James

340, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

James

Member since

April 2013

On-time repayments

382 installments  •  89%

About Me

My name is James Mwangi Kamau. I am married with two kids and I live at Utawala near MC Area where I run a hardware shop. I am an accountant by profession and after working for over 10 years in a formal sector I decided to start my business of selling hardware equipments and building materials. I started this business because the job where I was employed before was not paying well and I needed more money to be able to cater the needs of my family and expand financially. The hardware business in our area is more profitable because is a new upcoming real estate and many domiciles are under construction.

My Business

My hardware business is located near a busy road that connects Utawala with the rest of the Estate. Its about 200m from the main road. The name of the shop is "Jaba Hardware" and is a brand name of the whole estate and many customers prefer my goods because they are of high quality and I provide better customer service. I have employed two workers to help deliver the goods to my customers on time. My monthly turnover is Kenya shillings 400000 per month, which gives me a profit of Ksh 20000 after incurring all the expenses . I sell building equipments such as hammers, saws, nails, priers and building materials such as sand, ballast, stones, timber, iron sheets and sanitary wares.

Loan Proposal

Dear lender wish to request a loan to finance my business of Hardware business, to increase my stock so that the customer can access variety of products for building their homes. I will by more building equipments, cements, sand and stone. I hope mu business will grow with type by you generous contribution from you my lender, All you biding are welcome and I hope you will partner with me and work together in this globle village of E-Commerce.

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About Me

Hi Hi My name is James Mwangi Kamau am married with three Kinds and I live at Utawala near MC Area where I run a hardware shop. I am an accountant by profession and After working for over 10 years in a formal sector I decided to start my business of selling hardware equipment and building materials. I started this business because the job was employed was not paying well and I need more money to be able to cater for my family and expand financial. The hardware business in our area is more profitable because is a new upcoming Estate and many houses are under construction. My first born joined national school he is in form 2. He wish to became a doctor and second born a doctor and third born a teacher/ lecturer

My Business

My hardware business is located near a busy road that connects Utawala with the rest of the Estate. Its about 200m from the main road. The name of the shop is called Jaba Hardware and is a brand name in the whole estate and many costumes prefer my goods because they are of high quality and better customer service. I have employed two workers to help deliver the goods to my Customer on time. My monthly turnover is kenya shillings 1,900,000 month which which gives me a profit of Ksh 80000 after all the expenses . I sell building equipments such as hammers, saws, nails,priers and building materials such as sand,ballast, stones, Timber,iron sheets and sanitary wares and cement in bulk. The profits I get I use to pay loan and iam currently building a big premises for my business to shift but I have not shifted since I bought a lorry for collecting stock especially cement and other as I am intending to become a Contructor and I am in processor registering a company a and I pay School fees for my kids

Loan Proposal

Dear lender wish to request a loan to finance my business of Hardware business, to increase my stock so that the customer can access variety of products for building their homes. I will by more building equipments, cements, sand and stone. I hope mu business will grow with type by you generous contribution from you my lender, All you biding are welcome and I hope you will partner with me and work together in this globle village of E-Commerce.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

Apr 21, 2013

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

12 months

Lenders

J

jjonas

berlin, Germany

russell

leicester, United Kingdom

P

planespotter

Berlin, Germany

Namaste250

Pittsford, United States

MillerClark

London, United Kingdom

Ingela

Falun, Sweden

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  • James    Nov 30, 2021

    The business has been very bad and u are supposed to reduce my loan to the net off what u deducted from my loan because I will no longer borrow from you

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  • James    May 15, 2021

    Hi please note current economic conditions in Kenya is very bad Iam requesting u to consider writing off my loan against amount withheld in my previous loan and balance I will pay as new loan. Please note my healthy conditions are pressing me I would request u to consider this.

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  • James    May 15, 2021

    Please Note economic conditions are very bad in Kenya u should consider writing off my loan against amount withheld in my previous loan then the balance I pay as new loan. Please note I am pressed with my medical conditions.

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  • James    Apr 7, 2021

    Economic conditions r bad

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  • Janice    Feb 28, 2021

    I have reminded him about his late payments that he has servicing. Only to pay small amount soon.

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  • James    Jan 15, 2021

    Please note economic situation is bad

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  • James    Nov 22, 2020

    Please note the economy is performing very poorly due to economy harshs and Corona pandamic and we are hoping it will improve

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  • James    Oct 9, 2020

    He lenders note my business is suffering du harsh economic conditions and Corona pandemic I am willing to up to my deposit level so I can leave the group but thank.

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  • James    Aug 25, 2020

    Please note currently Kenya economy is performing badly due to both Corona and inflation

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  • James    Jul 5, 2020

    Hi note under this Corona 19 pandemic our economy is not performing so o wish to reduce weekly instalment instalment to coup with it.

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  • James    Jun 5, 2020

    Please I wish to reduce my weekly instalment due to harse economics condition.

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  • James    Apr 29, 2020

    Please note economic situation is so bad currently due to global effects of Corona virus and other like competition in busines.

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  • James    Mar 13, 2020

    Please note economy of our country is performing very badly hence forcing us to just operate at minimal level

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  • James    Jan 31, 2020

    Please note Kenya economy is performing badly hoping it will improve this year as we are just starting

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  • James    Dec 25, 2019

    Economic status of our country is not good we are hoping it will change soon

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  • James    Nov 20, 2019

    Please note our economics situation is becoming difficulty as time progresses we are hoping things will change.

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  • James    Oct 16, 2019

    Hi lenders note our economic is worsening so business performance note in relation with returns

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  • James    Sep 11, 2019

    Please note economic condition in Kenya is very harsh for our business most of hardware are closing. I expect soon it might improve.

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  • James    Aug 11, 2019

    Please note economic conditions in Kenya is very harsh to an extent we are struggling business I can avoid that much

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  • James    Jul 5, 2019

    Please note economic conditions in Kenya are to harsh to the business field hence we are not able to break even.

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