Add two computers to my cybercafe

Benjamin

Bungoma, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Benjamin

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

239 installments  •  92%

About Me

I grew up in Munyali village,and attended Siritanyi primary school where i did my O level exams.My parents were farmers and could hardly afford to feed seven of us, four girls and 3 boys. We sold maize from the farm for a living while my mother tilled peoples farms in order to earn an income to be able to clothe us.
Through this hardship we managed to study and i passed my primary school education and went to Chesamisi high school where i struggled to pay my own fees by selling groundnuts to other students. The management was kind enough to understand and would allow me to work in return for some deductions to my schoolfees.
I managed to graduate and still by selling groundnuts i raised enough money to gain entry into college through friends and bursaries contributions.I attended Nairobi university and attained a Diploma in Human Resource management.

My Business

I am a practicing farmer and keep poultry. For 14 years i have bought chicks at 1$ per chick and sold each at 4$ depending on seasons and market prices.I also buy maize,bean and cabbage seedlings which i transplant into my one acre farm and after harvest i sell close to 6 bags of maize and 4 bags of beans each at about 12$.
I use these proceeds to pay fees for my two childrens primary education and my wifes college fees.I also help my parents to educate my younger siblings some of whom are still in high school.

Loan Proposal

Since I enlarged my cyber cafe room, I have some empty spaces that I can fix my computers to so that I can reduce my customers especially those sitting on the queue waiting for others to finish so that they can brows. This will cost $ 3.5 each and once it is installed i will maintain my customers because others normally tires up quickly and run to neighboring shop so as for this will hep me retain my customers. Since the business has picked up i am expecting the increase of 30% and this will have to boost me to the higher level.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$608.00

Date disbursed

Sep 5, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

17 months

Lenders

Q

Quomar

Żmigród, Poland

G

GalantnostS

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

C

Christian

Saarbruecken, Germany

investor

Candiac, Canada

J

johan

Oslo, Norway

S

Spassmacher

46244 Bottrop, Germany

bdm4a

San Fransisco, United States

BelleStarr

Albuquerque, United States

cyrus0302

San Francisco, United States

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

E

Esuil

Vallentuna, Sweden

ErikN

Stockholm, Sweden

T

Tec69200

Jacksonville, United States

B

bizarresmom

Willowick, United States

Kjartan

Oslo, Norway

H

Hynek

Brussels, Belgium

T

Tallago3

Munich, Germany

Pere

Barcelona, Spain

johnandmoliehi

Canton, New York, United States

T

ToddK

Indianapolis, IN, USA, United States

P

Purllyn

Dillon, United States

C

cjmenchaca

Austin, United States

E

elkbrett

Bradenton, United States

Kysera

Crawfordsville, United States

T

thejacobnorton

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

C

chasingtheskies

Palmdale, United States

V

valeriesolanas

Stamford, United States

J

jjonas

berlin, Germany

simonvikstrom

Drottningholm, Sweden

M

moerye

Santa Barbara, CA, United States

T

tonilends

catalonia is not:, Spain

pbosakov

Sofia, Bulgaria

dajawein

Gladstone, Australia

indeh

London, United Kingdom

athomas

Chevy Chase, United States

T

TokyoBliss

Tokyo, Japan

M

mattandrike

Arlington, United States

B

BartenKatrijn

Ghent 9000, Belgium

J

j12345

Durham, United States

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

P

planespotter

Berlin, Germany

IA

Ismini and Jerry

Stamford, USA, United States

P

PhilACK

Brampton, Canada

pentatonicscale

Niiza-shi, Japan

Namaste250

Pittsford, United States

ATrain

Nashville, United States

Maartje

Hinteregg, Switzerland

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

D

Diane

Blue Hill, United States

D

dannimw

Victoria BC, United Kingdom

A

Andy

Berlin, United States

A

Adam3333

Hague, Netherlands

sarna

Toronto, Canada

G

glh25

Winooski, United States

fairspirit

Utrecht, Netherlands

K

kikusin

Shanghai, China

Bobrm2k3

Charleston, United States

E

ElliottGarlock

Palo Alto, CA, United States

BF

Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

EstanislaoCruz

Ewa Beach, United States

indrayudha

Jakarta, Indonesia

tswickrama

Orlando, United States

GarmdGriek

Oslo, Norway

S

Sreval

Manly, Australia

B

bertvdlingen

utrecht, Netherlands

D

DavidJSmu

North Attleboro, MA, United States

tonnyschonewille

Maastricht, Netherlands

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

C

CandC

Washington, DC, United States

S

Sjors

Eindhoven, Netherlands

E

E

Marin county, United States

NedRyerson

Munroe Falls, United States

S

samthewill

Winterthur, Switzerland

Evan Lamos

Brussels, Belgium

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

O

oonbug

United States

M

martyb

United States

D

drorm

United States

C

chrishol

United States

R

roozbeh

United States

cc5alive

Los Angeles, United States

B

beckynagel

United States

Justin

Connecticut, United States

X

xavier

Toronto, Canada

DavidHS

United Kingdom

G

gerard

Netherlands

P

plhughes

United States

M

merk85

United States

bb4dogs

United States

K

Kber9156

North Parramatta, Australia

joshuacollinson

Vienna, Austria

smastermind

Jerusalem, Israel

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

P

PeterDG

United Kingdom

TyWee

Manila, Philippines

B

bscent

Hong Kong

W

wesbh89

United States

H

hixeu

Belgium

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

K

Keith

Luxembourg

Otto Barten

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Vitus

Czech Republic

C

Crainster

Chapel Hill, United States

PolarBearCapital

United States

H

happyhappy

Switzerland

A

adamdreaming

United States

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

Kyle Hoback

Omaha, United States

M

mbarbier

United States

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

S

Stephan

Netherlands

Martin Ward

Leicester, United Kingdom

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

Alberto Cereser

Copenhagen, Denmark

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

AL

Amy Luo

United States

Bernd Knabe

Dortmund, Germany

MD

Miles Dodge

CORVALLIS, United States

Rod Scholl

United States

SMOICE

Berlin, Germany

W

Wade

United States

JD

Jo Dane

Melbourne, Australia

Jason Ogg

New Zealand

Jake Badger

Roskilde, Denmark

jtreyes

United States

JM

John Meserve

United States

PR

peter reibold

United States

Lou Kaucic

Sanbornton, NH, United States

KO

Kevin OBrien

Denver, CO USA, United States

E

erica

antwerpen, Belgium

H

hawkins

United States

MG

Meron Gribetz

United States

Cameron Graham

Nashville, TN, United States

George

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

AH

Adam Hill

United States

B

Brent

United States

Martin Nielsen

Aarhus, Denmark

M

Mart

United Kingdom

J

Jason

United States

Aran Dunlop

United States

jo

Los Angeles, United States

TF

Tom Fawcett

United States

M

Mark

United States

P

Peter

Bratislava, Slovakia

MC

United States

Christopher Hey

Sudbury, Canada

Taylor

Memphis, United States

Cliff

United States

NR

Nick Rioux

United States

R

Ryan

United States

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

Strong

Netherlands

MR

Mean Rat

Netherlands

V

Vidar

Oslo, Norway

S

Stephanie

Zurich, Switzerland

I

isaac

United Kingdom

DK

Danny Kelly

United States

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

KK

karl kerksiek

United States

SB

Sue Bucholz

Sacramento, United States

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

K

kamvien9

Australia

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

SH

Stephanie He

United States

WS

Warren Shen

United States

V

Veronica

United States

RR

Rushil Reddy

United States

RG

Ryan Gough

United States

Karin

Germany

Christie Young

Boston, Ma, United States

E

Ejvin

United States

SS

Sara Sobota

United States

Mary Norton

Byron Bay, Australia

D

Dalton

San Francisco, United States

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

Haroon S

United States

GS

Gary Sinard

Franklin, TN, United States

Emily

San Francisco, United States

R

RMIM

United States

WC

Walter Clarke

Phoenix, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

E

Eric

Canada

A

Adriaan

Netherlands

BN

Bence Nagy

Czech Republic

A

Alex

United States

B

bburritt

San Diego, California, United States

A

Alex

United States

Daniel Toke Hansen

Copenhagen, Denmark

LM

Lee Montecucco

Washington State, United States

sbdoc

Reno, United States

LW

Liz Wanjiku

United States

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