More books for my growing bookstore

Cecilia

Mombasa, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Cecilia

Member since

August 2014

On-time repayments

257 installments  •  81%

About Me

My name is Cecilia Wangui - born in Central Kenya and later relocated to Mombasa city. I am the first born in a family of three siblings. My parents are small scale business people back home.

I went to primary and secondary school and later joined a college where I did a certificate course in business management. However, I did not secure a job and that is when I decided to start my own business selling wall hangings.

I am married with 2 kids. My husband is also a small scale business man who hawks hardware materials. I am a woman full of desire to succeed and I believe in hard work and being focused in life.

My Business

I started my second hand clothes business eight years ago. Later on, I decided to branch off to selling educational posters and school text books. This has proved to be a wise decision and I have since discarded selling of wall hangings to devote my energy and resources into this new venture.

My take home from this business currently ranges from USD 280 - USD 350 but I am hoping to improve on this figure once I boost my stock with credit from Zidisha. Ultimately, I would like to expand and supply on wholesale basis where customers will have a variety of products.

Loan Proposal

What started as an open air bookshop is has now grown to a serious business. This is after years of hard work and of course credit support from Zidisha. I am now selling books ranging from pre-primary to college books.

This in turn requires some heavy capital investment and I want to use this loan to stock more books for sale and remain ahead of competition. The text books move very fast and I am sure I am going to make good business out of the new stock that I am going to acquire after getting this loan.

My Videos

Jun 24, 2022: Zidisha

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  • trincowski    Jun 19, 2017

    Cecilia's behaviour was excellent. Always on time. Amazing!

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  • Ed    Jun 5, 2017

    Always on time, a pleasure to lend to

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$684.00

Date disbursed

Jun 11, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

16 months

Lenders

Kylie

Mount Martha, Australia

MakeSense

-, St. Kitts and Nevis

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

C

Caalve

Bratislava, Slovakia

Z

zangalan

Maryland, United States

B

beckynagel

United States

mhooper1962

London, United Kingdom

trincowski

Vilar, Vila do Conde, Portugal

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

M

mbarbier

United States

Alberto Cereser

Copenhagen, Denmark

Fred

Germany

AT

avni trivedi

United Kingdom

V

Vivek

Arlington, VA, United States

Marcus

Germany

MR

Michiel Rauws

San Francisco, Netherlands

AW

Adam Wright

United States

Kyle Holohan

United States

M

Marzl

Germany

KN

Ken Nielsen

United States

IH

Isaac Hileman

United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

roark22

Geneva, Switzerland

Myria

New Mexico, United States

TO

Thomas O'Neil

United States

Ed

Howells, United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

MG

Morten Gade

Copenhagen, Romania

Ellen

Michigan, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

A

Anonymous

United States

Bo Rosén

Eslöv, Sweden

A

Anonymous

United States

M

Marco

Napoli (Italy), Germany

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  • Cecilia    Jul 8, 2022

    Thankyou so much for believing in me.the fund will be of great help am moving to a bigger shop since I want to expand my business.

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  • Kipyegon    Jul 8, 2022

    You are a motivation to me Cecilia. With the little from my account I decided to support you, keep moving forward.
    Am from Nairobi Kenya.

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  • Nickson    Jul 8, 2022

    All the best.

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  • Cecilia    Jul 7, 2022

    Thanks for those who have churned their contribution up to this juncture.Time is running out on my side, kindly fund me the remaining amount

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  • Landon Myers    Jul 5, 2022

    Keep pushing! You are making great progress!

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  • Jochen    Jul 2, 2022

    Dear Cecilia,
    it's a pleasure to see your enterprise growing. Therefore, I'm happy to support you again.
    Good luck!
    Kind Regards from Switzerland,
    Jochen

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  • Cecilia    Jun 24, 2022

    It is with an open heart that I give back gratitude. Via the loan given to me in the last application, I was able to purchase a variety of stock and I also had my business premises refurbished.

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  • Cecilia    May 19, 2022

    Raising standards of living, due to the high cost of living.

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  • Abdul    May 1, 2022

    Thank you dear for suporting me, though the amount was not up to expectation but it has gone a long way to boost my energy because I have realized I have friends who are ready to assist me. May God reachly bless you.

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  • Cecilia    Nov 27, 2021

    Thankyou so much for believing in me by accepting to fund me.am grateful.i will increase my stock for the posters over the Christmas period and I trust it will boost my business to the next level.thank you so much .

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  • Jochen    Nov 27, 2021

    Dear Cecilia,
    good luck with the expansion of your business!

    Kind Regards from Switzerland,
    Jochen

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  • Susan    Nov 27, 2021

    Good Luck

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  • Shellemiah    Nov 26, 2021

    Wish you best of luck

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  • Rahab    Nov 24, 2021

    Good luck Cecilia

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  • Cecilia    Nov 23, 2021

    Hallo my lenders ,kindly fund my loan .days are running out.

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  • Laura    Nov 22, 2021

    Am wishing you auccess

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  • Wilfred    Nov 19, 2021

    Cecilia keep it up you are trying.

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  • Adu Boahen    Nov 18, 2021

    Hard work pays

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  • Dickson    Nov 18, 2021

    All the best Cecilia

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