Vegetables for sale

Akua

Kintampo, Ghana

72% repaid

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Entrepreneur

Name

Akua

Member since

October 2016

On-time repayments

172 installments  •  38%

About Me

I am a mother of two. My teachers love me not because I was brilliant but because of my sporting activities. Soon after my Jss, I went to learn seamstressing and got pregnant during the trade. I could not therefore finished to establish myself with that. Currently I am a single parent of two without any meaningful job. My first born is in Technical university and I have to take care of him as a single parent. The second born is also in her first year SHS. I sell vegetables and because I am a single parent, I also farm in addition to help my family.

My Business

Vegetables are not that common at Sawaba where I stay. Most of the farmers grow maize, cassava, plantain etc but they do not cultivate vegetables in and around where I stay and because of that I decided to start vegetable selling business. Every week I travel to Techiman where vegetables are very cheap to buy these vegetables and come and sell. This business has helped people to get fresh ingredients for their dishes. I use the profit I make to support my children education.

Loan Proposal

The loan will be use the buy different types of vegetables like Cabbage, Carrots, Cucumber and the rest. I sell mainly tomatoes, garden eggs, okro. Most of my customer will like to buy all their vegetables from me but they do not get them as my scope of vegetables sale is narroned. When the money gotten, it will be use to buy different types of vegetables.

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  • David    Nov 12, 2018

    This loan was originally scheduled to take two months and was paid off in a three and a half months. Updates on the discussion page explained the delay. Thank you for completing your payments.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$248.00

Date disbursed

Nov 16, 2018

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

20 months

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  • Akua    May 29, 2020

    There is low patronage of my products as they are for fashion and due to Covid -19 fashion has reduced.

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  • Akua    Apr 19, 2020

    Now my product are out of season, getting them is difficult

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  • Akua    Aug 4, 2019

    During raining season which we are in now, vegetables are in abundant and there is no readily available market. Due to this, the market value has reduced affecting sales hence I want o reduce my instalment amount to be able to be paying regularly

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  • Akua    Nov 16, 2018

    This loan that has been approved will be use to buy new types of vegetables which I don't sell. I want to expand my scope of vegetables sale by including different types of vegetables. I thank all my lenders from diffy parts of the World for funding my loan.

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  • Akua    Nov 12, 2018

    The money when gotten, will be use to buy different types of vegetables. There are different type of vegetables but when customers come, mostly they are not able to get all what they want. They get disappointed as I am not able to meet all or most of their mneeds. This loan will help me expand my market.

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  • Akua    Oct 30, 2018

    The vegetables are expensive for that matter people are not buying for thst matter the returns are low.

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  • Akua    Oct 22, 2018

    The market is not good of late and since the vegetables are perishable it will be good I reduce the instalment to be able to pay

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  • Mary    Oct 15, 2018

    Zidisha is an online loan that has help me expand my businesses. I am into clothes business. At first it was suit and khaki but now I have been albe to expand it to smocks. Thanks to Zidsha for such an affordable loan.

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  • Akua    Oct 14, 2018

    Of late the market is not good. There is hardship in the system so I want to reduce it so that I can be able to fulfil my weekly installment.

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  • Akua    Aug 18, 2018

    Please my installment is too big for me and I cannot pay that amount

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  • Akua    Aug 15, 2018

    I received an amount of GHS786 which I used to buy vegetables. With the raining season, tomatoes which is my main commodity is expensive and a box of tomatoes cost GHS300 which I was able to buy two boxes and used the left over to buy other vegetables. I thank Zidisha for such gestures.

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  • Akua    Jul 28, 2018

    I thank you dear lenders for the wonderful support you giving us small business operators.
    This loan will enable me buy enough ingredients at a go which will increase my profit made per trip.

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  • Akua    Jul 19, 2018

    The loan I have just finished paying help me a lot. In the last 3 months Tomatoes were out of season and the main source was Burkina Faso. With the help of the loan I was able to massage my friends who go to Burkina Faso to buy tomatoes. With this I was not buying it at the selling price of Kintampo hence widening my profit margin.

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  • Akua    May 13, 2018

    The vegetables are now expensive and people have change their choices of them hence low patronage and hence low income

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  • Akua    Apr 25, 2018

    Now vegetables are scarce and the small costly. The small quantity you sell you are able to maximise profit. So I have been able to sell and make profit such that I can easily pay my loan and be able to take the next loan.

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  • Akua    Jan 24, 2018

    Of late market is not good.The harmattan has made the weather dry leading to scarcity of vegetables . When it is like that, people switch their yast to other ingredients leading to poor market. I there want to reduce the repayment schedule so as to be able to pay.

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  • Morcher    Jan 15, 2018

    Akua Marian promised to pay her loan when I called her.

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  • Akua    Dec 28, 2017

    Akua Mariam Dec 4

    Dear Sharon,
    Thank you for your response.
    But I have mistakenly send money ( 200 GHS) to MITa (0548418954) from a merchant number (OAK Ventures- 0541994041) instead of my own number (0545199869) on 28-11-2017 with transaction ID as 2530996755

    I am therefore appealing to ZIDISHA staff to either credit my account or send the money back to the merchant number above for onwards resending.

    Thank you.

    Akua

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  • Akua    Dec 15, 2017

    The reason is that now Christmas is approaching and sales would be very good a week before Christmas. I would therefore need money to be able to buy more vegetables during the festive period. Holding high instalment amount will not help me. Thank you

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