Selling farm produce

Robert

Kitale, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Robert

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

119 installments  •  37%

About Me

I was born 36 years ago in Kitale town in family of 10 children. My parents struggled to bring us up since they had little income. However I managed to go through high school. After high school I have lived and survived on manual jobs. I am married with one son. at the moment I do a small business and farming to survive. I play chess as my passtime activities.

My Business

I started anew business an Agrovet (an agricultural shop) shop to supply the farmers around my village with farm inputs. The business is doing well so far since i started. The products in my shop include pesticides, herbicides, seeds, and other items that are used by farmers. the business has been there for some time. at the moment my customers are demanding that i supply them with newer products as we enter into the season of harvesting . That is why I am requesting lenders on zidisha to help me with a loan that I may be able to meet all my customers demand. Thank you Zidisha

Loan Proposal

I will buy more potaoes and sell them at Kitale town market. I am currently doing the same business but in small quantities. food stuffs business does very well in this town. I buy a bag at 17dollars and sell it at 30 dollars. with this loan I will be able to buy 3 bags and sell them in a period of one week. this will boost and expand my business.

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  • Helen Horseman    Oct 14, 2017

    Thank you for full repayment of your loan Robert.
    Best wishes for the future.

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    • Robert    Feb 16, 2018

      you are welcome. I have just posted another loan. and I hope this too will be funded. I have a vision for my business and I wish to fulfill the vision

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$50.00

Date disbursed

Apr 15, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

10 months

Lenders

H

hilde

seattle, United States

C

Clben7

Cincinnati, United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

Bjorn

Heggedal, Norway

Cathy

Melbourne, Australia

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  • Robert    Nov 7, 2022

    My business has not returned as I expected it to because I have had a lot of personal issues.

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  • Robert    Sep 19, 2022

    I have received the funds just now. I have ordered for the items I wanted to increase my stock in my spare parts shop. Thank you Robert and Alex for making my project a success.

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  • Robert    Sep 19, 2022

    I will buy more items for the stock of my shop. I will introduce new items on what is missing in my shop. This will expand my business and thus help me to grow my business. Thank Robert Otieno and Alex Oliver for funding my project. May God bless you.

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  • Theo    Dec 9, 2017

    Robert, why do you want to close your account with Zidsha? You have a good idea and you can help many people. Just wait. There are over 1000 inquiries at Zidsha. You are not forgotten and your goal will come. Good luck. If I have money again, I will support you.

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  • Robert    Dec 7, 2017

    How can I close my accaunt at Zidisha. I realise that Zidisha lenders can no longer lend me as they used to earlier. where is the 'close account' button or the 'exit zidisha' button?

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  • Robert    Nov 20, 2017

    Zidisha is no longer funding loans. I have applied twice and 14 days expire without the loan being funded after doing everything needed. Why?

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  • Robert    Nov 13, 2017

    I real need this loan to be funded. Thank you

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  • Robert    Oct 27, 2017

    Thank you lenders. you have kept me going. i hope to get the loan I have applied for soon then I swing in action and grow my business further. thank you very much in advance

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  • Robert    Oct 20, 2017

    With this new loan I intent to buy more stock to my computer shop. this will help me expand my business and i had to fulfill my vision of owning a full packed cybercafe. I am grateful to the lenders for the previous loans which has helped me increase the profits I get in my computer shop. I have recently added new stock to the old stock. i am now selling new items which were not in the shop before. I want to add in newer items with this loan. Thank you very much

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  • Robert    Aug 6, 2017

    Thank you lenders for the loan. I will buy more stock for my shop. Stock which is actually stationery that include items like writing pads, pen, pencil, printing papers etc to complement the computer services I offer in the shop. Thank you very much

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  • Robert    Jul 31, 2017

    Thank lenders for the previous loan. It helped me in increasing stock in my little business. This has made me to have more confidence that I will make it in the business world. I have a vision to grow my computer services into a full blown cyber cafe and a digital learning center. I am most greatfull again. I used the previous loan to increase stock by including sale of stationary in my shop. I intend to add more stock of the same items with the next loan. Once again I say thank you.

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  • James    Jun 23, 2017

    Dear Lenders,
    I communicated with Mr Robert and he assured me he is to start updating his late repayment this weekend.

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  • Robert    May 8, 2017

    Thank you very much for this loan I will proceed and buy to add stock to my business and sell to improve my business. Once more I say thank you

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  • Robert    May 3, 2017

    Thank you for the past two loans which I have successfully repay back. They helped me a step higher in my business. I trust God that this loan am applying now will help me further. Thank you very much.

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  • James    Feb 9, 2017

    Dear Lenders,
    I was able to contact Mr Robert concerning his unpaid loan balance.
    He informed he want to clear it in one payment come next week.
    He is doing good though he got a job somewhere in Nairobi our Capital City.
    Thank you.

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  • James    Aug 28, 2016

    Dear Lenders
    This evening i called Mr Robert concerning his late repayment status. He was very positive and informed me things are to be much better since he has lately relocated to Nairobi. He is to update his payment early September.
    Thank you.

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  • James    Jun 10, 2016

    Dear Lenders.
    I was able to communicate with Mr Robert. He informed me of his business difficulties that include low profits.
    He promised to continue repaying soon.
    Thank you.

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  • Robert    May 3, 2016

    I can not pay the full installment because my business is growing very slowly and I need to fix a few other things like marketing before I get to my feat.

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  • James    Apr 5, 2016

    Hallo lenders.
    I contacted Robert Khamala and he agreed to update his unpaid weekly installments. He actually took it positive citing abit of
    business issues making him repay late.
    Thank you.

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  • Robert    Mar 9, 2016

    Thank you for funding me with this loan that I applied for. This will help me move forward in my business. I intent to increase stock and improve other areas of my business to increase the profits. This funds will go along way in helping me get stable in my business. once again I say thank you.

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