Printer for my business centre

Francis

Chipata, Zambia

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Francis

Member since

March 2016

On-time repayments

348 installments  •  77%

About Me

Growing up in a Village and raised by great grandmother, i studied under a kerosene lamp and every month i missed school due to sickness caused by the fumes from the kerosene lamps. Its an experience i don't wish any child or woman to go through. My great grandmothers meager earning she used to have was mostly spent on my medication, while my uncles were busy abusing my aunties and spending their money on beers. I grew up knowing the challenges women go through. I grew up knowing that when a woman is empowered then the whole village is empowered. I saw it through my great grandmother Sofia and through my aunties.

Its this experience that has shaped my career path. I chose to be a Social Entrepreneur so that i can create opportunities for women and girls. So that i can enable women and girls have equal accesses to products and services that can put them on a road to economic prosperity.

My Business

For the past 3 years i set up Kukula Solar, a social business that seek to distribute 100,000 solar products to rural and peri urban communities of Zambia. 90% of these solar products will be put in the hands of women and girls so that they can be empowered to do more. For girls, to study for longer hours and for women to work for longer hours. Its here at Zidisha were we launched this social business and together we have distributed over 3,000 solar lanterns. We still have 97,000 solar lanterns to distribute, thats why i invite all our lenders here to help us get these life changing products to the women and girls I'm so passionate about!

Loan Proposal

I want to buy a Toner Printer for my business center which cost USD$198.2.
Once bought the Toner Printer will be of benefit to me because i will save more money from buying Cartridges which i currently use and the Toner Printer will print more papers then the current Cartridge printer that i have. This will help me increase my profits. Since most of the printing jobs come from students, a toner printer will help to print bulk orders and in return give the students and other clients an opportunity to have all their printing works done at my business center. If i acquire the toner printer, my profit will increase by 60% in the first 2 months because just switching from cartridge printers to toner printers is profit in itself. The initial investment in toner printer is higher than in the cartridge but once we have the printer profit is guaranteed.

My Videos

Jan 18, 2021: Impacting lives using zidisha loans

Feedback

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  • Kirk Moore    Jul 9, 2021

    Thanks for paying back early!

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  • Cianna    Jan 18, 2021

    Francis is the best! I am happy to support such an innovative and pro-social entrepreneur! I will continue to lend each time Francis makes a request since he is doing some truly amazing work!

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  • David    Jan 17, 2021

    Loan was originally scheduled to take three months. Despite the pandemic hampering his business, Francis continued making regular payments, completing the loan in 13 months. I appreciate your commitment during a very challenging time.

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  • David    Dec 1, 2019

    Although the loan was for a larger amount, regular payments were received and the loan was paid in full as originally scheduled. I am pleased to be able to help such an amazing project.

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  • TomF925    Mar 7, 2019

    Thanks for sharing your website:
    www.kukulasolar.com
    I certainly recommend everyone have a look. Well done! Also, Zidisha blog has a great article about Francis:
    p2p-microlending-blog.zidis...

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  • TomF925    Mar 21, 2017

    March 15, 2018. Just a friendly suggestion for everyone to visit Francis' inspiring campaign:
    LIGHTING UP LIVES IN RURAL ZAMBIA
    igg.me/at/BU8v3PUek-U
    March 21, 2017
    I am thrilled by each message and each photo that Francis posts in the Discussion. Have a look everyone!

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  • Jan    Mar 20, 2017

    +1 Francis' enthusiasm
    +1 Francis' story's
    +1 Francis' repayments

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  • BernadetteV    Mar 19, 2017

    Francis many regular repayments and kept us informed about his business. It was a pleasure to lend to him.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$200.00

Date disbursed

Mar 11, 2016

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

Dianne

Maryville, United States

valentin

Stockholm, Sweden

Ishaque

New Jersey, United States

investor

Candiac, Canada

D

dkapplerb

Toronto, Canada

K

Krokslatt

Mölndal, Sweden

AdamP

Sunnyvale, United States

Umair Mahmood

Raleigh, United States

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

A

andyfletcher

I want my "My loans" page back, Qatar

Johnny

shanghai, China

O

Oliver

Geneva, Switzerland

I

Interfree

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

T

thejacobnorton

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

M

mgeck

Munich, Germany

F

fisaire

Ithaca, United States

G

grahamfamily

Guildford, United Kingdom

T

tonilends

catalonia is not:, Spain

athomas

Chevy Chase, United States

P

penguin3694

Chicago, United States

D

DThirteen

Miami, United States

O

Oscart

Edmonton, Canada

Bruno

São Paulo, Brazil

M

mkellerman

Shanghai, China

A

Adam3333

Hague, Netherlands

sarna

Toronto, Canada

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

Longhorn

Austin, United States

neocodesoftware

vancouver, Canada

isabelv

Barcelona, Spain, Sweden

gseletko

South Perth, Australia

tonnyschonewille

Maastricht, Netherlands

Matthieu

Switzerland, France

H

harrymore

Townsville, Australia

E

E

Marin county, United States

B

BobHope

United States

G

gbelote

United States

D

drorm

United States

G

geoff

United States

S

spivurno

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

K

koo55

Czech Republic

M

Michi

Switzerland

J

jay12

Germany

Pankratio

EastVan, Canada

K

Karpet

Faroe Islands

A

ajayhk

San Jose, United States

J

jbhernan

United States

P

Panda6689

United States

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

A

AlphaAres

Azerbaijan

J

JEllerby

United Kingdom

S

SaraNT

United States

J

jdelaporte

United States

A

AlexH

United Kingdom

SV

sven vdk

Twickenham, United Kingdom

S

Stephan

Netherlands

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Family Mueller

Petershagen, Germany

Diego

Monza, Italy

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$210.05

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Jun 23, 2016

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Mar 18, 2016 $8.82 Mar 18, 2016 $8.82
Mar 25, 2016 $8.82 Mar 25, 2016 $8.82
Apr 1, 2016 $4.41 Apr 1, 2016 $4.41
Apr 8, 2016 $4.41 Apr 8, 2016 $4.41
Apr 15, 2016 $4.41 Apr 8, 2016 $4.41
Apr 22, 2016 $4.41 Apr 8, 2016 $4.41
Apr 29, 2016 $4.41 Apr 8, 2016 $4.41
May 6, 2016 $4.41 Apr 8, 2016 $4.41
May 13, 2016 $22.05 May 12, 2016 $22.05
May 20, 2016 $22.05 May 19, 2016 $22.05
May 27, 2016 $22.05 May 19, 2016 $22.05
Jun 3, 2016 $22.05 May 19, 2016 $22.05
Jun 10, 2016 $22.05 Jun 7, 2016 $22.05
Jun 17, 2016 $22.05 Jun 10, 2016 $22.05
Jun 24, 2016 $33.61 Jun 23, 2016 $28.05
Jun 23, 2016 $5.56
Jul 1, 2016 $0.00

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