Buying and reselling affordable solar lights and kits

Patricia

Dodowa, Accra, Ghana

56% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Patricia

Member since

August 2017

On-time repayments

182 installments  •  77%

About Me

My name is Patricia Soudi, a resident of Dodowa, Accra-Ghana. I am a nurse who just completed Nursing Training in Mon Reve Nursing Institute and I am waiting to be enrolled by the government. I am currently working with PEG Solar as their Direct Sales Representative (DSR) and working with Star Time alongside as their marketer.

I am a single mother, a mother of one child. As a child, my parents struggled to take care of us. This was because my dad lost his job and my mom had to take care of us single-handedly. That did not even stop me from going forward. At age 12, I started working and taking and supporting my siblings. It is through that hard effort that I can call myself a nurse today.

We are a family of 7 and we love and support each other to achieve our dreams. I have a son now who is in class 3 and I am doing everything possible to support him to go further in education since I was not privileged. I enjoy reading, singing and cooking. I belong to the Assemblies of God musical group where I demonstrate my gift and talent in singing. People love it when I sing at church.

My Business

I work with PEG Solar as their Direct Sales Representative (DSR) and with Star Time alongside as their marketer. In Ghana, most people are not privileged to have light in their homes and therefore PEG Solar is doing everything possible to help the less privileged Ghanaians so that everybody can have access to light. Light is among the basic necessities of life; therefore, it is very important to help everybody to have one. With Star Times, we make decoders very affordable to the people as compared to the ones in the market.

As Direct Sales Representative (DSR), I roam from homes to homes, villages to villages, cities to cities so that I can make my sales. Payment (commission) is based on the total sales you make at the end of the month. Alongside PEG Solar, I work with Star Time to make their presence in Ghana be known.

There is high demand for the solar product, especially in areas where there is no electricity. My product is purely based on solar, so the people like to buy it, since they know that they have the right to pay back how they want it. The payment structure is flexible.

Loan Proposal

I need a loan to re-stalk my solar business. Will buy a solar kit such as lantern, solar bulb, solar battery, solar torchlight, and so on. I will resale it with a markup price and make some profit.
Promise to pay back.

Income Source

Will pay back the loan from my personal savings. Will work hard and pay back as I have always done in the past.

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About Me

My name is Patricia Soudi a residence of Dodowa, Accra-Ghana. Am a nurse who just completed Nursing Training in Mon Reve Nursing Institute and waiting to be enrolled by the government. I am currently working with PEG Solar as their Direct Sales Representative (DSR) and working with Star Time alongside as their marketer.
I am a single mother, a mother of one child. As a child, my parents struggled to take care of us. This was because my dad lost his job and my mom has to take care of us single handedly. That did not even stop me from going forward. At age 12 started working and taking and supporting my siblings. It is through that hard effort that I can call myself a nurse today.
We are a family of 7 and we love and support each other to achieve our dreams. I have a son now who is in class 3 and doing everything possible to support him to go further in education since I was not privilege.
I enjoy reading, singing and cooking. I belong to the Assemblies of God musical group where I demonstrate my gift and talent in singing. People love it when I sing at church.

My Business

I work with PEG Solar as their Direct Sales Representative (DSR) and with Star Time alongside as their marketer. In Ghana most people are not privilege to have light in their homes and therefore PEG Solar is doing everything possible to help the less privilege Ghanaians so that everybody to have access to light. Light is among the basic necessity of life therefore it is very important to help everybody to have one. With Star Times we make decoders very affordable to the people as compare to the ones in the market
As Direct Sales Representative (DSR), I roam from homes to homes, villages to villages, cities to cities so that I can make my sales. Payment (commission) is based on the total sales you make at the end of the month. Alongside PEG Solar I work with Star Time to make their presence in Ghana be known.
There is high demand for the product especially in areas where there is no electricity. My product is purely based on solar, so the people like to buy it, since they know that they have the right to pay back how they want it. Payment structure is flexible.

Loan Proposal

I need a loan to re-stalk my solar business. Will buy a solar kit such as lantern, solar bulb, solar battery, solar torchlight, and so on. I will resale it with a markup price and make some profit.
Promise to pay back.

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  • David    Sep 16, 2020

    Loan was originally scheduled to take two months. Patricia persevered through the pandemic and completed the loan after seven months. Well done and continued good wishes.

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  • David    Feb 24, 2020

    Another two month loan paid off in less than three months. I am pleased to see such a worthwhile business progressing nicely.

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  • Nikko    Nov 26, 2019

    Repaid in full and on time!

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  • Laura    Jun 24, 2019

    Repaid the loan in full :)

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  • David    Feb 24, 2019

    Loan was originally scheduled to take two months. Slow sales led to some reduced payments, but the loan was paid off in less than three months. I am pleased to be able to help with such a worthy project.

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  • Kathleen Coleman    Feb 23, 2019

    Well done!

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  • Peter Waldie    Mar 12, 2018

    Patricia made all repayments on time, and communicated brilliantly. I certainly recommend lending to Patricia.

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    • Patricia    Mar 15, 2018

      Thank you very much Peter for your post.
      Just want to thank you all for the short time I stayed with this wonderful family. For some reasons I don't know but Zidisha ejected me.
      But I appreciate you all. for your help.

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  • Treesforpeople    Mar 9, 2018

    Patricia repayed her loan in full and I'd definitely recommend her to other lenders - I'd like to lend to her again.

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    • Patricia    Mar 12, 2018

      Thank you so much Treesforpeople, for all your continue support and mentorship. God richly bless you.

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  • TomF925    Nov 9, 2017

    Excellent communicator. Responsive to questions. Great photos in discussion section.

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    • Patricia    Nov 12, 2017

      Tom, thanks so much for your complement. How are you today? Have a good Sunday

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$775.00

Date disbursed

Sep 12, 2020

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

12 months

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Bpryse

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JimVandegriff

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JessieD

Alexandria, Va, United States

TomF925

www.AfricaLeap.com, United States

Jan

Netherlands

Lotus Flower

United States

Marcus

Germany

Dan Brinkman

Lynden, WA, United States

Ed

Howells, United States

Vratik Krocik

Prague, Czech Republic

JH

Joseph Hwang

Houston, United States

M

Mary

United States

B

Berni

Germany

Don Williams

New Zealand

J

Netherlands

Kathleen Coleman

Oregon, United States

Sayuri

United Kingdom

David Hopkins

United States

DK

Daniel Kalla

Saint Paul, United States

EG

Erik G

Switzerland

Babbitt Family Foundation

Reno, United States

KM

Kirk Moore

Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

A

Anonymous

United States

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  • Grace    Nov 24, 2021

    I advise her to adjust payment since she can not pay all at a time

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  • Grace    Oct 24, 2021

    She is still complaining about business slow

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  • Grace    Sep 8, 2021

    Business is slow so in that case I advise her to adjust payment

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  • TomF925    Aug 29, 2021

    Sorry business is slow. Please get in touch with Zidisha and ask for reduced payments (and a longer term for your loan.) This will preserve your good credit score, which is very important.

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  • Grace    Aug 1, 2021

    She said she will make payment

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  • Patricia    Jul 28, 2021

    Business is slow.

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  • Patricia    Jul 16, 2021

    Business is very bad now, Ghana's economy is bad

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  • Grace    Jun 30, 2021

    Business is very slow but she is preparing to pay

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  • Patricia    Jun 28, 2021

    low sales

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  • Patricia    Jun 19, 2021

    business is very bad nowadays.

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  • Alfred    May 29, 2021

    Dear Lenders,
    I couldn't reach Happy so I contacted one of her references who happens to be her brother, who's called Roger and he promised to talk to her to have her repayment done.

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  • Patricia    Apr 28, 2021

    Due to covid-19, I put a stop to going up and down for sales and that has reduced my sales drastically.

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  • Alfred    Apr 14, 2021

    Dear Lenders,
    I tried several times to reach Patricia but couldn't reach her. I will do my best to reach her

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  • Patricia    Apr 4, 2021

    Business is very poor nowadays.

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  • Alfred    Mar 12, 2021

    Dear Lenders,
    I tried several times to reach Patricia Soudi but her phones are off.
    I wasn't able to reach any of her references too.
    I will do my best to get in touch Patricia Soudi or her references.
    Thank you

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  • Patricia    Mar 8, 2021

    Due to the pandemic business has been very bad at my end.

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  • Erik G    Feb 1, 2021

    Hi Patrica - great to hear sales are picking up, i'm sure you are working hard to make that happen. Also just want say how much all your lenders appreciate that you still kept up with the repayments when sales were low. You're doing a great job at continuing to build confidence with those lenders on Zidisha. Respect. Wish you continued success.. Erik

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  • Patricia    Jan 16, 2021

    Sales is now picking up.

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  • TomF925    Dec 10, 2020

    Sorry to hear sales are bad. Best whishes for better conditions soon. Don't hesitate to contact Zidisha and lower your upcoming payments. Keep your hard earned credit rating high!

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  • Patricia    Dec 9, 2020

    sales was very bad.

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