My name is Fridah Lupula a God fearing Zambian woman and a single mother of 4. I lost my husband 6 years ago since then it's been me and my kids trying to get them to university. It hasn't been easy since my husband passed on as my husband's family literally grabbed everything thing from me , I loooked at the kids I was left to fend for so I started a small restaurant just outside the house as it is near the tarmac. Bus drivers would mostly support my business and started to make some profit to push my kids at school. I later moved into a small shop that was on rent and since then the restaurant business has been standing. I have always loved to cook and bake in my free time for my family and now for my clients. It is therefore that I read about Zidisha and how helpful it has been to helping business owners grow wether big or small that I applied for membership so as, I too can grow my business.

I want to use the funds to grow my restaurant business, as at now I only do our Zambian traditional meal nshima (pap) but I want to introduce fast food like chips/sausage and samosas. I would love to purchase a deep fryer.

I would like to use these funds to furnish a bigger shop I found, it needs some painting and posters. The shop is located in a busy market area that’s why I took interest in it. There I am able to expand my clientele and have a lot of people eating in because the area is big inside including the space outside too , the outside area has enough space to even put a stand were I can show case the smoked chicken and fish. This will help the business expand more with good daily profits