Expansion of beauty products in my cosmetics shop
Ansuaa
Berekum, Ghana
2% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Ansuaa
Member since
July 2016
On-time repayments
48 installments • 75%
About Me
I was born and raised in a slum within the environs of Berekum constituency. I studied at Berekum Methodist Primary School and scored highly, thus securing a place in a mission school, Notre Dame Girls Senior High School. Ever since primary education, life within the shanties was never easy particularly for the girl child. The general public perceived a girl growing up in the slum and with the ambition to excel academically was doomed to fail or drop out because of sexual involvement with the young men that loitered around stealing and raping kids. I stayed positive with the target of emulating fellow girls from the surrounding suburbs that attended the same school with me. With the right mother care and inspiration from a friend, who was from the same slum dwelling but excelled to the University level, I set a path to be exemplary for fellow girls and for my own satisfaction to study and build myself a career in this competitive country, where the traditional perception of the female figure is that of giving birth and taking care of the children. With hard work and patience, I am now a third year student at Lagon University of Ghana pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in public relations and communication.
I admire beauty and elegance. From that passion, I came up with the idea of selling beauty products to classmates and friends. Demand grew and I raised cash to open a beauty shop. Besides, I was ever splendid at doing salon work, hairdressing ladies. With that skill, I have managed to keep up and even create job opportunities for my fellow needy girlfriends, especially those with a financially incapacitated background.
I was lucky to have escaped the hostilities of living my live because I chose to support my own life at a tender age. I would like to inspire and motivate fellow girls through my education and innovation, and build an empire with the hope of eradicating poverty for the schooling fellows and thwart the traditional norms that have left the girl child separated from humanity, neglected and constantly belittled by male dominance.
I am passionate about my friend and boyfriend who rose from the same slum washing cars for a living, went to university and is now an aspiring scientist. He was my role model and my mentor. He believes in equal rights and opportunities for the female figure and with his ideology, innovation and education has been my weapon to fight poverty.
My Business
I sell beauty products. With the growing female population on my campus, and the campus being far from a town center, my venture has grabbed the niche of bringing these products at close proximity to the buyers. Campus girls love to look appealing and, with that, I created my business opportunity. I chose this business because it needed a low amount of start up capital and had the potential to grow exponentially because the campus runs a tri-semseter program which meant a steady flow of clients. With an average stock worth GHC 1,000, I make up to 2,500 or more depending on female population for that particular semester. The profits accrued partly meet my upkeep needs but most are re-injected back to other investments.
Loan Proposal
I will use the loan this time around for more beauty products such as: seti lotion' hair cream' starling geir ' UB' optima' B O 16'shampoo' etc. These products are much in demand in my community. I am pleading with my dear Zidisha team to grant me the third loan so that I can stock all the said products to increase my monthly earnings. Thank you.
About Me
My name is Ansuaa Abigail.I was born and raised in a slum, within the environs of Berekum constituency. Studied at Berekum Methodist primary school and scored highly, securing a place in a mission school, Notre Dame Girls senior high school. Ever since primary education, life within the shanties was never easy particularly for the girl child.I started selling these products.
My Business
My Business
I sell beauty products. With the growing female population in my campus, and the campus being far from a town center, my venture has grabbed the niche of bringing these products at close proximity to the buyers. Campus girls love to look appealing and with that, I created my business opportunity. I chose this business because it needed a low start up capital and had the potential to grow exponentially because the campus runs a tri-semseter program which meant and steady flow of clients. For an average stock worth ghc 1,000 i make up to 2,500 or more depending on female population for that particular semester. The profits accrued partly meet my upkeep needs but most are re-injected back to other investments.
Loan Proposal
I will use the loan this time round to other for more beauty products below; seti lotion 4) packs $100' hair cream' starling geir 3) packs each$100 ' UB' optima 6) packs $100' B O 16'shampoo 2) packs each $100' .This products are much demanded in my community. I am pleading with my dear zidisha team to grant me the third loan so that I can be able to stock all the said products to increase my monthly earnings. Thank you.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$274.00
Date disbursed
Mar 13, 2017
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
60 months
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