Setup first online training platform in kenya
Alex
Nairobi, Kenya
100% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Alex
Member since
July 2013
On-time repayments
45 installments • 56%
About Me
I'm a husband and father of beautiful twin boys. I'm also the owner of African Center for Internet Marketing which is a leading internet marketing company in Kenya. You can find my personal blog at http://alexmaina.org. We are the first internet marketing company in Kenya and are proud to have introduced the concept to more than 100 individuals in Kenya alone.
I just love learning new things. I'm self taught in programming, web design and internet marketing. Right now I'm learning how to create organic fertilizer from earth worms. I'm trying to figure out how to set up a small home organic garden that produces quality food for my family and neighbors. Probably will have to teach my neighbors too when its successful. Thanks to Zidisha I introduced some 5 farmers in Kiambu to earthworm farming and you should see their success sometime next year when their worm farms have matured.
However, my main business is internet marketing and I live for it. Been doing it for close to 10 years and couldn't have been happier.
I love seeing change around me and change for good. That is probably why I joined Zidisha as it sounds like a very interesting concept and will use it as a case study to show others what can be done when you start small but have great ideas.
My Business
I provide internet marketing services to SEO companies worldwide. We earn our revenues through owning various blogs such as http://dumisha.com, nairobihost.com and others offering SEO services to larger SEO companies or to direct consumers, training and consultancy.
With the right partners I shall be able to achieve the dream of operating a full service internet marketing company with various authority websites in the African region.
I intend to use any loans to buy assets such as computers and also invest in good software to run the business more efficiently. This will allow me to employ more people and grow the business faster.
The current expenses are
1. Hosting Servers
2. Operating expenses such as rent and part time employees
3. Internet and others
These amount to an average of $1200 per month
Our revenues are currently at $2000 per month
As such we are currently able to service a loan which allows us to make long term asset buys.
Loan Proposal
Following the first loan I managed to sell the dumisha.com domain at a profit while still being able to introduce some farmers in Kiambu to the concept of using worms for organic manure. It was a success.
We also found out that a lot of entrepreneurs are extremely interested in marketing their products online. Unfortunately they don't know how and its too expensive. Our internet marketing training classes were also too expensive for them and at the same time, they couldn't get the opportunity to attend the classes while leaving their businesses unattended.
This loan is meant to solve the problem of access to quality information on marketing their products and services online. I'm setting up the first internet marketing class online in East and Central Africa. In our beta test we signed up 50 students all online and we believe we are ready to introduce this service online based on our history of providing such training on a person to person basis.
I'm asking my Zidisha partners for this loan to buy the software that's needed to realize this goal. We need $200 to complete the setup for launch on the 2nd of October. I believe that with this online setup it will allow us to reach thousands of entrepreneurs who can't make the journey to Nairobi and need to know exactly how to make a profitable business online without the huge costs associated with such training.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$149.00
Date disbursed
Sep 20, 2014
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
3 months
Other loans
Lenders
Bremen, Germany
Republic of Korea
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