Ingredients for soap making

Entrepreneur

About Me

Am Abigael Chirchir 28yrs old frm Nairobi Kenya.I studied at regional Institute for my Diploma course in Journalism and media Studies and later I Joined Maseno University for my degree in Business Administration and IT.My graduation is due in December and I look forward to use the skills I got in class and apply it inthe world of business.I Joined Zidisha family in 2025 through a friend who introduced me and have been receiving loans since then which has been of great help to me and I look forward to continue with my projects through the help of Zidisha since I want to be self employed and not dependant on being employed forever since I want to reach my goals of becoming a successful entrepreneur.For now am employed at a security firm as a controller and am looking forward to do more business as a side hustle but later I will venture into business full time.I hope Zidisha will help my dreams come through.

My Business

I ventured into detergent business since 2015 after I got various formulas for soap making and other detergents like Handwash,Harpic,Softener,Jik,Dettol and many more through a friend and there after I decided that it will be my venture and immediately when I learnt of Zidisha I started borrowing money to help me purchase the various ingredients and other expenses too.
I started with the little I had till it grew to something profitable and grew to large scale venture whereby I started getting huge orders especially for soap and Handwash and on a good week I would make around Ksh 12000 frm the liquid soap and Ksh 8000 from handwash that's roughly 20k per week.From that I saw it better to try selling the softener,Harpic,Jik and Dettol and it would add around Ksh 4000 on addition.My customers grew fond of my products and that's my story on my income.

Loan Proposal

I will purchase more containers US$ 0.46 per container
More ingredients US$ 10.3
Hi lenders.I am doing well with my project thanks to you all for making my work easier and sustainable.
I will use the funds to purchase the various ingredients for soap making since then my sales have increased a bit the only challenge is sometimes the business gets low but i understand the ups and downs of business.The purchase has increased sales so far so good.My earnings has increased since before in a typical day i was selling 10 litres a day which brought Ksh 600 but now it has increased to 20 litres with Ksh1200.For now i am saving the profit and later i will see what to do with the money.I av shared the news to my siblings and my mother they are all happy about my project they keep on encouraging me.By the way its my mum who taught me about the idea of liquid soap making. I am Planning to expand my business to produce large amounts of the liquid soap since it has demand.I expect my profit to increase by 20%

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