Loan to add onto savings and buy a laptop

James

Nakuru, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

James

Member since

May 2014

On-time repayments

49 installments  •  43%

About Me

I am a Kenyan citizen, born on March 28th, 1987. I enrolled at Nguriunditu Primary school in 1995 and cleared in 2002 with a B- (Minus). I joined Thika High School in 2003 and left in 2006 with a B- (Minus). I enrolled at the Kenya Institute of Management in 2008 for a course in Business Management and graduated in 2011 with a diploma in the same. While still in college, I got a job at Sigona Waters as an accounts assistant in 2009 on a casual basis. I worked there for three years up to 2009 when the company closed down business. This was as result of losses that the company had registered for five consecutive years. With the little wage of a casual laborer, I managed to save $240 in 2011. In 2012, I engaged in pig farming and bought 6 piglets at a cost of $37.5 each, the total buying price was $225. The remaining $15 was used in buying feeds. Unfortunately, I lost my job in2012 after the company was closed down. I began engaging in menial jobs to feed the pigs which were then feeding more though not mature enough to be sold. The menial jobs were not forthcoming. I would take feeds from my suppliers on credit, hoping to pay them after I got some work. After several days of joblessness and my pigs that continued to eat each day, I found myself in debt with the feed suppliers. We agreed that I was to sell the pigs and pay them. The swine had lost much weight and the total weight of all the pigs was 180 kilograms with each costing $1.875. The price was at its lowest because of an influx of pigs in the market. The total sale was $337.5. I used $185 to pay the feed suppliers and was left with $152. I used the money to buy a second hand mini laptop and began academic writing for students in colleges and universities in the US, UK and other parts in the world. I have an employer with a writing account who gets work from a writing firm in the UK. He sends me work and i do it from the house. I have worked for him since 2013. I later upgraded and bought a new laptop early this year. My hobby is traveling and making adventure.

My Business

I am an academic writer and I write essays, thesis, business proposals, research projects, personal statements and coursework for students in colleges and universities in the US, UK, Australia and other parts of the world. I get work from someone with a writing account and he sends it to me via email. Upon completion, i sent it back to him via the same. The writing account is owned by a writing company which serves as a link between writers and clients (students). I preferred the business because i can work from the house thereby saving on rent expenses that i would incur if i opened a premise to operate from. I am paid $3 per 275-word page and on a good day i can write five to six pages. The costs include internet expenses which cost $10 a month, electricity $4 and house rent $24.

Loan Proposal

I do academic writing as an occupation. I write for someone with a writing account which enables him get work directly from clients in the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and other parts of the world. He sends work to me via email and and after doing it i usually send it back to him via the same. I have savings of $70 dollars and will add onto the loaned amount so i can purchase a second hand laptop at a cost $120. I will hire a friend to be doing academic writing writing work with the laptop. The friend can write up to 6pages a day and will be making a total of $6 with the computer. I will be paying him $3 per day while i am left with the other $3. This will increase my daily earnings to an average of $9 from the former $6 a day. It will enable me save more and even buy more computers, hoping to open an office one day.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$50.00

Date disbursed

Jan 12, 2015

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 weeks

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Lenders

Matt B

Stratford Upon Avon, United Kingdom

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Summary

Amount repaid

$51.70

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Mar 8, 2015

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Jan 25, 2015 $8.53 Jan 25, 2015 $8.53
Feb 1, 2015 $8.53 Feb 1, 2015 $8.53
Feb 8, 2015 $1.12 Feb 8, 2015 $1.12
Feb 15, 2015 $1.12 Feb 15, 2015 $1.12
Feb 22, 2015 $1.12 Feb 22, 2015 $1.12
Mar 1, 2015 $1.12 Feb 28, 2015 $1.12
Mar 8, 2015 $30.15 Mar 8, 2015 $30.15

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