Recycling materials

Ali

Mombasa, Kenya

18% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Ali

Member since

December 2014

On-time repayments

138 installments  •  26%

About Me

My name is Ali Mbaji, born in Kilifi County in Coast region of Kenya. I was born in a family of 7 by my parents who are casual laborers. I grew up through hard life due to meager resources that my family had. Through relatives and well wishers, I managed to attend school where I reached secondary level. I will always be grateful to them for making such a big difference in my life.

After school, I moved to Mombasa town to live with a friend while looking for something to sustain me in the harsh urban life. I was employed as a casual in industrial area of Mombasa town. I worked in many industries while at the same time enrolled for a course in computer hardware maintenance.

I am married with one child.

My Business

My business deals with repair and maintenance of computer hardware. I specialized in computer printers and I started my own workshop where I do the repair work.
I normally support commercial companies, schools as well as home users. To supplement my income I also sell printer toner and ink cartridges.

The business generates about $350 a month and this is what supports my family and my other expenses. I recently started retailing printer cartridges and the results are very encouraging. However, due to a wide variety of the printers in the market (different printers use different cartridges) I need to have a big stock of the same.

Loan Proposal

My business of recycling printer toner cartridges is doing well in spite of a few challenges. I mainly deal with educational institutions since most have embraced ICT.

With this money, I will buy black and color toner for refilling cartridges and also buy empty cartridges for refilling. My clients prefer recycled cartridges since they are more affordable and last longer. Thank you.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$222.00

Date disbursed

Mar 23, 2016

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

18 months

Lenders

Feldborg

Stuttgart, Germany

A

andyfletcher

I want my "My loans" page back, Qatar

Zidisha

Sterling, United States

B

blahblah

Nuernberg, Germany

D

Divergent

Bethesda, United States

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Gab

Singapore

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

R

Rembrandt

United Kingdom

PG

Paul Graham

United States

wissam

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

BH

Barbara Hermann

United Kingdom

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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