Entrepreneur
Name
Hellen
Member since
December 2016
On-time repayments
176 installments • 70%
About Me
My name is Hellen Wanjiru Maina, and I was born in Murang'a, Gaturi location, Nyakihai Sublocation, Kirima Village. Currently, I live in Nairobi, Zimmerman. My father is a driver and my mother is a small scale farmer. Through their efforts, they managed to educate the four of us, my two brothers and sister through college education. After clearing college I worked in various sectors where I also joined some Merry-go-round groups which helped me raise some capital and start the shop where I am currently working.
My Business
My business specialty is mainly services. Some of the major things include, offering government services through online platforms such as ecitizen.go.ke. Here I assist customers t renew their driving licenses, apply for Kenyan Passport, Business registration and such other services included in the platform. Other online services include ghris.go.ke, teacher service commission website among others. Apart from the online services I also offer other services such as photo editing, passport photo and photo printing, as well as documents printing services.
Virtually, I chose this type of business due to my qualifications from college (Diploma in Information Communications Technology), which made it easy for me to navigate through the online services. Normally, on a good day I make about ($10), which is used across a wide sort of activities among them paying rent and taking care of my family. Every three months together with my friends we visit a children home around home as a way of giving back to the community.
Loan Proposal
For some time now, I have been using the three-in-one printer, which served as a document scanner. Unfortunately, it developed a problem forcing me to need a stand-alone scanner since buying a similar printer is a bit expensive for me. I intend to get a second hand scanner going for $37 and use the remaining balance for inventory for my shop such as printing papers.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$58.00
Date disbursed
Jul 30, 2017
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
6 weeks
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