Entrepreneur

About Me

My name is Elizabeth wanjiru gikonyo I was born in 1961 at kiambu in Kiambu County in pre independent Kenya I joined ndarugu primary school which was very far away from my home. I could not go far with my education due to lack of school fees. I want up to standard 5 since then I moved and was employed as a casual laborer In various farms in western Kenya until with my little savings I was able to purchase a piece of land in gitare scheme in gilgil where I moved and settled with my immediate family I am married and blessed with 6 children who are all grownups.

My Business

My daily business is farming. I own a piece of land in Gitare scheme which is in the outskirts of gilgil town. I grow green vegetables, maize, beans, castor seeds, etc apart from growing crops I also keep dairy cattle’s which I currently have 15 heads that produces milk which i sell and for my own domestic consumption. I deal with this kind of farming when I realized there is great demand of these commodities in the near by town of gilgil and beyond. I sell my crops at farm gate price to retailers from Gilgil and Nairobi. For the milk I sell to olkarou dairies who normally correct it outside my farm every morning I receive the payments at the end of the month I usually get ksh 40000 after deducting my overheads I am left with ksh 20000. Buyers prefer my farm produce because they are of high quality since I have been doing this for the rest of my life, I have enough skills to produce the same the only challenge I face is luck a modern spraying machine for crop spraying my produce when growing in the farm. Also luck of a cooler to preserve my milk before buyers arrive to collect it. With zidisha platform I will be able to overcome this challenge and hence improve my living standard.

Loan Proposal

thanks to all my lenders for your first loan it really helped me in my farming activities. in this second loan i will buy a high yield milking cow to increase and boost my milk production. this will increase my revenue per month of which i will again use it to plant more fast growing crops eg capsicum, tomatoes asparagus. kales etc . by so doing i will get good profits to support my commercial activities. God bless you.

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