Buy fish and chicken to sell, and tap new market

George

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

George

Member since

April 2014

On-time repayments

276 installments  •  65%

About Me

I’m George Omolo; I’m married with three children. I live in mathare are of Nairobi. At first I wanted to be banker. I enrolled for a diploma in banking but, a year later, I drop out of collage due to financial problems. I worked for several companies in Nairobi and Naivasha as a temporary worker. In 2012, with the little saving, I decided to venture into self employment. After learning a few tips from those who were already in that field of fish supply, I went out to market my product. At first, the business has been tricky where I made a few losses, but now it is picking gradually. I like business ideas groups were we share information, motivate each other and on how we can empower the community. Apart from business, I like much of outdoor activities, watching documentaries, technical things and participating in community activities. I like children, and it gives me pleasure to go and show love and have quality time with the orphans and rescued children’s in children’s homes. I’m a friend to two children’s home where I occasionally spend some time with those children.

My Business

I am business of supplying fish and chicken to small and medium Hotels and restaurants in Nairobi. I supply; fish fillet, whole fish and chicken products. I started to supply one small restaurant with fish, a month later I managed to get three more restaurants to supply. I realised that there was a huge demand for chicken and chicken products where I added chicken to my list. Most of the small and medium restaurants prefer to buy their food from small suppliers. The small suppliers, supply more fresh goods, can deliver small orders, are timely and flexible as compared to big established companies which tend to be rigid; and have standardized stock.
When the supply is abundant, the price goes down and that is when the profit margin is big on my side. After deducting all my expenses and cost of good, I’m left with some reasonable profit that is enough to carter for me and have some to re-invest in the business. Some of the challenges I face are like are; When a customer fails to pay on time for the good delivered; A customer cancels the order after purchase but before delivery; When the supply of goods in the market is very low while the customer places a big order; Traffic jams delay on the road when going to make delivery of goods to my customers. Despite all of this I still do manage to meet my obligations

Loan Proposal

My business is still in the supply of fish and chicken.
There had been a steady rise in the prices of fish and chicken. In the past two months, the prices of fish and chicken have rose by $2/kg and $1/kg respectively. The prices increment is because of increase in costs, interrupted supply.
This has affected my trading capital, and I now need to be buying and keeping some extra stock overnight, so that I may be able to meet all my daily orders.
I will use this additional capital to buy more stock to supply, and to keep some to sell to other traders, who come late to the market, and to maintain a good cash flow as I wait for payment from my clients. With this funding, I will be able to run my business smoothly, and generate more profit with will be able to sustain and expand the business, and repay the loan.
I appreciate, and will appreciated your continues assistance.

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  • Will    Nov 12, 2017

    George repaid quickly and on time, while also providing updates.

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  • Mary    Nov 4, 2017

    George is an excellent borrower!

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$443.00

Date disbursed

Sep 30, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

4 months

Lenders

P

PlutusNOR

Trondheim, Norway

A

awecz

Prague, Czech Republic

JimVandegriff

Trinidad, California, United States

A

anonymous123

United States

K

kaf121

Lynnfield, United States

N

nodogosi

Espoo, Finland

Namaste250

Pittsford, United States

T

tuttifrutti

tulare, United States

McJulio

New Jersey, United States

T

tkromm

Agia Paraskevi, Greece

trackpal

Brighton, United Kingdom

SmeeAgain

Dublin, Ireland

K

KennaMumford

Salt Lake City, United States

K

kosatka

Slovakia

calvero

Bergen, Norway

N

nba1999

Beijing, China

K

kjustad

Asker, Norway

Hedwich

Gorssel, Netherlands

H

howard

Vence, France

Sarasota

Sarasota, Fl, United States

M

marymarrs

North Bend, United States

Kristrun Tinna

Reykjavik, Iceland

Freewolf

Salt Lake City, United States

O

ormung13

Christchurch, New Zealand

mygueye

Montreal, Canada

D

Dianatalk

Netherlands

T

thebonseung

Republic of Korea

D

Daisy

Netherlands

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

J

Jmatasovsky

United States

L

leumasmc

United States

Bjorn

Heggedal, Norway

C

ColoradoSkier

Denver, United States

P

Prometheus

Duisburg, Germany

T

tom12345

Netherlands

J

JF2014

United States

M

Mirko110775

Hamburg, Germany

K

Krandor

Netherlands

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