Dear lenders thanks for the loan and am happy i paid on time and i wish to request another loan to finance my business...

James

340, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

James

Member since

April 2013

On-time repayments

382 installments  •  89%

About Me

My name is James Mwangi Kamau. I am married with two kids and I live at Utawala near MC Area where I run a hardware shop. I am an accountant by profession and after working for over 10 years in a formal sector I decided to start my business of selling hardware equipments and building materials. I started this business because the job where I was employed before was not paying well and I needed more money to be able to cater the needs of my family and expand financially. The hardware business in our area is more profitable because is a new upcoming real estate and many domiciles are under construction.

My Business

My hardware business is located near a busy road that connects Utawala with the rest of the Estate. Its about 200m from the main road. The name of the shop is "Jaba Hardware" and is a brand name of the whole estate and many customers prefer my goods because they are of high quality and I provide better customer service. I have employed two workers to help deliver the goods to my customers on time. My monthly turnover is Kenya shillings 400000 per month, which gives me a profit of Ksh 20000 after incurring all the expenses . I sell building equipments such as hammers, saws, nails, priers and building materials such as sand, ballast, stones, timber, iron sheets and sanitary wares.

Loan Proposal

To finance my business of Hardware business, to increase my stock so that the customer can access variety of products for building their homes. I will by more building equipment, cements, sand and stone. I hope mu business will grow with type by you generous contribution from you my lender, All you biding are welcome and I hope you will partner with me and work together in this globle village of E-Commerce.

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About Me

Hi Hi My name is James Mwangi Kamau am married with three Kinds and I live at Utawala near MC Area where I run a hardware shop. I am an accountant by profession and After working for over 10 years in a formal sector I decided to start my business of selling hardware equipment and building materials. I started this business because the job was employed was not paying well and I need more money to be able to cater for my family and expand financial. The hardware business in our area is more profitable because is a new upcoming Estate and many houses are under construction. My first born joined national school he is in form 2. He wish to became a doctor and second born a doctor and third born a teacher/ lecturer

My Business

My hardware business is located near a busy road that connects Utawala with the rest of the Estate. Its about 200m from the main road. The name of the shop is called Jaba Hardware and is a brand name in the whole estate and many costumes prefer my goods because they are of high quality and better customer service. I have employed two workers to help deliver the goods to my Customer on time. My monthly turnover is kenya shillings 1,900,000 month which which gives me a profit of Ksh 80000 after all the expenses . I sell building equipments such as hammers, saws, nails,priers and building materials such as sand,ballast, stones, Timber,iron sheets and sanitary wares and cement in bulk. The profits I get I use to pay loan and iam currently building a big premises for my business to shift but I have not shifted since I bought a lorry for collecting stock especially cement and other as I am intending to become a Contructor and I am in processor registering a company a and I pay School fees for my kids

Loan Proposal

To finance my business of Hardware business, to increase my stock so that the customer can access variety of products for building their homes. I will by more building equipment, cements, sand and stone. I hope mu business will grow with type by you generous contribution from you my lender, All you biding are welcome and I hope you will partner with me and work together in this globle village of E-Commerce.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$320.00

Date disbursed

Feb 10, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 months

Lenders

L

lmuenchen

Munich, Germany

J

jozua

Delft, Netherlands

Cordula

Cologne, Germany

Jeff

Portland OR, United States

S

Shadrax

Lansing, United States

C

chrisherron

Chicago, United States

Namaste250

Pittsford, United States

P

Prysdahl

Marshall, United States

LadyPhi

Ontario, Canada

mojobob

Hayward, United States

D

Dutch_lender

Leiderdorp, Netherlands

H

Haavard

Bergen, Norway

R

randall

Ogden, United States

Matching Fund

Sterling, United States

P

Peaches

United States

N

nycjen

United States

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  • James    Nov 30, 2021

    The business has been very bad and u are supposed to reduce my loan to the net off what u deducted from my loan because I will no longer borrow from you

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  • James    May 15, 2021

    Hi please note current economic conditions in Kenya is very bad Iam requesting u to consider writing off my loan against amount withheld in my previous loan and balance I will pay as new loan. Please note my healthy conditions are pressing me I would request u to consider this.

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  • James    May 15, 2021

    Please Note economic conditions are very bad in Kenya u should consider writing off my loan against amount withheld in my previous loan then the balance I pay as new loan. Please note I am pressed with my medical conditions.

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  • James    Apr 7, 2021

    Economic conditions r bad

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  • Janice    Feb 28, 2021

    I have reminded him about his late payments that he has servicing. Only to pay small amount soon.

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  • James    Jan 15, 2021

    Please note economic situation is bad

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  • James    Nov 22, 2020

    Please note the economy is performing very poorly due to economy harshs and Corona pandamic and we are hoping it will improve

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  • James    Oct 9, 2020

    He lenders note my business is suffering du harsh economic conditions and Corona pandemic I am willing to up to my deposit level so I can leave the group but thank.

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  • James    Aug 25, 2020

    Please note currently Kenya economy is performing badly due to both Corona and inflation

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  • James    Jul 5, 2020

    Hi note under this Corona 19 pandemic our economy is not performing so o wish to reduce weekly instalment instalment to coup with it.

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  • James    Jun 5, 2020

    Please I wish to reduce my weekly instalment due to harse economics condition.

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  • James    Apr 29, 2020

    Please note economic situation is so bad currently due to global effects of Corona virus and other like competition in busines.

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  • James    Mar 13, 2020

    Please note economy of our country is performing very badly hence forcing us to just operate at minimal level

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  • James    Jan 31, 2020

    Please note Kenya economy is performing badly hoping it will improve this year as we are just starting

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  • James    Dec 25, 2019

    Economic status of our country is not good we are hoping it will change soon

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  • James    Nov 20, 2019

    Please note our economics situation is becoming difficulty as time progresses we are hoping things will change.

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  • James    Oct 16, 2019

    Hi lenders note our economic is worsening so business performance note in relation with returns

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  • James    Sep 11, 2019

    Please note economic condition in Kenya is very harsh for our business most of hardware are closing. I expect soon it might improve.

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  • James    Aug 11, 2019

    Please note economic conditions in Kenya is very harsh to an extent we are struggling business I can avoid that much

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  • James    Jul 5, 2019

    Please note economic conditions in Kenya are to harsh to the business field hence we are not able to break even.

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