Buying a house carpet

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About Me

I am Ayub. I was borne in Nakuru, Kenya to a small humble family of 6 siblings. I had this very hardworking father that one day when he sadly died my mom asked us jokingly, who's gonna be as hardworking as your father. Inwardly, I deeply feel proud that I have taken after my father - I never leave until my efforts have achieved. I managed to sail through campus, undertaking Electrical and Electronics Engineering only by running errands in Nairobi town, at times during classes just to earn a living, including selling insurance policies, registering businesses and delivering post mails. I am today working for a multinational German solar power financier representing them in East Africa (see me in www.ecoligo.com). Still I am running a nut processing and packaging business both to mentor my cousin as well as help her save for her education. Mentorship is what I do best. My pastime hobby is simple: visiting places in the websites: universities, cities, cultures and watching real documentaries. It gets me inspired that one day I will tour the globe.

My Business

Apart from my employment, I run a small business that processes and packages different kind of nuts. My key product is the granola. This is a product that is added to different cuisines and is a mix of many nuts which I roast and grind and mix into a paste. I discovered that in this day and time, healthful living is a key concern for many. My target group is mainly the vegetarian. They need their bodies supplemented by nutrients they lack from animal-based foods. Nuts have most of these nutrients. The value addition for groundnuts, a special package I make, is to add pure honey, cinnamon and cayenne pepper and sell between 0.9 and 3.2 USD/packet. The unit cost of production is 0.4 - 1 USD/packet. My profits are used to grow my business as I save a portion for my cousin's higher education. I market my product through social media and personal network. My ultimate goal is for mass production to supply in supermarkets and to a larger market base. My operation expenditures are mainly electricity costs, since I run my roaster on the grid. I target that through the support of this community to soon but LPG gas roasters. I am proud of the business idea and I am happy to expand it to the many ideas in my mind.

Project Proposal

I recently moved into a bigger house in an environment that is colder and I realized my current carpet was not warm and large enough to cover the floor area where my children play whole day. I noted that they are catching cold from the cold floor and as such would like to purchase an extra bigger and warmer floor carpet.

I stay in Kikuyu along Waiyaki highway in Kiambu County with my wife and 2 small angels of 3 and 1 years, girl and boy respectively.

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