Buy and assortment of hardware items

Wambua

Mtongwe, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Wambua

Member since

April 2017

On-time repayments

110 installments  •  43%

About Me

My name is Wambua, a father of 4 children who are all in school. I am business man based in Mombasa. I was born in raised in rural Kenya where I grew up helping my parents in their daily chores.

I also went to school up to secondary school level and then decided to move to Mombasa city to look for a job. It was not easy to get a job without any professional training and I ended up as a hawker where I would sell small household items.

This is what I am still doing to date.

My Business

I sell small household items which I do in the streets of Mombasa. It is a modest job but I like it since it puts food on the table. I sell items like cutlery, combs, buckets etc. I also sell some hardware items such as electric bulbs and cables.

I normally get the supplies from big shops or second hand dealers and then sell them at a profit. I make about $150 which I use to cater for my family needs.

Loan Proposal

I will spend this money to get more stock of hardware items to sell. I will get more rakes, spades and hammers which I will then sell and make more profit. I am working very hard and I hope with time, I will be able to rent a better structure for doing my business since I am now doing it in an open air place. This is not easy because I expose the items to the elements and this degrades their quality.

Thank you.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$42.00

Date disbursed

Sep 5, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

9 months

Lenders

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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