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Duncan

Nairobi, Kenya

100% paid forward

Entrepreneur

Name

Duncan

Member since

January 2020

On-time repayments

29 installments  •  66%

About Me

My names are Duncan Okoth Otieno, Born in Nairobi Kenya. I am a 31-year-old male.
My childhood was rough, coming from a family of six kids, 3 girls and 3 boys, unfortunately, I lost my elder sister and my twin brother, leaving me with one brother and two sisters. Death struck again and I lost my father at the age of 9 and then I lost my mum at the age of 14.

The death of my parents shook my academic path, It forced my brother to work hard to pay my fee with a lot of challenges since my two sisters were jobless at that time and he was the sole breadwinner. By God's grace, I managed to finish high school but never joined college due to a lack of fees. This forced me to start looking for odd jobs to do so as I could save some money and take myself to college.

I managed to get a job as a gym caretaker at one of my uncle's gyms, where I was being paid Ksh 200 per month, I had to divide the money, Ksh 150 was my saving and Ksh 50 was for my up keep. I worked for my uncle for two years and managed to save Ksh 3,600.

I managed to leave my uncle's gym and enrolled myself at a local college and took a short course called quick books and sage which took 3 months after seeking a loan of Ksh1,400 from my sister. After finishing the course I managed to land a job at mac fry cafe 6 months later as a kitchen steward where I was being paid Ksh4,000 and with that, I managed to save enough money to take myself to driving school and also applied for a traveling passport since I believed that for my dream to be achieved I had to aim high and keep trusting on God that he will open gates for me.

By Gods grace, I managed to land a job at a cyber where I was being paid Ksh12,000 and then a few years later I managed to get a job at Westlands at microfinance as a field officer and I worked so hard and God helped me to get promotion from field officer to business development manager to branch manager.

By God's grace, I found an opening to apply for a job in Qatar as a security officer. I was shortlisted and went for two years to Qatar and worked as a security officer where I was being paid $400(Ksh40,000) per month. I saved well and managed to start a business with my big brother, where we deal with laptops, printers, and other office stationary equipment's and we have employed one person.

Currently, I am married and don't have kids, since I am working on stabilizing my finances through Gods grace I trust and believe I will get an investor who will come and join me in creating employment opportunities for others by investing in my vision and dreams

My Business

My business deals with selling laptops, printers, photocopy machines, and repair of damaged laptops and CPUs, TFTs, etc.

The reason why I chose this business is that most students need laptops for their academic work and even those in the cooperate world work with laptops a lot since the old days of using CPU is not welcomed as much.

The cost of a laptop ranges from Ksh 20,000-Ksh 35,000 if it's second hand and the new one costs around Ksh68,000-Ksh 100,000.

I mostly use the profit to expand the business by outsourcing what is not available in the market which clients keep asking about and also by helping the less fortunate in the society which is part of supporting the work of God.

Project Proposal

I will be able to pay the expenses of my bill, which are pending... My payment has come out short and I have a deadline of wednesday to pay up my bill...

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Project Info

Project Type

Pay It Forward

Disbursed amount

$16.00

Date disbursed

Oct 3, 2022

Backers

Evans

Kericho, Kenya

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  • Duncan    Mar 24, 2023

    The money will go supporting the orphan boy with new school uniform, books, etc
    It will really give me peace and joy to know that we have placed a smile on a helpless boy's face.
    Thank you all for making this project possible. God bless you all

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  • Siswanto    Mar 20, 2023

    success

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  • Duncan    Mar 19, 2023

    To all my backers, I am so grateful, you made it all possible.

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  • Duncan    Mar 8, 2023

    The funds is going towards settling the fee balance.
    To all my backers, I am greatful and humbled by your act of kindness..

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  • James    Mar 7, 2023

    Education is the key.

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  • Duncan    Feb 27, 2023

    Thank you so much, my dear backers, your contribution really helped me so much... I am grateful...

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  • Duncan    Feb 12, 2023

    I will buy stock for the business which will really help me in boosting the sales and profit.
    My sales will increase
    Thank you all for your support

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  • Noviandri    Feb 10, 2023

    Help you for your business Help your actual job improvement To increase your income

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  • Duncan    Jan 27, 2023

    To all my backers, I really appreciate the financial support you have been granting me...
    May we continue to support each other always...

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  • Duncan    Jan 9, 2023

    Thank you for the funds
    I will buy Textbooks and do school shopping.
    It's going straight to shopping for school expenses..
    I am grateful, thank you all

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  • Stephen    Jan 6, 2023

    Cheers

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  • Duncan    Jan 3, 2023

    Dear backers
    I am very grateful for the support you gave me in purchasing the POS machine...
    It arrived safely from china and only took two weeks... Now my business is on another level and all thanks to you... May God bless you all

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  • Duncan    Dec 22, 2022

    I have received the funds.
    I am making the purchase of the POS asap, see it in the attached photo.
    Thank you for supporting my project.

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  • Duncan    Dec 22, 2022

    The funds are going to help me purchase a POS machine.
    This Machine will help me in marketing and updating my brands and easy mode of payment.
    Thank you all for making this Project possible...

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  • Duncan    Dec 20, 2022

    Thank you all for the funding, I was able to pay the tuition fee on time, and my daughter was so happy... God bless you all...

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  • Duncan    Dec 11, 2022

    I am paying for the tuition fee, due to the long holidays
    The fund has gone straight to tuition fees for my daughter.
    To all my backers I appreciate the funds.

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  • Meshack    Dec 11, 2022

    Project funded!. Kindly go get it.

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  • Duncan    Dec 6, 2022

    To all those who have been my backers, I pray for blessings... The last loan really helped me and I am greatfull

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  • Duncan    Oct 31, 2022

    The money will go to tuition bills
    I will clear my balance
    I am so grateful to all my supporters

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  • Duncan    Oct 31, 2022

    Thank you all for making this possible... God bless you

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