Stock for mobile phone accesories

Chege

Kitale, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Chege

Member since

February 2015

On-time repayments

68 installments  •  41%

About Me

My name is Chege Kahiga I live in Kitale Municipality in Trans nzoia county.I was brought up in Kericho district in a family of 7 siblings being the third born.Life was good until the age of eleven when it became very hard after the tribal clashes of 1992. We were forced to move to Kitale as Internal displaced persons (IDPs) where we had to start a new life.
Life was difficult after moving because my parents were not able to secure a permanent but they worked extra hard to pay our school fees.My school life was very challenging but I managed to complete primary and secondary level. I was not able to join college for lack of fees since my younger siblings were still in school.i started a small business of brushing shoes at the nearby shopping centre.The profits I acquired from this business enabled me to join a college whereby I was studying part time.I also helped my parents paying fees for my younger siblings from part of my profits.
In college I attained a diploma in electrical and electronics.I was later employed in a mobile shop to repair phones.
In 2011 I started my own phone repair and accessories business from the savings I made from my salary.
My hobbies are socializing,traveling,reading and listening to music.

My Business

My business is located at Railway line street in Kitale town,it deals with phone repair and phone accessories.This location is ideal because it is highly populated therefore this people are my target customers.With the necessary knowledge and skills in this field it gives me an upper hand to my competitors and through this i have increasing number of clients.There is a big demand in this products in town since Kenya is embracing technology and almost everyone owns one.I get not less than $400 every month and I use the profit to re-invest,pay rent,electricity bills and payings fees for my younger siblings.
My aim is to expand this business by opening branches in different parts of the town.Through this am sure my income will increase alot.

Loan Proposal

I would like to thank my Lenders and Zidisha for my previous loan. It has brought a lot of difference in my business and my family since assisted me stock phone accessories and phone spare parts. i have also stocked cheap mobiles phones which have been and this has really boosted my profit margin to around 40%.
This have worked well for me since the demand is high and i have ready market for the items.
T he neighboring phone repair work shops do not have phone spare part so they part of my many customers since they purchase from my shop and this has given me an upper hand.

When awarded this second loan i will spend spend the it in adding more cheap phone to suit the middle class people in the area.I will also add more stock for the phone accessories i.e ear phone,phone casing ,phone batteries,ear piece,mouth piece and other phone accessories.
Estamated budget:
mobile phone handsets = @ $ 12x10 = $ 120
Mobile phone accesories = $80

With the help of this loan i will be able to pay my monthly bills and re invest further.
Thank you in advance .
The current cashflow will help me repay the loan on time.
Thank you.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$201.00

Date disbursed

May 14, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

4 months

Lenders

T

Tmann

Los Angeles, United States

A

Anninymouse

Southampton, United Kingdom

S

slevon

Hemsbach, Germany

Sideburnjack

Conroe, TX, United States

D

Delph007

Den Haag, Netherlands

A

arenk

Karlsruhe, Germany

carlos vendrell

Barcelona, Spain, Philippines

tycho

Madison, WI, United States

DuAel

Orvault, France

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

D

drjofleming

UK, United Kingdom

S

SarahJoy

Peterborough, Canada

D

Davieboy

Melbourne, Australia

R

rhc2104

Burlingame, United States

J

JBosshardt

Redmond, United States

Raoul72

Naarden, Netherlands

E

evanglend

Arlington, United States

J

JakeA

Wellington, New Zealand

rodcul

Altea, Spain

P

PeaceandLove

Morro Bay, United States

C

cjmenchaca

Austin, United States

E

ericcamden

Berkeley, United States

B

blahblah

Nuernberg, Germany

H

Halli

Bottrop, Germany

J

jdhowa2

Louisville, KY, United States

R

RosemariHerrero

Stockholm, Sweden

beverly

Vancouver, Canada

CharlieBfl

Vaduz, Liechtenstein

J

jjonas

berlin, Germany

EmilAsker

Lomma, Sweden

indeh

London, United Kingdom

J

Jaslogic

Castle Rock, United States

Quentin

Toronto, Canada

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

P

planespotter

Berlin, Germany

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

J

JKorevaar

Springfield, Canada

L

leeirel

Edmonton, Canada

basicus

Cairo, Egypt

S

sersche

Zurich, Switzerland

A

Anette

Uppsala, Sweden

mithril

Prague, Czech Republic

K

KnutG

Bergen, Norway

Muslim

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

B

BassFamily

Tremonton, United States

T

Travtroe

Lanesboro, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

B

Bokolo

Leeds, United Kingdom

S

seikatsu

Palo Alto, CA, United States

DJBic

Clinton, United States

L

Lennert

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

O

oonbug

United States

H

HoseB

San Francisco, United States

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

ColinHicks

Chichester, United Kingdom

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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  • Susan    Feb 5, 2018

    I can not reach chege through his phone.

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  • Susan    Dec 29, 2017

    Chege is still not reachable but am trying my best.

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  • Susan    Nov 27, 2017

    I am still trying to get in touch with Chege. I will inform you when I get in touch. Thank you.

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  • Susan    Oct 23, 2017

    I have tried to reach Chege to no avail but I am still trying.
    Thank you.

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  • Chege    Nov 3, 2015

    Thank you and be blessed! This will go along way in improving the business and the our standards

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  • Chege    Sep 25, 2015

    Thank you lenders for the previous loan which helped me purchase mobile phones,and mobile phone accessories e.g batteries .This has brought a great impact in my business and my life since my profit margin increased by 40%.
    From the increased profit i have used it to pay monthly bills and also invest further.
    My family has also benefited from the profit increase since i use some of the profits to pay fees.

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  • Chege    Sep 17, 2015

    The zidisha boost has now moved me to include money transfer business in my shop. It's said to be very lucrative ..The Mpesa. Another employee on board.It can only get better . watch this space!

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  • Chege    Jul 7, 2015

    Hi lenders ! I received the loan. I'll forever remain greatful for the impact it has made. Indeed my income has now increased tramendously. Life is now easier thanks to you guys!

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  • Chege    May 14, 2015

    Thank you lenders for believing in me.The m

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  • Chege    Apr 29, 2015

    I would like to appreciate my lenders for my previous Zidisha loan which worked out great.Through this loan i was able to purchase stock for my phone repair shop.I was able to add phone accessories and some phone spares.During the Easter holidays business was booming and hence i made a lot of profit from the sales and phone repairs.This made a big difference in my business and increased my profit to around $500 a month.
    With this increased profit i have used the income to pay rent,electricity bill ad other bills.I use the money from the profit to re invest and take care of my family.
    Thanks to the lenders and zidisha community.

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