Small grocery store

Alex

Kangemi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Alex

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

200 installments  •  96%

About Me

I was born and raised in Makueni County, Mwisini Village.
Let me first help you understand the nature of my region.
It's hot and dry, and the people who live in this area are
poverty-stricken. All the rivers source are seasonal. Growing up, I didn't have even the privilege of nature favoring me. I walked to school for kilometers barefoot and the ground was ever so hot. In my family, we only had two meals each day. Education was a challenge. As a child, my dream was to learn and know how to read and write in Swahili and in English. Because I didn't have any materials to read, I would borrow old newspapers from a neighbor to practice my reading and to try to memorize new vocabulary. I learned a lot through the old newspapers.
I learned about the world, and about the country's political environment. And whenever I read it, I felt connected with the world.
My wife and I have a son.

My Business

My business is a mini koisk where I retail consumables to the people who live around Hinga Road. My shop retails sugar, rice, salt, baking flour, ugali flour, and packed milk. This kiosk has everything a client would need for breakfast, lunch, and supper. I have created a great clientele base. They rely on my services and products, on a daily basis.
I sell to over 200 people. I open at 5a.m. and I close shop at 11p.m.
This is what earns me a living. I take care of my family's needs from the income that is generated from this kiosk. I pay for rent and food, and I also am in school and get my school fees from my business.

Loan Proposal

Dear lenders I currently run a retail mini shop or mini super market , I have a great clientele and I would like to increase my stock, the money will go to paying my suppliers that is the milks suppliers, 20,000 kshs, maize flour 15,000kshs,Sugar 20,000kshs, cooking oil 18,500kshs, baby diapers small, mini and maxi 10,000kshs, Rice 32,000kshs, the above stock if added to my current stock I will be able to sail through the unpredictable market trends that keeps the prices hiking and thus making business not so profitable.

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  • melissapmeier    Apr 7, 2017

    Best wishes for your continued success. I would be happy to lend to you again!

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$775.00

Date disbursed

Sep 7, 2019

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

20 months

Lenders

N

nani

austin, United States

Brian

Midhurst, Canada

Ron

United States

Ishaque

New Jersey, United States

investor

Candiac, Canada

Elinor

Maple Lake, MN, United States

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

S

soren

Göteborg, Sweden

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

F

Forba

Mo i Rana, Norway

T

tommy0579

Salt Lake City, UT, United States

artnking

College Place, United States

LA

United States

MarktheMormon

Sandy, Utah, United States

S

sersub

San Diego, United States

F

FHult

Stockholm, Sweden

L

ldron7

Utah, United States

Martin

Manama, Bahrain

A

anonymus

Moon, United States

T

Tallago3

Munich, Germany

Pere

Barcelona, Spain

johnandmoliehi

Canton, New York, United States

E

evanglend

Arlington, United States

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

MakeSense

-, St. Kitts and Nevis

P

pmyadlowsky

Charlottesville, United States

L

Lemon

Switzerland, Switzerland

E

Elisa

Espoo, Finland

A

AlexCheng

Seattle, United States

Tavin

Ottawa, Canada

S

SelvaMarcus

Green Cove Springs, United States

O

OneSummer

Muenster/Westphalia, Germany

C

chrisherron

Chicago, United States

C

cyrilleberger

Gammalkil, Sweden

B

BTaylor

Colorado Springs, CO, United States

J

JandC

Watsonville, United States

MM

Mollie Milesi

Jeruslem, Israel

Z

Zippo

Berlin, Germany

D

duckdork

De Forest, United States

B

bopsquod

Seattle, Wa, United States

E

ebronken

Oslo, Norway

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

Andreas1974

Fristad, Sweden

C

cfaul

Seattle, United States

WormaldTSG

Rydalmere, Australia

M

mastodons

Chicago, United States

AdvancingCompassion

San Diego, United States

S

SvenWaage

Stavanger, Norway

peanut

Halifax, Canada

mauroandmichelle

Montreal, Canada

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

U

UmSaeed

Southfield, United States

Alina

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ingela

Falun, Sweden

P

Peksa

Espoo, Finland

Sunnyside

Stafford, United Kingdom

V

Valis

Singapore, Singapore

A

Andy

Berlin, United States

A

Arnfinn

Aasgardstrand, Norway

hugomesser

Blokker, Netherlands

MichaelOsburg

Hochheim, Germany

joaoferraz

RINCHOA, Portugal

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

G

Goldrivermob

Gold River, Canada

Bill2073

Florida, United States

W

Walter01

Kingston, Canada

C

Colmena

Chicago, United States

B

Bokolo

Leeds, United Kingdom

A

anagnan

BRUXELLES, Belgium

mojobob

Hayward, United States

R

run426

DeBary, United States

JOKer

Weisendorf, Germany

Hank

Göteborg, Sweden

E

Escalada

Bakersfield, CA, United States

JonB

London, United Kingdom

D

DelapierceD

New York, United States

ibc123

Seattle, United States

MrCane

Montevideo, Uruguay

Z

zidishan

Trifouillis, France

MrMichigander

Marquette, United States

A

andykhl

Jersey City, United States

JulianHF

London, United Kingdom

fransk

Culemborg, Netherlands

mikeice

Kohler, United States

C

Clben7

Cincinnati, United States

S

scottpz

branford, United States

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

Z

zvrk2014

Brookline, MA, United States

M

Mullagh

United Kingdom

R

rossgarlick

United States

M

Mal57

Australia

N

nswanberg

United States

M

Michi

Switzerland

J

jenda

Czech Republic

M

merk85

United States

M

maverick

United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

chriseyre

Fremont, Ca, United States

J

jsbisa

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

A

angelapeat01

United States

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

B

bscent

Hong Kong

M

Microfinance

United States

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

Pascal Coyles

Ghent, Belgium

Jamal Hamou

Cascadia, Canada

utdream

United States

Otto Barten

Amsterdam, Netherlands

S

satheajay

United States

C

ColoradoSkier

Denver, United States

M

MikeOWave

United States

M

me.iulian

Iasi, Romania

H

happyhappy

Switzerland

G

GEMMGMT

United States

A

andreab

United States

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

S

Stephan

Netherlands

K

Kristiina

All Countries

KM

KHS Microfinance

Tampa, United States

Darcy

Ottawa, Canada

S

Sven

Netherlands

Helmut Bachmayr

Munich, Germany

DR

Daniel R

Berlin, Germany

Jeroen Decock

Gent, Belgium

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

Karijn

Amsterdam, Netherlands

R

Robert

Berlin, Germany

MW

Matt Willis

United States

W

Wade

United States

JD

Jo Dane

Melbourne, Australia

Dominik Wagner

Karlsruhe, Germany

Jake Badger

Roskilde, Denmark

PC

Patrick Clavette

Hartford, Wisconsin, United States

PR

peter reibold

United States

Kate Courteau

United States

SK

Stefan Kruell

Muenster, Germany

JT

John Tabacchi

United States

E

erica

antwerpen, Belgium

ME

Mike Engsberg

United States

moursund

Beaver Nation, United States

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

JC

JD Conley

United States

TH

tom hd

United Kingdom

Pedro R-C

Cambridge, United States

F

Frits

Rotterdam, Netherlands

M

Mart

United Kingdom

PG

Paul Graham

United States

AH

ajay hampapur

United States

N

Nick

United States

wissam

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Joe Lamantia

Reston, Virginia, United States

A

Andrei

United States

Cliff

United States

DM

Dimitri Malarme

Brussels, Belgium, Belgium

SH

Steven Huntington

London, United Kingdom

Gabriel Fenili

Santo André, Brazil

EthicalHost

Toronto, Canada

FJ

Flo Jo

United States

V

Vidar

Oslo, Norway

I

isaac

United Kingdom

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

SR

Sharyn Ribich

United States

B

Boris

Bern, Switzerland

Tim and Kathy

Oregon, United States

G

Gil

Portugal

J

Julie

Los Angeles, United States

SA

Steve A

Newbury, United Kingdom

HPK

Switzerland, Switzerland

C P

Mazatlan, Mexico

K

Kenny

United States

KirstenAlana

Los Angeles, United States

A

AJ

United States

RG

Ravi Gadad

United States

Bill Ballew

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

SS

Sam Smithson

United Kingdom

I

ixeldog

atlanta, United States

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

SM

Sachet Marion

United States

P

Petr

Brno, The Czech Republic, Czech Republic

James

London, United Kingdom

SA

Shar Alamdari

Los Angeles, United States

J

jan

United States

Craig Travis Provyn

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

SH

Stephanie He

United States

WS

Warren Shen

United States

R

Robert

Chicago, United States

MF

Mike Frawley

United States

Gerrit

Palm Harbor, FL, United States

JA

Joshua Axtell

United States

Katie

United States

MM

MB McKenna

United States

VC

Victor Chong

United States

Shane Bugeja

Mankato, Minnesota, United States

R

Ryan

Albuquerque, NM, United States

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

Melissa K

Portland, Oregon, United States

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

MS

Merel S

Netherlands

JF

J Fister

United States

Emily

San Francisco, United States

R

RMIM

United States

Mike

Indianapolis, United States

Martha Fleury

Bethesda, MD, United States

Jane

Ontario, Canada

Theo

Zürich, Switzerland

Darren Jeppson

Denver, Colorado, United States

J

Johanna

Zürich, Austria

Chris

Fairfax County Virginia, United States

SW

Sean Walsh

United States

Genuine Interest

Singapore, Singapore

Remo

Switzerland

Andrew

Devon, United Kingdom

Jeanette

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Andrew

United States

Nathan

Columbus, United States

Christine E Graham

New York, NY, United States

Sayuri

United Kingdom

A

Anonymous

United Kingdom

DB

David Buchanan

Ilmenau, Germany

Frank

Germany

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  • Alex    Feb 21, 2024

    Thanks a lot my lenders for funding my project. I am very happy and grateful .I will buy variety of cereals including but not limited to,maize, different types of beans, peanut,rice,assorted flours.having good harvest in the rural areas it will be easy for me to get the cereals from the farmers at cheap price and sell in my shop being located in urban .my shop is also well located and has little competition hence enjoying plenty of customers.thamks again and God bless you

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  • Mirriam    Feb 21, 2024

    Wishes you the best of luck Alex.

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  • Maureen    Feb 21, 2024

    All best Alex, may you grow your business today.

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  • Haryati    Feb 20, 2024

    good luck alex

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  • Kirui    Feb 20, 2024

    Thanks for your Business.

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  • Mirriam    Feb 20, 2024

    Goodluck Alex

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  • Moses    Feb 18, 2024

    Good luck Alex.

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  • Salome    Feb 14, 2024

    Best of luck.

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  • S E C King    Feb 7, 2024

    thank you for helping out other people!

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  • Alex    Feb 7, 2024

    The last project helped me very much in paying school fees for my children,sorting daily upkeep,sorting rent arrears, keeping my shop in stock,and many more benefits

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  • Alex    Nov 7, 2023

    I would like to reduce my installments due to low sales caused by economic decline in my country

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  • Alex    Sep 6, 2023

    The business has been facing low profits due to economic decline and also I have used most of the profit in paying school fees

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  • Alex    Jul 5, 2023

    Due to economic decline and most of the items in the market prices have hiked

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  • Alex    Apr 25, 2023

    I would like to change my installment to enable me have cash school fees for my kids after school holidays

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  • Alex    Oct 9, 2022

    Thanks a lot my backers for funding my project.I bought more stock and already I have started having increased sales.

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  • Alex    Oct 2, 2022

    Thanks alot my lenders and the zidisha family,i am very happy and grateful for making our dreams come true .I will use the funds in buying more stock for my shop ,having a good stock will enable me to have more clients ,increase my sales hence making more profit, I will use the profit in repaying my loan and also for my family upkeep, thanks alot and God bless you very much

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  • Erica    Oct 2, 2022

    Your dedication is amazing

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  • Dicky    Oct 2, 2022

    make the most of this money. I love to see passionate people like you. Good luck always.

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    • Alex    Oct 2, 2022

      Thanks very much.I will commit to utilising the money very well

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  • Kiki    Oct 2, 2022

    Good luck

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  • Violet    Oct 2, 2022

    keep working hard

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