Flour, sugar, and soda for my retail shop

Nancy

Malava, Kenya

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Nancy

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June 2017

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10 installments • 50%

About Me

I am Nancy Maina, a Kikuyu by tribe but married to a Luhiya, a tribe from the western part of Kenya. What led me to being married in another community other than my tribe is the entrepreneurial culture in me. I found myself back in late 90's in Malava town doing business a distance, a full day if you travelled by road, from my ancestral home. I have four children now: three of them are in college, while one is still in primary school.

I managed to go to school till form four (that is, high school days). Because education was taken lightly during my time, I just had to abandon my studies, and due to the entrepreneurial culture among people from my community, I found myself in entrepreneurship. I started with 10 kshs I borrowed from my parents, and now my business all inclusive stands at 1500 dollars.

This has been a struggle for me to reach this point; I have overcome several hurdles, including the 2008 post-election violence where my business was nearly coming to a closure as my belongings were looted, but I never lose hope. Instead it strengthened my entrepreneurial spirit, as now I have diversified my business. I have four children, two of them are in college while others are still in primary school. In addition, I am a Christian and every Sunday I am off from work to attend church services.

My Business

As shown above on my profile photo I have a shop with stock worth $300. In my shop, I sell the following items: sugar, bread, soda, milk, maize flour, tea, cosmetics, salt, and rice, among other items. With a loan of $1500, I would restock Unga flour and soda. These are some of the items which are in high demand, and the stock never lasts more than 3 days.

Loan Proposal

I will use the loan to restock my shop as follows;
[I will] buy Unga flour worth 60 dollars, I will buy sugar worth 40 dollars, and I will purchase 4 crates of soda worth 50 dollars. The remaining amount will cater for transportation costs.

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About Me

I am Nancy Maina a kikuyu by tribe buy married to Luhiya a tribe from western part of Kenya, what lead me being married in another community other than my tribe is the entrepreneurial culture in me. I found myself back in late 90's in Malava town doing business a distance a full day if you travelled by road to my ancestral home. I have four children now three of them are in college, while one is still in primary school. I manage to go to school till form four, that is high school days, and because education was taken lightly during my time i just had to abandon my studies and due to entrepreneurial culture among people from my community i found myself in entreprenuership. I started with 10 kshs a borrowed from my parents and now my business all inclusive stand at 1500dollars, this has been a struggle to me to reach this point, i have overcame several hurdles including the 2008 post election violence where my business was nearly coming to a closure as my belonging were looted then, but i never lose hope instead it strengthened my entreprenuerial spirit as now i have diversify my business. I have four children, two of them are in college while others are still in primary school. In addition, am a christian and every Sunday i am off from work to attend church services.

My Business

As shown above on my profile photo i have a shop with stock worth $300. In my shop, i sell the following items; sugar, bread, soda, milk, maize flour, tea, cosmetics, salt, rice, among other items. With aloan of $1500, i use in restocking Unga flour and Soda. This are some of the items which are in high demand, and the stock never last more than 3 days.

Loan Proposal

I will use the loan restock my shop as follows;
Buy Unga flour worth 60 dollars,also i will buy sugar worth 40 dollars, and purchase 4crates soda worth 50 dollars and the remaining amount will cater for transportation cost.