Loan for 20 african bags and kente

Winifred

Danfa-accra, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Winifred

Member since

April 2014

On-time repayments

52 installments  •  62%

About Me

I am Winifred Boamah, a Ghanaian and a graduate in Swahili and Political Science. I am from a family of eight and the oldest of my siblings. Am currently doing my national service at University of Ghana, Legon-Accra. I love to learn other languages because I believe language breaks all forms of barriers and the limited number of languages one has acquired determines his or her limitation in the world.

I am a young lady who is aspiring to become an entrepreneur in order to contribute to the socio-economic development of my community and encourage and support new start-ups in my Region and Ghana has whole.

My Business

My small-scale business is basically about the buying and selling of Kente Clothes. Kente cloth - has its origin with the Ashanti Kingdom, and was adopted by people in Ivory Coast and many other West African counties. It is an Akan royal and sacred cloth worn only in times of extreme importance and was the cloth of kings. Over time, the use of kente has become more widespread due to the prestige attached to it hence increasing the demand for the cloth. However, its importance has remained and it is held in high esteem with Akans as well as Africans in the diaspora.
As a business strategy,I sell out my Kente Clothes to individuals, students, and government workers at a relatively lower prices and this has attracted a high demand for my goods.
Despite the high demand for my Kente goods, I am financially challenged and would like to use this platform for a loan to expand my Kente business.

Loan Proposal

My Previous loan from Zidisha lenders has helped me a lot!!! The positive impact of the loan on my business has empowered me to expand my kente business by helping me venture into another African made product ie. The production and sale of African bags made out of either kente or African clothes.
Acquisition of a loan of $600 from lenders will help me sustain my kente cloth business and it will go a long way to help me produce 20 African bags. After observing the market for a while, it was observed that there is a high demand for goods with an African taste and my pilot survey which I made among my customers has proven it right and this accounts for my reason of venturing into the production and sale of African bags, alongside sale of kente clothes. This will indirectly help promote and sustain locally produced goods in general. Lenders should help me because it will help the expansion of my business within my community and other communities around me. I will repay this Loan through my earnings so Lenders should kindly support me. Thank You.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$534.00

Date disbursed

Sep 24, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

5 months

Lenders

C

chkuo

Taipei, Taiwan

D

Davieboy

Melbourne, Australia

Rdcmole

Cincinnati, United States

Svenip

Vienna, Austria

L

Lemon

Switzerland, Switzerland

KM

British Columbia, Canada, Canada

H

HildeK

Rogaland, Norway

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

H

halisi

assenede, Belgium

R

Rearden

STAVANGER, Norway

MichaelOsburg

Hochheim, Germany

calvero

Bergen, Norway

joaoferraz

RINCHOA, Portugal

Sarasota

Sarasota, Fl, United States

A

Anonymous

United Kingdom

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

T

thebonseung

Republic of Korea

pvilliger

Zurich, Switzerland

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

Noemi

Germany

larry

Sweden

AAE USA Team

United States

Vesa

Helsinki, Finland

Mikers

Netherlands

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