Furniture and lighting for clothing boutique

Allan

Nairobi City, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Allan

Member since

March 2014

On-time repayments

18 installments  •  28%

About Me

Am 26years old, i live in nyayo embakasi in Nairobi Kenya. Iam the third born in a family of five 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Professionally am a certified accountant; i have always loved to be in control of my finances and time this is what led me to start my businesses contrary to looking for a job, am also a firm believer in working smart and hard this makes me to be in constant look out for any new creative ideas that can help better my businesses. During my free time i love to watch my local soccer team play and when indoors i love to paint nature it helps me relax better. whenever finances and time allow i love to take part in any community services available as its self fulfilling for me to know i have helped improve the lives of the unfortunate.

My Business

I Run two businesses a boutique that sells ladies clothes and an accounting firm that specializes in book keeping and auditing for small businesses. The boutique is more profitable but faces stiff competition thus one has to always be on the look out for any changes in fashion and prices. I buy the goods from turkey, china or Dubai, and sell in Kenya in wholesale. the shipment normally come via sea thus it takes approximately 3 weeks this means on average one can sell one shipment in three months. The profits varies with the costs and any other incentive you decide to offer to win more clients e.g free delivery but on average per shipment we get between 500-600usd.
The accounting firm looks more stable but with less returns. its major challenge is lack of enough capital to employ more human resource. Since iam the only employee i have to juggle between marketing and doing the job.On a good month it makes a profit of 170usd.

Loan Proposal

I plan to use the money to buy some furniture's and lighting for my boutique. This will help in display of stock to attract more customers and for beautification of the boutique. The customers will now have somewhere to relax as they wait for their goods or rather if he or she comes with a friend; the friend can relax somewhere. The lighting will help with view and beautification of the boutique. These will directly reflect n sales and thus more profits. i will be really grateful for nay help offered. THANK YOU.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$150.00

Date disbursed

Apr 30, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

2 months

Other loans

Lenders

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

E

Escalada

Bakersfield, CA, United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$152.80

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Sep 2, 2014

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
May 8, 2014 $16.89 May 24, 2014 $16.89
May 15, 2014 $16.89 May 24, 2014 $16.89
May 22, 2014 $16.89 May 24, 2014 $16.89
May 29, 2014 $16.89 Jun 5, 2014 $16.89
Jun 5, 2014 $16.89 Jun 27, 2014 $16.89
Jun 12, 2014 $16.89 Jun 27, 2014 $16.89
Jun 19, 2014 $16.89 Jun 27, 2014 $16.89
Jun 26, 2014 $16.89 Jun 27, 2014 $16.89
Jul 3, 2014 $16.89 Sep 1, 2014 $16.89

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