Name
Martin
Member since
June 2013
On-time repayments
28 installments • 25%
My name is Martin Murimi Nyaguthii and a resident of Pangani Estate of Nakuru town that is two kilometers from the town.l hail from a family of four members where am the first born.After graduating from college of bakery two years ago l was employed in a local bakery but later with the support of my mother l was able to start my own business so as to increase my income.l use the earnings from the business to support my siblings who are still in school as well as expand the business.during my free time l like reading inspirational books.
my business is located along the Kanu street of Nakuru town near pangani juction. l do bake cakes and sell them in pieces where the prices vary with the size of the cake.l also sell soft drinks such as juice,soda and milk so as to increase the sales.The business is very profitable as its strategically situated where most of my customers are the students from the neighboring colleges and the local residents who buy when going home from jobs .on average l make ks 10,000 per month after deducting the expenses.Although there is lot of competition from supermarkets and other bakers l make sure that my prices are competitive and affordable to the customers as well as ensuring that l give my customers quality service so as to attract and retain them besides ensuring that my cakes are very delicious.if advanced with the loan l will invest in buying modern ovens so as to be efficient in my business and reduce the cost as at times l use the charcoal jiko.my future plan is to make my business a one stop cake shop for the Nakuru residents.
First of all i would like to thank Zidisha and the lenders for the help they offered me and also for their support. i wolud like to thank also the lenders dearly for having trusted in me and for that i give them a great thank you for evrything. My business was located along the Kanu street of Nakuru town near pangani junction. l dId bake cakes and sell them in pieces where the prices vary with the size of the cake.l also sold soft drinks such as juice,soda and milk so as to increase the sales.The business was very profitable as it was strategically situated where most of my customers were the students from the neighboring colleges and the local residents who buy when going home from jobs .on average l made ks 10,000 per month after deducting the expenses.Although there was lot of competition from supermarkets and other bakers l made sure that my prices were competitive and affordable to the customers as well as ensuring that l give my customers quality service so as to attract and retain them besides ensuring that my cakes were very delicious.if advanced with the loan l will invest in and start a cyber business together with the little savings i have made from my business. i thank zidisha .
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Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$368.00
Date disbursed
Nov 26, 2013
Repayment status
Late
Projected term
24 months
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