Delivering fresh produce to local restaurants

Edem

Accra, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Edem

Member since

August 2015

On-time repayments

49 installments  •  80%

About Me

My name is Edem Koku Addo and I was born to the Addo family in 1986 here in Accra. I attended Mamprobi JHS after which I went through a three-year auto mechanic course. On completion, I worked with IPMC (an IT company in Accra) as the driver to the Microsoft finance manager for four or five years later with the driver’s license number Addo-221086-01-01. From then, I decided to drive a commercial bus using the Aflao - Accra Road. Having a great passion for business, I decided to start buying local foodstuffs like tomatoes, peppers, etc. from the Volta region to be distributed to the local chop bars here in Accra.

My Business

At the moment, I am driving a commercial bus with registration number GG-3029-14 using the Aflao -Accra route. Whenever I travel, I make sure that I buy local foodstuff like tomatoes, peppers, etc. to supply to the local restaurants here in Accra (usually called chop bars). My supply is usually useful as my products are always fresh from the farm. I chose this foodstuff supply to help the restaurants have access to farm products and also to make profits as they are cheaper in the Volta region at the moment. The business can generate up to 18% of profits which helps me foot my siblings’ school fees and I reinvest the remaining profits in the business.

Loan Proposal

With the help of the new loan I Will will continue with the supply of the Food stiffs like tomatoes Volta region to Accra whereby distributing them to the local chop bars and restaurants .and with this business I will earn about twenty percent of the amount invested and it will help me continue to take Care of my sibling and other responsibilities .

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About Me

MY NAME IS EDEM KOKU ADDO BORN TO THE FAMILY ADDO FAMILY IN 1986 HERE IN ACCRA AND ATTENDED MAMPROBI JHS AND AFTER WHICH I WENT THROUGH A THREE YEAR AUTO MECHANIC CAUSE AND ON COMPLETION I WORKED WITH IPMC( AN I T COMPANY IN ACCRA ) AS THEIR THE DRIVER TO THE MICROSOFT FINANCE MANAGER FOR FOUR FIVE YEARS AND LATER WITH THE DRIVERS LICENCE NUMBER ADDO-221086-01-01 AND FROM FROM THEN I DECIDED TO DRIVE COMMERCIAL BUS USING AFLAO - ACCRA ROAD AND HAVING GREAT PASSION FOR BUSINESS I DECIDED TO START BUYING LOCAL FOODSTUFF LIKE TOMATOES , PEPPER ETC FROM VOLTA REGION TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE LOCAL CHOP BARS HERE IN ACCRA.

My Business

AT THE MOMENT AM DRIVING A COMMERCIAL BUS WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER GG-3029-14 USING AFLAO -ACCRA ROUTE AND WHENEVER I TRAVEL I MAKE SURE THAT I BUY LOCAL FOODSTUFF LIKE TOMATOES , PEPPER ETC TO SUPPLY TO THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS HERE IN ACCRA USUALLY CALLED CHOP BARS AND MY SUPPLY IS USUALLY USEFUL AS MY PRODUCTS ARE ALWAYS FRESH FROM THE FARM. I CHOOSED THIS FOOD STUFF SUPPLY TO HELP THE RESTAURANTS HAVE ACCESS TO FARM PRODUCTS AND ALSO MAKE PROFITS AS THEY ARE CHEAPER IN VOLTA REGION AT THE MOMENT THE BUSINESS CAN GENERATE UP TO 18% OF PROFITS WHICH HELPS FOOT MY SIBLING SCHOOL FEES AND RE INVEST THE REMAINING .

Loan Proposal

With the help of the new loan I Will will continue with the supply of the Food stiffs like tomatoes Volta region to Accra whereby distributing them to the local chop bars and restaurants .and with this business I will earn about twenty percent of the amount invested and it will help me continue to take Care of my sibling and other responsibilities .

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$309.00

Date disbursed

Oct 11, 2016

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

3 months

Lenders

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Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

C

CThelper

Guilford, United States

Elinor

Maple Lake, MN, United States

BrassHat

Boston, United States

COOPITALIST

Toronto, Canada

W

winfried

Seoul, Republic of Korea

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

korben

VILLENAVE D'ORNON, France

Scott

Oregon, United States

johnandmoliehi

Canton, New York, United States

Gnomie

Brunswick, United States

A

AlexCheng

Seattle, United States

L

lujabe

Melbourne, Australia

A

anonymous123

United States

J

JandC

Watsonville, United States

Landei

Sandersdorf-Brehna, Germany

Myrar

Aarau, Switzerland

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

D

danderson1953

Plainsboro, United States

mauroandmichelle

Montreal, Canada

C

Charlotte

Charlotte, United States

jimmycarterforever

Missoula, United States

mrgonzalo

San Francisco, CA, United States

hugomesser

Blokker, Netherlands

C

cardiff

Falls Church, United States

A

Andrii

Kiev, Ukraine

G

greendave

Manchester, United Kingdom

U

urtica

Moscow, United States

S

SnifferTheBunny

Brighton, United Kingdom

L

Lolababalola

Ames, United States

B

BMcDermott

Washington, DC, United States

C

Clben7

Cincinnati, United States

dlpringle

Denver, United States

M

martyb

United States

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

AllieJ

Camberwell, Australia

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

M

merk85

United States

B

bugdaniel

Switzerland

larry

Sweden

J

jsbisa

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

B

bscent

Hong Kong

B

blambert

United States

WiscoHorndog

United States

T

Tim47

United States

K

Keith

Luxembourg

K

kennychit

United States

Otto Barten

Amsterdam, Netherlands

C

cocolo

United States

N

Nicolaas

Doha, Qatar

adrianz

United States

C

Crainster

Chapel Hill, United States

J

jowde

Germany

Matthias Schulz

Berlin, Germany, Germany

J

jamdal

Australia

pelhage

United States

D

djlayton4

United States

K

Kristiina

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JL

Joao Leal

United Kingdom

Nigel Titley

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

W

Wade

United States

JA

Jared Anthony

CT, United States

JT

John Tabacchi

United States

Bank of Sofie

Drammen, Norway

F

Flower

Netherlands

E

erica

antwerpen, Belgium

CN

Cyprien Noel

United States

RW

Roger Wang

United States

MG

Meron Gribetz

United States

George

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Marcus M

San Antonio, Texas, United States

ME

Manaal Eisa

Washington DC, United States

Emma

Australia

TH

tom hd

United Kingdom

AH

Adam Hill

United States

Caroline Cress

Seattle, WA, United States

Framework Eyewear

Utrecht, Netherlands

Pedro R-C

Cambridge, United States

Martin Nielsen

Aarhus, Denmark

Jeff Martin

Twin Lake, Michigan, United States

M

Mart

United Kingdom

Donna Manton

Australia, Australia

Aylsham Rotary

Aylsham, Norfolk, Uk, United Kingdom

H

hedy

United States

Mark Grey

Redding, CT, United States

AH

ajay hampapur

United States

E

eriklonnroth

United Kingdom

Aran Dunlop

United States

RobLu

Michigan, United States

E

ebahlquist

United States

Joe Lamantia

Reston, Virginia, United States

DL

Dan Lawrence

United States

TF

Tom Fawcett

United States

Rosario von Li

San Jose, Ca, United States

A

Andrei

United States

A

Adam

United Kingdom

AK

Achim Königs

Bonn, Germany

M

Mark

United States

JP

Juber Patel

United States

E

Enda

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

AG

abel ghita

Bucharest, Romania, Italy

AV

Alex Victor

Scottsdale, United States

NR

Nick Rioux

United States

B

Bramlage

United States

MW

Mandy Wilson

United States

WS

william smith

United States

SH

Steven Huntington

London, United Kingdom

UK

Uday Kolluri

New York, Singapore

Chuck

Manchester, United Kingdom

Dan Michael

Oslo, Norway

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

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LK

United States

Y

YTSJ

London, United Kingdom

Ian Murray

Brisbane, Australia

philippelazaro

Eugene, Oregon, United States

roark22

Geneva, Switzerland

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

A

Anonymous

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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  • Edem    Feb 2, 2017

    Thankful to the Zidisha team and My leaders for the previous loan helping me settled My social responsibilities in the family and ploughing black the remaining into the business thanks.

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  • Edem    Oct 12, 2016

    I have received 1,200GHS from my lenders. I will buy fresh food stuffs and supply them to the local chop bars and restaurants. Thank u my lenders and the Zidisha team. God richly bless u all.

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  • Edem    Oct 10, 2016

    With the help of my new loan I will continue with the supply of the food stuffs. It will help me continue to take care of my sibling and other responsibilities. Thank to my lenders and the Zidisha team for a new loan funded. God bless u all.

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  • Edem    Oct 6, 2016

    Thanks to you My lenders and the entire Zidisha tram for the previous loan enabling me to explore new marker and area whereby expanding the supply of fresh tomatoes .

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  • Edem    May 2, 2016

    Appreciating my lenders and the zidisha team for the privilege to be part of the next loan of 1880 ghana cedis which I will surely re invest into my ongoing foodstuff business. Thanks

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  • Edem    Apr 17, 2016

    I will use the next loan to re invest in the farm produce like tomatoes from the volta region and want to use this opportunity to say a big thanks to all my lenders and this will add value to my business.

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  • Edem    Apr 6, 2016

    Thanks to God, zidisha and my lenders as from the proceeds from the business I was able to settle rent both office and home with my siblings school fees which has been a challenge. Thanks

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  • Edem    Dec 2, 2015

    Thanks to my leaders for helping me to access the second loan of 1208 ghana cedis which I will be using to add up and buy more tomatoes to be supplied to my customers once again thank you my leaders and zidisha.

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  • Edem    Nov 26, 2015

    Thanks to my lenders and Zidisha for enabling me to access the second phase of the loan of 1208 Ghana cedis (even though it has not reflected in my MTN account )but as as is done I will continue with my tomatoes business as usual . thanks

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  • Edem    Nov 22, 2015

    Just to say a big thank you to my lenders for helping me the second phase of the Loan which will help more tomatoes and other food stuff to supply to my customers here and this will increase my profit which will also help to support my sibling in his academic . than

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  • Thomas    Nov 18, 2015

    Hello Edem,
    i read about your loan proposal and hope that other lenders will join in so that you will be fully funded. I wish you all the best for your business and for you personally.
    Best regards
    Thomas

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  • Edem    Nov 8, 2015

    Thanks to Zidisha as my first loan was very helpful as I used it to add up to purchase more farm produce like tomat

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  • Edem    Oct 13, 2015

    Thanks to Zidisha and the group for making my business grow as the loan has enabled me to supply more foodstuffs to my customers and is awesome .God bless bless you

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  • Edem    Sep 9, 2015

    Thanks be to God and the Zidisha team for enabling me to access the first loan am very grateful and will soon be making b my first purchase. Thanks

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