Collins
Near La Paix Hotel, Zuarungu Rd, Kumbosco, Ghana
100% repaid
Name
Collins
Member since
May 2017
On-time repayments
15 installments • 53%
My name is Collins Akparibo. I come from a small town call Zebilla, upper east region of ghana.
I started my primary education there,and in my class we were just 5 pupils. There are some days we were just 2 in attendance. My Dad was committed in seeing me go through university education. I used to supplement this little money my Dad gave me for school fees with fish I got from a river 10miles away.
After school I decided to start a fish farming business. Fish is rare commodity in our part of the country. There is a great potential for aquaculture,therefore decided I will get into aquaculture. Fingerlings are purchased from a distance of 850km which makes it difficult for fish farmers.
I therefore saw this as an opportunity to invest in fingerlings production so to supply farmers,and stock my own ponds.
I am a small feed producer,and vegetable farmer. I also operate a mechanical shop.
Fish and poultry feeds and scarce where I live. I got fish feed machine,and a poultry feed machine to produce feed for the community where I live. It is a good business looking at the value. All raw materials are purchase locally and therefore affecting positively local farmers.
I will use the money to buy fish feed, fish net, and electronic weighing scale , which is estimated to cost $750 . This will help increase productivity and create employment for other especially the youth and persons with disability.
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Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$31.00
Date disbursed
May 20, 2017
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
6 weeks
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