G

Switzerland

Utahna

United States

CC

Chris Coulson

United Kingdom

Prosper Kwame

Accra, Ghana

EH

Ed Hendrickson

Ames, Iowa, United States

Babbitt Family Foundation

Reno, United States

Vincent Strangio

Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Okoth

Kisumu, Kenya

Linda

Awutu Senya East, Ghana

Brian Herrmann

Chicago, United States

KW

Kevin Wilson

United States

A

Anonymous

United States

DY

Dan Y

Scranton PA, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

C

Cam

United Kingdom

Ameaa

Techiman Bono East Capital, Ghana

RJ

Robert Jamieson

Vancouver, Canada

A

Anonymous

United States

Solomon

Koforidua, Ghana

AC

Andrew Crawford

Hamburg, Germany

Mwansa

Copper Belt, Zambia

Esther

Winneba, Ghana

Simon

Moree (cape Coast, Ghana

Zimba

Lusaka, Zambia

Eusila

Eldoret, Kenya

Bismark

Nobewam, Ghana

L

Lordina

Kasoa, Ghana

Maurine

Kisumu, Kenya

Shadrach

Accra, Ghana

Fauzia

Accra, Ghana

Daniel

Dormaa Ahenkro, Ghana

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Amount returned to the platform for this project

$509.85

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