Entrepreneur
Name
Muya
Member since
April 2015
On-time repayments
150 installments • 40%
About Me
Am a third born in a family of five. I grew up in the rift valley and all my elementally school was in that part of the country. My growing up was not without challenges. My upbringing was not so friendly as we were five of us and my parents really had to work hard for us. At times we would have to miss school just to go help out our parents in the farm as that was the only family income we had. I really thank God for that upbringing because it molded me to becoming a responsible young man and from there got to realize that agriculture is not really what I wanted in life but Agribusiness. However, i learn t early in life that giving up was never an option. This has remained my philosophy to date. That is why after college and formal employment was not forthcoming, i decided to get involved in what i grew doing, farming. I made up my mind to go back and start small scale farming with an objective to save reinvest back in the shamba until i succeed.
I am now farming kales, watermelon, capsicum, tomatoes etc. The area am farming is good because of convenience from my home ie I only use 20ksh from my home to the shamba and again the soil is fertile and therefore i will obtain a good harvest. I have been doing this business for several months and when I heard about zidisha I thought my dreams would come to reality though Zidisha. I want in the next few years to have my own farm as I am leasing one now and I would want it to be a demonstration farm not so long from now. I want my children to go get an education then later get to mechanized agriculture. My hobby is to go to the book shop I by book. later I reading books, re-reading them then reading them again and making my own copy.
My Business
My business in the line of agribusiness. At the moment am selling different farm produce, for example, i sell watermelon, i also sell kales, capsicum tomatoes among other thing that i plant in my farm. These products that i produce are in demand because where the farm is there is a small town a distance of about ten km. secondly i have a small dam that will allow me to produce all year round . Therefore when i produce during the dry season their supply will be low and therefore the demand will be high and also give me a good price.
The reason I choose this business was because I had farming skill that I had obtained long time ago when farming with my parents at home. The other reason is that I did not require high initial cost .I was also in a position to obtain a farm where I could start my business.to lease one acre of the farm it costs 15,000ksh for a period of one year.
The general costs are as follows
Leasing 15,000ksh for one year
Petro for pumping water 1500 per month
Seeds 4500 in one season this may go up or come down depending on the crop that am planting. Watermelon is the most expensive and kales are cheapest to farm because of very small initial capital that is needed.
At the moment am using the profits that I obtain from the business to grow the same business. My objective is for it to move from a small agribusiness to a vibrant farming enterprise in the next two years. I also plan to use the profit to get more training in the area of agribusiness to harness this enterprise. Finally some of the profit is normally used in my family for general upkeep as its general welfare.
Loan Proposal
The goal of requesting for these loan is to farm watermelons in my farm.
i will ding my land which will cost me about 80$
I will buy seeds at 40$
i will also buy insecticides and fungicides at 60$
the remaining amount will be kept for anything that may arise without it being expected.
The proceeds from this farming activity will be used to cater for the fees of my children.i also plan to use the profit to start a small business for my wife all which will improve the finances of my family. I also plan to use some of the profit to take my family for small vacation.
I want to do all that i can so that i get a good harvest. I expect to get about 1200 fruits if i sell each at about 50ksh which is about 0.5$ i well sell them about 600$ i will therefore have made a profit of about 400$
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$181.00
Date disbursed
Sep 10, 2015
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
8 months
Other loans
Lenders
Guildford, United Kingdom
Raleigh, United States
Stamford, USA, United States
Shanghai, China
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Joliet, United States
United States
Australia
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Summary
Amount repaid
$189.14
Amount remaining
$0.00
Date repaid
Jan 18, 2016
Status
Fully repaid
Repayment History
| Expected Payments | Actual Payments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2015 | $5.00 | Sep 21, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Sep 27, 2015 | $5.00 | Sep 21, 2015 | $2.00 |
| Sep 27, 2015 | $3.00 | ||
| Oct 4, 2015 | $5.00 | Sep 27, 2015 | $4.50 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | $0.50 | ||
| Oct 11, 2015 | $5.00 | Sep 30, 2015 | $1.50 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | $3.50 | ||
| Oct 18, 2015 | $5.00 | Sep 30, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Oct 25, 2015 | $5.00 | Sep 30, 2015 | $0.50 |
| Oct 1, 2015 | $4.50 | ||
| Nov 1, 2015 | $5.00 | Oct 1, 2015 | $2.50 |
| Oct 3, 2015 | $2.50 | ||
| Nov 8, 2015 | $5.00 | Oct 3, 2015 | $3.50 |
| Oct 5, 2015 | $1.50 | ||
| Nov 15, 2015 | $5.00 | Oct 5, 2015 | $4.50 |
| Oct 6, 2015 | $0.50 | ||
| Nov 22, 2015 | $5.00 | Oct 6, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Nov 29, 2015 | $5.00 | Oct 6, 2015 | $2.00 |
| Dec 2, 2015 | $3.00 | ||
| Dec 6, 2015 | $5.00 | Dec 2, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Dec 13, 2015 | $5.00 | Dec 2, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Dec 20, 2015 | $5.00 | Dec 2, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Dec 27, 2015 | $5.00 | Dec 2, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Jan 3, 2016 | $5.00 | Dec 31, 2015 | $0.50 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | $4.50 | ||
| Jan 10, 2016 | $5.00 | Dec 31, 2015 | $1.50 |
| Jan 5, 2016 | $3.50 | ||
| Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 5, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Jan 24, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 5, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Jan 31, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 5, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Feb 7, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 5, 2016 | $2.50 |
| Jan 17, 2016 | $2.50 | ||
| Feb 14, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Feb 21, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Feb 28, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Mar 6, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Mar 13, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Mar 20, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Mar 27, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Apr 3, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 17, 2016 | $2.50 |
| Jan 18, 2016 | $2.50 | ||
| Apr 10, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Apr 17, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Apr 24, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| May 1, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| May 8, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| May 15, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| May 22, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| May 29, 2016 | $5.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $5.00 |
| Jun 5, 2016 | $4.14 | Jan 18, 2016 | $4.14 |
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