Music production

Ezekiel

Nairobi, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Ezekiel

Member since

December 2014

On-time repayments

292 installments  •  5%

About Me

ABOUT ME.
My childhood education began in a remote village in Bomet county, Ndanai division.I started schooling when I was five years.
During my primary school life I had to trek for more than five kilometers since the schools were far apart. my parents were peasant farmers and had to rely only on little land we had and we were able to adapt to that environment of becoming hardworking person.I came to start my business when I dropped out of college for lack of school fees. since I had a lot of passion in music I decided to engage in music industry. As I had gained a lot of interest from my mentors and musicians who dominate my Chepalungu constituency in Bomet county.Our land is of red volcanic origin and it favors mostly tea and dairy farming.The kalenjin people where I belong are lovely living together in peace with other tribes enjoying their traditional milk"Mursik". The only only challenge we had is to sensitize most of my youths and all people to adapt change and forget their past customs and culture which allow circumcision for girls( FGM, Female Genital Mutilation) which make young girls abandon school at tender age and get married to young men.
Our children dream of succeeding in school and be professional leaders ready to embrace positive change and lead this country to another level free from corruption and tribalism.During my free time I like sensitizing the public especially youths, young girls and boys to embrace change and leave past cultural barbaric acts like circumcision.playing keyboard, composing songs,poems, reading and motivating the talented persons.

My Business

ABOUT MY BUSINESS
My goods are buying and selling of empty compact disks,my recorded music in CD,DVD,VCD and memory cards. I do also provide entertainment services at various clubs within Nairobi and its environs. I do also got invites to weddings,fundraising and other important public functions.
Due to high rate of technology many people have opted to current use of high technology music system, entertainment and high rate of literacy in youths.Use of high technology in communication for example mobile phones.Inside my business I do download music to mobile phones,laptops,and to memory cards to most youths especially those in matatus(public vehicles),motorbikes and clubs.
The main reasons why i choose into this business is
1.My talent and passion in music
2.High demand within my fellow youths

My cost include rent,buying of empty CDs,DVD,VCD together with the cost of paying collaborating performers.
1.10 bundle Empty compact disks , each with 50 copies =5000 Ksh. approximately 50 Us dollars.
Rent,water and electricity Ksh.4000 approximately 40 US Dollars.
Per week I usually get not less than Ksh.15,000( 150 US Dollars) from performance and selling of my recorded music together with downloads. this increased as a result of my first loan from Zidisha.I use my profit in paying rent,and in upgrading my business and also not forgetting about my brother's son who I adopted after the demise of his mother.

Loan Proposal

USE OF MY LOAN
I will use my first loan in buying bulk empty compact disk for burning of my music so as to sell to my fans. since my talent in music and entertaining people hence ny fans need to be informed of my current release of my latest tracks I will have to inform them through social media like Facebook,Whatssapp meaning I have to buy some airtime bundles so as to reach them.Posters also will have to play important role when i will be launching my latest albums hence typesetting ,designing,scanning and printing of posters need money.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

Dec 18, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 weeks

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JandC

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O

OBalA

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  • TomF925    Jan 20, 2016

    There is a Forum string "Artisians of Zidisha" that lists some links that may be helpful to you. Do let us, your lenders, know if you have music that we can purchase.

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  • TomF925    Jan 20, 2016

    Hello Ezekiel, Happy New Year! How is the business? I have a crazy idea. Maybe some of your lenders would like to buy your CD and hear your music. There is some discussion on the forum about selling music. Maybe post a question at a forum.

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  • Ezekiel    Sep 21, 2015

    From now am sure to i will be able to sell more of my albums after investing nearly all my money in audio production and video productions hence i will making more than one hundred weekly.

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  • Ezekiel    Jun 11, 2015

    It is due to my cost of production of my new album which took almost all of my saving.but in two weeks time i will be a having and am sure to clear all my outstanding payment.

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  • Ezekiel    May 2, 2015

    Thanks very much for all the assistance i received from zidisha and lenders. Eventhough I have been going through alot of challenges.
    1. I lost my father in-law and had to provide assistance to my in-law family
    2. I lost my mentor and my friend in music whom was of much assistance in the site of marketing of my albums.
    but for now i have picked and am okay...
    Thanks,
    Mutai Ezekiel.

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  • Ezekiel    Apr 17, 2015

    thanks once again lenders,its due to safaricom m-pesa service which has announce their closure till monday.so my payment will be due on monday......thank you,Mutai Ezekielu

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  • Ezekiel    Apr 11, 2015

    it is due to my absence from my business due to the death of my father in-law which I am among the top committee preparing for funeral service. It really affected me and my business.

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  • Ezekiel    Mar 25, 2015

    thank you very much once again lenders and all zidisha team for the support i received. My personal computer which i purchased from the money I received from zidisha has helped me a lot in processing and burning of compact and digital disks together with transfer of music and movies to memory cards and flash disks. here in Kenya we had only one challenge of drought which affect nearly all sectors including business. But hope soon it will rain enough hence people will have a lot of income which will automatically boost business income.
    Thank you,
    Kipkirui Mutai Ezekiel

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  • Ezekiel    Mar 16, 2015

    thank you once again zidisha fraternity for the much I have received since I became zidisha member. My second loan helped purchased a new personal computer to help me in burning of compact disks and storing of information relating to music. the only challenge is the drought which has affected most business sector here including my own business. this is because farming is the main source of income to about 3/4 of Kenyans. my business income has gone down but i am sure towards the end of April it will rain since we usually have a rainy season. I will be now in a position to get more profit to boost my success through Zidisha.
    thank you,
    Mutai Ezekiel

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  • Ezekiel    Mar 6, 2015

    It is due to my marketing team that usually pay for goods delivered after two to three weeks. so in case of skipping payment for 3 weeks its better I reduce to comfortable payment of 1000 Ksh.And in future to adjust to higher installment.
    Thank you,
    Ezekiel Mutai

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  • Ezekiel    Mar 3, 2015

    Thank you very much Zidisha and all lenders fraternity for the support I am receiving. My life and my business is in a better part and is improving each an every time. The only challenge I had was that we lost one of our own well known Kalenjin musician Junior Kotestes who in 2014 lead the country in winning, Kenya Music Copyright A ward. We as the Kalenjin musician had to travel to his birth place in Abosi Transmara to give him the last respect. As Iam writting this mail I have now come to Nairobi where full Internet reign the place. tomorrow 4th March will be the day I will be making my Zidisha payment.
    Thank you,
    Mutai Ezekiel.

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  • Ezekiel    Feb 10, 2015

    Thank you once again lenders and all zidisha team for the support i received. My first loan help a lot in reinvesting in my music business and now I have nearly all set of music in my computer system(local and international) as downloads. secondly my recorded album number two will be on release on two weeks time, with its title "HUSTLER".Zidisha the profit i got also enabled me to adopt my brother's son whom was left by her widow mother after succumbing to illness and thereafter her death making the child to be orphan. Thanks Zidisha.
    Ezekiel Mutai

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  • Ezekiel    Feb 2, 2015

    Thanks once again lenders,am posting this message to share with you the positive change I have witnessed in my life and the life of others depending on me directly and indirectly. My income and profits has increased and as I am posting this message I am now able to meet the upkeep expenses of my 5 years old child left by one of my relatives after succumbing to illness and thereafter her death making her child to be an orphan at a tender age.and am happy I can now provide with his basic needs including accommodation and eventually I will school him in a near future.
    Thank you Zidisha,you hold a bright future to many!
    Mutai Ezekiel.

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  • Ezekiel    Jan 26, 2015

    Hi zidisha lenders and all the team. First may I take this chance to thank you for maximum support to me and my other colleagues here in Kenya,even though there is a challenge with my invitees claiming that their registration can not be processed as they log in. What could have been the problem?
    Thank you,
    Ezekiel Mutai.

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  • Ezekiel    Jan 10, 2015

    Due to high demand for my goods and service especially CDs I am able to raise up to 3000 Ksh as profit.( Approximately 30 US Dollars). Therefore I would like to adjust my installment from 1000 per week to 1500 per week because I will still be in a position to save and to increase my stock as well. Its also my idea in future to purchase a DVD/CD burning (copying)machine so that I reduce the cost of copying from other colleagues.
    Thanks Ezekiel Mutai.

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  • Ezekiel    Jan 8, 2015

    In my simple CD,DVD, Movies Business...........its booming and its because of Zidisha ,thanks my stock has increased by 50%.
    Thank you,long life Lenders.
    Mutai Ezekiel.

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  • Ezekiel    Jan 7, 2015

    To Zidisha Team.
    Since I received my first loan from Zidisha, my business has grown. My stock of music CDs and VCD is now comprising of both local and international music. As I am posting this comment my business colleague have increase hence my supply and stock. Even though its only two weeks since I received my loan, my profit is now enough to save, increase my stock and to pay weekly payment to Zidisha. Thank you Zidisha.
    Mutai Ezekiel.

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