Cards & other stock for my mobile-money transactions business

Geoffrey

Nakuru Town, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Geoffrey

Member since

February 2017

On-time repayments

48 installments  •  54%

About Me

I was born in 1980 in a family of five, two boys and three girls. My home county is in Bungoma County in western part of Kenya. Bungoma County is the only county in Kenya which is known for forced male circumcision to those who are uncircumcised and have attained that age during circumcision period. I was enrolled in Bunyore primary school for my pre- unit studies in the year 1984 completed the two years early studies and proceeded to Bunyore primary school for eight years studies in 1986. I sat for my class eight last examination in the year 1993 and passed with flying colors and was hopeful to joined good secondary but due to financial problems that was the end of my education. After along time of struggling to make the ends meet by doing odd jobs and casual work in order to support my family and siblings education. I was lucky to be called by my uncle to Nakuru town to look for greener pastures in the year 2006. Getting job in Nakuru becomes very difficult for a school dropout like me since, everywhere I visited for job opportunity I was asked about my career’s papers. I therefore requested a small capital from friends and my uncle which enabled me to start my M-pesa mobile money transactions Shop business. I started this business with a capital of $200 in the year 2007 and the business has expanded and it’s now the source of my livelihoods to date. This small business has also supported my computer part time studies and I’m looking forward to go further ahead and studies business management course. I chose to locate my business at Nakuru town center after some research and finding that there were very many potential customers overcrowding the few available M-pesa mobile money transactions shops. I am now married with two kids and all my kids would like to be business person in future. I like traveling, swimming and watching football matches in my free time.

My Business

My business is M-pesa mobile money services. Its entails, offering of mobile money transfer transactions, selling of mobile accessories, scratch cards, stationery, internet services, photocopy, and lamination, typesetting and scanning of papers. The business is approximately giving me an average of $40(4000.00KES) to $50(5000.00KES) net profit every day. This business has been the sole source of my income which pays all my playbills, and supporting the education of my family and all siblings. I have also been able to set aside some savings for future expansion.

Loan Proposal

Am kindly requesting Zidisha loan to enable me adds my stock and the capital for introductions of new mobile money transaction; Airtell money and their lines.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$559.00

Date disbursed

Sep 10, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

129 months

Lenders

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Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

Irvin

Vancouver, Canada

TG

The Gwarden

Göteborg, Sweden

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

Josua

Brittnau, Switzerland

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

O

Oxfall

Gothenburg, Sweden

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

AndreaBravi

London, UK, Canada

Kjartan

Oslo, Norway

T

tloureiro

Pfungstadt, Germany

R

rcmssr

Woodbury, United States

T

Tallago3

Munich, Germany

Pere

Barcelona, Spain

C

cjmenchaca

Austin, United States

E

elkbrett

Bradenton, United States

BJ

Brandon Joz

North Carolina, United States

P

pmyadlowsky

Charlottesville, United States

Y

Yasha

Beer Sheva, Israel

Apmay

Melbourne, Australia

T

thejacobnorton

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

J

jjiffer

Seattle, United States

C

CheesemanDan

Shanghai, China

A

Alicee

Munich, Germany

B

briansedz

Canton, Ohio, United States

Raymondo

Dublin, Ireland

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tmsaddress

Orlando, Florida, United States

airvillepa

Airville, Pennsylvania, United States

C

chrisherron

Chicago, United States

pbosakov

Sofia, Bulgaria

indeh

London, United Kingdom

T

TokyoBliss

Tokyo, Japan

Gillis

Helsinki, Finland

DLarson

Morris, United States

D

Divergent

Bethesda, United States

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

IA

Ismini and Jerry

Stamford, USA, United States

S

samuk

Nottingham, United Kingdom

madnomad

San Francisco, CA, United States

Paul and Rachel

London, United Kingdom

G

Goodwill

Oakland, United States

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

M

mwkelley2

Columbus, OH, United States

A

Aaron

Zurich, Switzerland

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PetrusR

balmoral, Australia

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ram1919

San Jose, United States

rfriedenberg

New Jersey, United States

P

Peksa

Espoo, Finland

DT

Dru Tarr

Gloucester, United States

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Arinelle

Toulouse, France

J

jerryq

Redding, United States

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jackieric

Folsom, CA, United States

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Andy

Berlin, United States

nakamura

United States

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alkemyst

Geneve, Switzerland

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glh25

Winooski, United States

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

A

Andrew22

Hopewell PA, United States

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HomesteadSchool

Glen Spey, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

larsandanika

Langen, Germany

isabelv

Barcelona, Spain, Sweden

Hedwich

Gorssel, Netherlands

A

AndrewC

London, United Kingdom

mojobob

Hayward, United States

P

Pavane

Kungsbacka, Sweden

JonB

London, United Kingdom

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seikatsu

Palo Alto, CA, United States

HealthcareProvider

Baltimore, United States

Jamesaubrey

Norman, United States

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ormung13

Christchurch, New Zealand

E

emilyeaton

New York, United States

C

Clben7

Cincinnati, United States

M

mueba

Frankfurt, Germany

Evan Lamos

Brussels, Belgium

M

Morgan1301

United States

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

SBlue1

Germany

M

Malibu

Westwood, United States

John Makongo

Kitale, Kenya

Beth Witten

San Francisco, United States

G

guiambros

United States

R

roozbeh

United States

M

merk85

United States

B

bugdaniel

Switzerland

joshuacollinson

Vienna, Austria

G

gsh589

United Kingdom

S

sarah4d2

Saint Louis, United States

smastermind

Jerusalem, Israel

E

expatri

United States

C

CraigInCo

United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

johnhudson

Washington, DC, United States

B

bscent

Hong Kong

AndrewNeu

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

J

JonAlec

United States

D

Desteli

United States

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

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Tim47

United States

M

Medagan

San Franciso, United States

utdream

United States

B

Bennphoto

United Kingdom

C

Crainster

Chapel Hill, United States

PolarBearCapital

United States

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

A

andreab

United States

M

mbarbier

United States

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

HL

Holly Laird

Austin, United States

S

Stephan

Netherlands

Nigel Titley

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Matthias

Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

F

Falk

Germany

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

MW

Matt Willis

United States

W

Wade

United States

JD

Jo Dane

Melbourne, Australia

PT

Pattie Thomas

United States

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Anonymous

United States

Jake Badger

Roskilde, Denmark

SK

Sunghwan Kim

Republic of Korea

Lou Kaucic

Sanbornton, NH, United States

JD

Jeff DePree

United States

ME

Manaal Eisa

Washington DC, United States

TH

tom hd

United Kingdom

J

John

United Kingdom

C

chryddi

United States

Martin Nielsen

Aarhus, Denmark

M

Mart

United Kingdom

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eriklonnroth

United Kingdom

André Pinto

Brussels, Belgium

DL

Dan Lawrence

United States

jless

Bethesda, United States

Paul Smithson

Leeds, United Kingdom

Rosario von Li

San Jose, Ca, United States

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Andrei

United States

Christopher Hey

Sudbury, Canada

Taylor

Memphis, United States

Cliff

United States

AG

abel ghita

Bucharest, Romania, Italy

UK

Uday Kolluri

New York, Singapore

JO

Johan O

Borlänge, Sweden

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

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YTSJ

London, United Kingdom

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stevensau

United States

K

Kristin

Washington, DC, United States

EthicalHost

Toronto, Canada

FJ

Flo Jo

United States

PR

Priscilla Rathbone

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Vidar

Oslo, Norway

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Phips

Switzerland

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isaac

United Kingdom

DK

Danny Kelly

United States

SA

Steve A

Newbury, United Kingdom

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Brett

Australia

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

SM

Sachet Marion

United States

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Jon

United States

Ren

Minneapolis/StPaul, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

SH

Stephanie He

United States

WS

Warren Shen

United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

Thomas Naimoli

United States

BE

Bob Ewing

United States

JD

JASON DORSETT

United States

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VJ

Canberra, Australia

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Dalton

San Francisco, United States

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

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ericb321

Republic of Korea

EC

Edward Conrads

San Francisco, United States

MS

Merel S

Netherlands

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Vince

Wagga Wagga, Australia

France

Mr Bucket Filler

United States

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RMIM

United States

KA

Khaled Asmri

Saudi Arabia

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Mike McGary

United States

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Anabell

Elizabeth, United States

CA

Carles Alcolea

Barcelona, Spain

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Maggie Rouse

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

John Barnett

United States

Nethanel Kohen

NYC, United States

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Bartl

United States

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Ted

United States

M

Menke59

United States

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