Fund me to expand my laptop & accessories business
Alex
Naari, Kenya
100% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
Alex
Member since
April 2014
On-time repayments
259 installments • 55%
About Me
My name is Alex murithi. I am a young Kenyan graduate from Chuka University class of 2015 November. I come from a humble family of 3 siblings .Thanks for taking your time to read through my Zidisha profile, apart from studies I have always had a passion for business.
I have always been passionate in changing and expanding the mindset of young people towards entrepreneurship. The types of business I do include freelance writing and forex trading.
I have been in these businesses since I joined college and they have helped me to cater for my expenses as well as pay school fees for my younger sibling.
Having gained some good wealth of experience, I do train, mentor, employ young people interested to join these type of business and any other online jobs I have knowledge about. The reason I have ventured in business is due to the high rate of unemployment in Kenya. I therefore decided to take lead in investing time in learning skills in these online jobs that can make me self-independent . Some of my hobbies include reading, networking, swimming, travelling and writing articles. I am sure we can tackle the unemployment rate in our country by teaching young people to work online and I wish to train as many as possible youths to earn some income from these exciting online ventures.
My Business
My two major sources of income come from my Forex trading business and freelance writing. I also run some transport/logistics business aside. I trade stocks and indices as well as offer my writing skills to companies and individuals in need of content. Apart from doing these I also train, mentor and employ young people ready to learn the above named skills. I am currently running these Trainings and mentorship programs under my platform known as Brains With Concepts. My main aim is to encourage youths to solve unemployment through entrepreneurship through learning skills such as content curation and trading currencies and stocks.
I have been doing the training part time, but now I want to do regular training and recruit more youths into entrepreneurship. These services are on high demand because of the high unemployment rate among graduates in Kenya. Costs incurred during my training sessions include hiring a standard conference room, hiring presentation gadgets and payment of some trainers I invite during my meetings. These may total up to 700$ for a session that may take 1 week. I charge 100$-200$ for these workshops inclusive of a mentorship package we offer to the trainees where we guide them untill they are able to make consistent income using the skills learnt. I use the profits in paying office bills, enrolling for other courses to sharpen my skills and re investing in other offline ventures.
Loan Proposal
when i get the loan i will use it to add some few accessories and laptops while topping up with my savings to expand my business venture. the benefit the loan creates is that i don't have to beg my friends anymore for them to support my business. i now have a lending friend which is ZIDISHA to make my business flourish. i humbly request my lenders to fund me so that i can make a future and investment before i complete my college studies, this can create a source of employment too because i need sales agents once the business expands. this will be helpful to put up with competition and soon i aim to set up a shop and advertise my goods in the local stations to tap more market around.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$150.00
Date disbursed
Apr 19, 2014
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
4 months
Lenders
India
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