Edward

Kiptangwanyi Kenya, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Edward

Member since

December 2012

On-time repayments

122 installments  •  5%

About Me

i was born in 1952 in nyeri district in central province i joined std one in the year 1960 upto1966 when i did my cpe level in mukurweini primary school. iwas unable to continue with my secondary school education due to un avoidable reasons. in 1967 iwas employed by a near by farmer to milk his cows i did in a period of 5 years until 1972. i left the job and went to the western part of kenya where i was employed as astore keeper the cash i got those days i used to pay school fees for my younger brothers since both of my parents past away during second world war.i worked in western kenya in a period of 10 years i came back in central province in the year 1986 i got married in the year 1987thats when i married miss jane and we are blessed with three children two boys and a girl where all of them have completed their primary education.in the year 1988 i went to the nearby forest whereby i worked as a charcoal burner.I did the job for two years the job was so hard such that i decided to leave it thats when i joined the world of business in the year 1992
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My Business

i started my first business in the year 1994 after being employed and i was not succesful and i decided to join the business sector where i opened a small kiosk in our local village and thats when i decided to add more stock to serve more customers.By then there were no any other income sources since we used to pay 1,000 revenue kes to our government.the business was good but i decided to try the meat business and i worked in the meat business for a period of 5 years.I also shifted to that business due to lack of sufficient funds and i went to the nearby forest where farmers were caltivating different types of green vegetables. the profit i had got thereby earlier i bought a second hand lorry which i used to transport the green vegetables like cabbages to our city of Nairobi the business was doing quite good.I had been transporting those greens for a period of time and the business has been so good to me i have educated my children and their school fees i used to get from the business until 2007 when we were affected by the post election violence.the business was not good again since i could not get the cabbages from the nearby farmers

Loan Proposal

dear lenders, i would like to thank zidisha platform for giving me this opportunity to join lenders all over the world.with this first loan i will add more cereals stock in my shop, so that i can be able to serve more customers.during this season, im transporting grains in the eastern part of our country. the demand in the place of the goods im supplying is in a high demand.now i will be able to transport more bags of maize and beans in a high quantity.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$500.00

Date disbursed

Mar 14, 2013

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

15 months

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C

CWS

Huntington beach, ca, United States

P

patfigel

Wien, Austria

Sundstroms

Falun, Sweden

SHRFamily

Vancouver, Canada

U

USDescartes

Columbus, OH, United States

MillerClark

London, United Kingdom

W

WellingtonPFClass

Columbus, Oh, United States

Ingela

Falun, Sweden

E

erogers

Vancouver, Canada

V

vshafor

Carlsbad, United States

T

TowerOfLondon

Lynden, United States

M

martinmuell

wien, Austria

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