Capital to buy 9 more kente cloth

Winifred

Danfa-accra, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Winifred

Member since

April 2014

On-time repayments

52 installments  •  62%

About Me

I am Winifred Boamah, a Ghanaian and a graduate in Swahili and Political Science. I am from a family of eight and the oldest of my siblings. Am currently doing my national service at University of Ghana, Legon-Accra. I love to learn other languages because I believe language breaks all forms of barriers and the limited number of languages one has acquired determines his or her limitation in the world.

I am a young lady who is aspiring to become an entrepreneur in order to contribute to the socio-economic development of my community and encourage and support new start-ups in my Region and Ghana has whole.

My Business

My small-scale business is basically about the buying and selling of Kente Clothes. Kente cloth - has its origin with the Ashanti Kingdom, and was adopted by people in Ivory Coast and many other West African counties. It is an Akan royal and sacred cloth worn only in times of extreme importance and was the cloth of kings. Over time, the use of kente has become more widespread due to the prestige attached to it hence increasing the demand for the cloth. However, its importance has remained and it is held in high esteem with Akans as well as Africans in the diaspora.
As a business strategy,I sell out my Kente Clothes to individuals, students, and government workers at a relatively lower prices and this has attracted a high demand for my goods.
Despite the high demand for my Kente goods, I am financially challenged and would like to use this platform for a loan to expand my Kente business.

Loan Proposal

My previous loan from Zidisha lenders helped my business tremendously!!! When I get this fund from lenders, it will help me improve my business in the following ways; due to the daily introduction of wide variety of kente designs, this loan will help me buy 9 new designs of kente cloth which costs $450 in order to increase my customers' choice and also help my business to survive in the business competition. This loan will apparently expand my business and also suit the demand needs of my customers. This will indirectly help promote and sustain locally produced goods in general. Lenders should help me because It will help me to expand my kente business within my community and other communities around me. I will repay this Loan through my earnings so Lenders should kindly support me. Thank You.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$431.00

Date disbursed

May 31, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

Spyque

Saint James, United States

C

chkuo

Taipei, Taiwan

Blond56

Victoria, B. C., Canada

tmisch

San Jose, California, United States

E

Elisa

Espoo, Finland

B

Becks

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A

aguayo

Silicon Valley, United States

H

HildeK

Rogaland, Norway

P

PaulHwang

Alexandria VA, United States

alicemmg

Boston, United States

H

halisi

assenede, Belgium

O

Oscart

Edmonton, Canada

R

Rearden

STAVANGER, Norway

H

hetultel

Ahmedabad, India

MichaelOsburg

Hochheim, Germany

L

Liz

Nowra, Australia

Sarasota

Sarasota, Fl, United States

D

Daisy

Netherlands

larry

Sweden

AAE USA Team

United States

Vesa

Helsinki, Finland

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  • MichaelOsburg    Aug 27, 2015

    Hello Winifred, it has been a while since we heard of you and your beautiful kente dresses. Is everything okay on your side of the net? I sincerely hope things are working out well for you.

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    • Winifred    Aug 11, 2016

      Hi Micheal,
      Apologies for my silence so far at Zidisha. I have always been loyal to this communtiy and especially my lenders. I was a victim to the famous June 3 flood that took place in Accra Last Year. On that faithful day, I way returning from the Ashanti region where I normally go for my goods, unfortunately I came into contact with this disaster which took the lives of hundreds of people. Fortunately , my life was spared, however, I lost all that goods I had on me to the flood. I have been strangled with this trauma psychologically and it has been about a year now.
      I am now fully recovered and I promised to pay anything I owe my lenders since I just had a new job last month.
      May I reiterate that I am very sorry .

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      • MichaelOsburg    Oct 20, 2016

        No need to apologize, I remember the pictures on the news. I'm glad to hear you survived that disaster. I wish you the best of luck with getting back on your feet.

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  • Winifred    Apr 27, 2015

    I have received the loan and I promise to pay in time... thank uu

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  • Winifred    Apr 22, 2015

    Im so grateful to my lenders and I promise not to let you down.. I shall pay in due time as I promised... Thank You

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  • Winifred    Apr 20, 2015

    These are samles of my kente dresses

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    • Patricia    Apr 29, 2015

      Wow!! i love this.....good job. i wish you were in Kenya i would have purchase this dresses.

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      • Winifred    May 5, 2015

        Asante Patricia... usijali Mungu akipenda biashara yangu itakua mpaka Kanya. Nafurahi unaipaenda. Asantee

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  • Winifred    Apr 10, 2015

    Hello Lenders I need your assistance please..

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  • Winifred    Feb 13, 2015

    This is how far your contribution has brought me... thanks

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  • Winifred    Feb 13, 2015

    I thank all my Lenders for the time and patience during my rescheduling... so grateful

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  • Winifred    Dec 25, 2014

    I'm so sorry for not being able to pay my loan on time. After rescheduling my repayment, I had an amount of 1000GHS which I paid on the 24th of December. I felt it appropriate to pay because I don't want to let my lenders down. On the contrary, this has not reflected on my page yet and I hope it will be worked on soon. This is the recept of my payment MobileMoney Advice
    Payment made for GHC1,000.00 to 0549217199
    Current Balance: GHC1.58
    Available Balance: GHC1.58
    Reference: 1
    Transaction ID: 181183498
    TCP
    THANK YOU.

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    • KM    Dec 30, 2014

      Hi Winifred - your payment did come through. Thank-you. I hope that you will have further success in 2015.

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  • Winifred    Dec 23, 2014

    I made an investment of 2000gh with the loan and the turn out has not been so encouraging this time due to an unexpected event that cropped up along the line. I am very sorry for not meeting my target but I promise never to fail my zidisha team therefore I wish to apply for a reduction on my installment thank You.

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  • Oscar    Nov 18, 2014

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  • Oscar    Nov 2, 2014

    Am looking forward to hear from you and also see the progress of your Business Winifred.

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  • Winifred    Sep 22, 2014

    I appeal to all leanders for assistance to support my business. thank You

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  • Oscar    Sep 19, 2014

    Am inspired by your business all the best

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    • Winifred    Sep 22, 2014

      Asante Sana!! I am glad i have inspired you.

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      • Oscar    Nov 2, 2014

        Asante Sana Unakaribishwa Tena,Siku njema Winifred Boamah
        Nashukuru Sana.

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  • MichaelOsburg    Sep 12, 2014

    Wow, these are so beautiful! Good luck with your new endeavour. From the looks, those bags should be a hit! :)

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    • Winifred    Sep 14, 2014

      Thanks MichealOsburg for the encouragement!!! I am equally optimistic!

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  • Winifred    Sep 11, 2014

    These are samples of my beautiful products!!!

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  • Winifred    Aug 1, 2014

    I'm so grateful to my lenders. My business has experienced much growth..

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  • Winifred    Jul 29, 2014

    Hi lenders!! It's been a long while.
    through your support and help my kente business has been great. Due to the poor network, I wasn't able to make my loan payment on the due date which was 25th of July, instead the network permitted me to do so on the 26th. Please I'm counting on your good office to rectify this. Thank you

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  • Winifred    Jun 7, 2014

    Thanks AAEUSATEAM!! The loan wouldn't be possible without your contribution. I'm most grateful.

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