Samuel

Nairobi, Kenya

68% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Samuel

Member since

April 2012

On-time repayments

6 installments  •  67%

About Me

I am 46 years old, I have a form our level of education and I Live and work at Ongata rongai n outskirts town of Nairobi where I operate a small workshop where I do repair and sell second hand radiators. I started this business ten years ago after being fired from where I was working in a radiator factory which closed down. this business has helped me educate and feed my small and happy family.

My Business

My business Is a sales and service business I sell second hand radiators which is source from the capital city of Nairobi and I repair broken ones. The location of my business favours my customer who find my accessibility open as I am near the main road . this has brought many customers making my business possible as I offer best services due to experience doing this work for many years and that makes good sales which brings good profits and there is still space for expansion as I am unable to satisfy all customer needs.The challenges I face are upcoming businesses and some times I don't get the supplies but I have developed a mechanism to counter this.

Loan Proposal

I want to buy some radiators and electrical fans as the demand is high due to the rains this season. the amount requested will buy about 5 radiators and 5 Fans which i want to add to the stock i have.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$306.00

Date disbursed

May 14, 2012

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

6 months

Lenders

BM

Benedicte Monroe

Sarasota// Phnom Penh, United States

JB

James Broderick

Cobham, United Kingdom

EricDWalters

Rochester, Mn, Usa, United States

B

Bizu

Berlin, Germany

Rdcmole

Cincinnati, United States

Honey

Sydney, Australia

K

Kerkeslager

Richmond, United States

Raoul72

Naarden, Netherlands

S

sersub

San Diego, United States

P

pieces15

Grand Falls-Windsor, Canada

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  • traciyoshiyama    Feb 13, 2013

    Dear lenders,

    My name is Traci Yoshiyama, Zidisha's Client Relationship Manager.

    I was able to visit Samuel's repair shop last week. Business has been down for the past few months, but he happily shows me his well stocked shelves, hoping this will help him gain customers. He apologizes for his silence and thanks his lenders for their patience and understanding.

    Best regards,
    Traci

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  • Vivien    Jul 27, 2012

    Hello Lenders,

    My name is Vivien Barbier and I’m one of the Zidisha’s current client relationship interns for Kenya. Today I visited Samuel and his business.

    The loan helped Samuel to increase the profitability of his business. With the money he was able to buy more spare parts, so that he can repair radiator and fan more quickly. Samuel told me that Zidisha helped him a lot and that he should be able to repay the loan before what is scheduled.

    Samuel has three children, two of them are going to public school and the first one recently finished Elementary school and is trying to go to college. The college education is not free so Samuel is trying to earn enough money to allow is first born to study. I hope that his business will continue to grow so that he can make sure all his children can have a good education. I’m convinced that Samuel will manage to do it. His business seems to be working well and Samuel had a lot of work to do when I visited him.

    Vivien
    27th June 2012
    Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Samuel    May 11, 2012

    Thank you lenders for funding my loan, I promise and i am sure i shall pay back all of it in time .Good luck all of you who funded My loan and zidisha Team

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