Equipment for laundry service

Edem Kwasi

Accra, Ghana

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Edem Kwasi

Member since

August 2016

On-time repayments

245 installments  •  89%

About Me

Senaya Edem Kwasi is my name. I am a Ghanaian and comes from Ho, in the Volta Region. I was brought up in the village until I was about 12 years old before my father brought me to the city to be educated. Thus, I started my education at the age of 12 years. I was a little matured for my class but have to cope. When I got to stage 5, my father asked me to stop schooling and learn fitting (Mechanic). He gave me two options as to whether I would want to become an apprentice mechanic or go to school and leave his house! I chose the latter and had to be on the streets working whilst having education on my mind. I did that for some time, gather some money and then travel to Benin in order to pursue more menial works. During this time, I have been saving judiciously so as to continue my education. 
I enrolled in a private school to complete my primary education after some periods of hardwork. I enrolled in stage 6. After completion of primary education, I then enrolled for Junior high school education which is three years in Ghana. The only way to work my way through is to be working whilst going to school and studies became very difficult because I am always tired at the end of the day. Luckily for me, I had a penpal from Canada who decided to sponsor my education and I had to study hard. I sat for the final exams in the second year, came out as the second best student and had admission to read science at the secondary school level. I had my secondary education at Mawuli Senior High School in Ho. 
I sat for the final exams which is the West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations and came out with a very good result which led to my gaining admission to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in Kumasi to read Civil Engineering. 
Financial burdens at the university in the first year was very tough for me until I had a full scholarship. The scholarship was offered to me by Educational Pathways International (www.educationalpathwaysinternational.org) after I have applied and attended an interview. It made life a little easier for me and I had to study hard in order not to be taken off the scholarship. By God’s grace, I graduated from the University with a second class upper honors degree in Civil Engineering. I graduated from the university at the age of 28 years! I did the compulsory national service and have gotten a job with a Chinese company where I worked for about four months. 
I am a determined person and always pursue my dreams till the finish line. 
It has been my desire to make life a little easier and create opportunities for people around me. So with this in mind coupled with the high unemployment rate in Ghana, I have decided to form my own construction company. It has been duly registered and I have obtained license for operation last year. The name of my company is Conciv Engineering Limited. Conciv is currently in operation but on sub contract basis.

My Business

Conciv Engineering Limited (CEL) is a construction company formed in the year 2015. The main idea behind the formation of this firm is to provide employment to the many unemployed youth in Ghana and also bring relief to others by providing them with quality services at an affordable prices. 
The mission statement of CEL is : To become the number one construction and infrastructure development company in Ghana, a national player who safely, profitably and sustainably delivers best-in-class integrated services, products and solutions to meet our client’s needs.
The vision statement of CEL is: Bridging the infrastructural development gap between the rural and urban centers.
CEL intends to provide infrastructural development mainly to the rural and peri-urban areas of the country. Several of the rural areas in Ghana are faced with very challenging issues in terms of infrastructure and it breaks my heart when I travel out of the city and meet some of this developmental trail. To realize the vision of CEL of bridging the infrastructural development gap between the rural areas and the urban centres, CEL intends to and has begun carrying out research in rural areas about the infrastructure that is needed and how it will benefit the said community. 
Some of the communities visited do not have schools! The children therefore have to walk for long distances before getting access to education. It is interesting to know that, all these children with lack of these facilities compete with the children in the urban centres for the same examinations. The results coming from these rural folks is nothing to write home about and the least said about them the better. 
I know the value of education through my personal struggle to get myself educated. I therefore want to in my own way give others the same opportunity by providing them with these infrastructure.
After carrying out a research and coming out with a solution. CEL then carry out all the designs involved and the cost of providing that infrastructure. From there, then we raise funds from the public to carry out the construction. Most of these rural areas have big firms that are operating there such as the oil industry, mining industries amongst others. We intend getting in touch with them to provide funds for this development.
There are different sides of this coin! Doing this will create employment to others and also providing the community with something valuable. 
I believe that, the beginning of everything is not easy and there must be sacrifices. I therefore intend to use my salary from my current employment to repay this loan. It is difficult raising capital for a startup business but I am very confident to be able to raise capital through Zidisha in order to realize my dreams. 
CEL have bid for projects and have won a couple of them but do not have the pre-financing ability to finance it. I am optimistic that, I will be able to build a startup capital for my construction company through partnership with Zidisha lenders. 
You can look at some of our activities on facebook by liking our page just by typing Conciv Engineering Limited or using the handle @Conciv2015. 

Loan Proposal

This loan when fully funded will be used to purchase laundry supplies for my laundry.

I have rented a space for laundry services in my community. I have subsequently bought a washing machine, painted the shop and currently working on branding and advertising. The next item on my check list before the laundry starts operation is the laundry supplies which will be the detergents, the hangers, steam iron, softeners, bleach, stain removals, suit rubbers among others.

The motivation behind opening a laundry is to serve the busy people in my community that find it difficult to do their laundry and also to provide a constant source of income for me.

Profits from revenues generated will be used to repay this loan and I will make sure to maintain high repayment rate as my previous loans.
Because this is a start up, repayment of this loan will be supported from my construction business which is doing very well at the moment.

Thank you for reading!

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  • Margaret    Nov 4, 2019

    Perfect repayment!

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  • Chris    Mar 14, 2017

    I think money is in good hands at Edem. I will support him again without a doubt! Good Look in future!

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$1,618.00

Date disbursed

Oct 20, 2019

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

4 months

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Brian

Midhurst, Canada

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Raabo

Rungsted, Denmark

investor

Candiac, Canada

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SueB1

Los Alamos, United States

AltruisticSelfishnes

Chicago, United States

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rhc2104

Burlingame, United States

lietu

Tallinn, Estonia

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Oxfall

Gothenburg, Sweden

Aksel

Nesoddtangen, Norway

LA

United States

MarktheMormon

Sandy, Utah, United States

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Tallago3

Munich, Germany

Tamanders

North Carolina, United States

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DRSZ73

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

MindMuse

Talking Rock, United States

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Brandon Joz

North Carolina, United States

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pmyadlowsky

Charlottesville, United States

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AlexCheng

Seattle, United States

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Trinidad, California, United States

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Ottawa, Canada

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cflint

Springville, United States

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jjonas

berlin, Germany

KirstenShute

Montreal, Canada

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chrisherron

Chicago, United States

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florian

Mettmenstetten, Switzerland

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graememoss

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Lenah

Vert Saint Denis, France

KM

British Columbia, Canada, Canada

DLarson

Morris, United States

Pascal

Gent, Belgium

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kaf121

Lynnfield, United States

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bgj21

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

Ellwood

Richelieu, France

Andreas1974

Fristad, Sweden

Jouni

Finland

Paul and Rachel

London, United Kingdom

RobinW

Bonn, Germany

Namaste250

Pittsford, United States

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Goodwill

Oakland, United States

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Katehar

Maple Valley, WA, United States

Blake

Rockford, United States

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Prysdahl

Marshall, United States

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edgreig

Brixton, United Kingdom

Ingela

Falun, Sweden

Sunnyside

Stafford, United Kingdom

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Valis

Singapore, Singapore

nakamura

United States

Bobrm2k3

Charleston, United States

MichaelOsburg

Hochheim, Germany

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Johannes

Pirmasens, Germany

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Taupe

Balzers, Liechtenstein

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Bob Fitzjohn

Fontvielle, Monaco, Yemen

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Goldrivermob

Gold River, Canada

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Don100

Wilton, United States

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Moonknight

Østre Gausdal, Norway

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Colibri

Nanaimo, Canada

paulclinton

malaga, Spain

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HobbyCollector

Beach City, United States

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Smith

Kespu'kwitik, Canada

JFais

Atlanta, United States

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Leonora

TÄBY, Sweden

JOKer

Weisendorf, Germany

stever

Cape Coral, United States

JonB

London, United Kingdom

soniad

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Habroukema

Austin, United States

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JulCam

Montreal, Canada

MarshFamilyUK

Canterbury, United Kingdom

dmirpuri

Bangkok, Thailand

ibc123

Seattle, United States

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Esseni

Cincinnati, United States

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BMcDermott

Washington, DC, United States

markpearson

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

lizandsteve

guelph, Canada

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Travelover

Northville, United States

NedRyerson

Munroe Falls, United States

MrMichigander

Marquette, United States

mikeice

Kohler, United States

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Texikan

Fort Worth, United States

sderickson

Berkeley, CA, United States

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thebonseung

Republic of Korea

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kristina19

United States

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drorm

United States

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nycjen

United States

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osubucks45

United States

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roozbeh

United States

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ColoradoEmac

United States

Dreamworks.nl

Den Haag, Netherlands

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stevemorin

United States

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Anonymous

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

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Mal57

Australia

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DandS

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nswanberg

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kvillantz18

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plhughes

United States

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merk85

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bugdaniel

Switzerland

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Kber9156

North Parramatta, Australia

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DaveElliott

United Kingdom

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jbhernan

United States

mepster

San Francisco, Ca, United States

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RonEddy

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TyWee

Manila, Philippines

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bscent

Hong Kong

Grant Xavier Storer

Seattle, Wa, United States

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idris

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Keith

Luxembourg

utdream

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Otto Barten

Amsterdam, Netherlands

TheGoodData

London, United Kingdom

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shappysfunland

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StefanB

Stockholm, Sweden

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Crainster

Chapel Hill, United States

PolarBearCapital

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GEMMGMT

United States

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

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Holly Laird

Austin, United States

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Stephan

Netherlands

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Kristiina

All Countries

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Joao Leal

United Kingdom

Martin Ward

Leicester, United Kingdom

Nigel Titley

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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Philip

Bremen, Germany

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Sven

Netherlands

Dave Bogard

New York, United States

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Robert

Berlin, Germany

MD

Miles Dodge

CORVALLIS, United States

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Matt Willis

United States

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Wade

United States

Laurie

United States

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Stefan Kruell

Muenster, Germany

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Chitti421

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Memphis, TN, United States

Richard

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

Kristin Rhodes

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

moursund

Beaver Nation, United States

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San Francisco, United States

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Matt Insler

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JD Conley

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Jeff DePree

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zaroastra

somewhere over the rainbow, Portugal

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Manaal Eisa

Washington DC, United States

Emma

Australia

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tom hd

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Cambridge, United States

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Rembrandt

United Kingdom

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Rahel

Austria

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Seattle, United States

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Sydney, Australia

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Yonghwan Kim

Republic of Korea

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Maputo, Mozambique

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United Arab Emirates

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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Sydney, Australia

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United Kingdom

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Leeds, United Kingdom

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Andrei

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Adam

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Mark

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Sancta Colonia Dei Gratia Romanae Ecclesiae Fidelis Filia, Germany

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Peter

Bratislava, Slovakia

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Zurich, Switzerland

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Jo McDonnell

United Kingdom

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Sudbury, Canada

Taylor

Memphis, United States

Cliff

United States

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Ellen Batten

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

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Minah Park

Republic of Korea

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Bramlage

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Ryan

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Marco Tietz

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Steven Huntington

London, United Kingdom

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Uday Kolluri

New York, Singapore

Rory McLaughlin

Dallas, United States

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Pedro Cambra

United Kingdom

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Dritan Muneka

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Dan Michael

Oslo, Norway

Thomas

Sweden, Sweden

Tam Thao Nathan

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Sigrid

Belgium

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London, United Kingdom

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Justin cohan

United States

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Rolands

Taichung, Taiwan

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Katka

St Albans, United Kingdom

EthicalHost

Toronto, Canada

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Vidar

Oslo, Norway

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isaac

United Kingdom

RC

Rudi Chen

United States

Madeleine

Switzerland

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Ashley

United Kingdom

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karl kerksiek

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Boris

Bern, Switzerland

Carla

United States

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Sue Bucholz

Sacramento, United States

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Nick Gorrell

Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia

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Nancy

United States

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Elynne

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EABF

Netherlands

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Robert Hamner

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Matthias

Australia

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Steve A

Newbury, United Kingdom

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Adam

United Kingdom

KirstenAlana

Los Angeles, United States

Angela Linwood

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Tom Eggert

Madison, United States

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AJ

United States

EB

Erika Barraza

United States

Joseph Abell

Brisbane, Australia

RG

Ravi Gadad

United States

Bill Ballew

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

J Laufs

Germany

GA

Giovanni and Yelena

New York, Ny, United States

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

AS

Aida Smith

United States

LZ

Li Zhang

United Kingdom

Sinan Taifour

Munich, Germany, Germany

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Sachet Marion

United States

johannes

Taipei, Taiwan

AJ

Abby jones

United States

JA

Joe and Deb Rinella

Kansas City Metro, United States

James

London, United Kingdom

SA

Shar Alamdari

Los Angeles, United States

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Jon

United States

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Richard Ellis

United Kingdom

Ed

Howells, United States

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Lucy

Australia

Craig Travis Provyn

Bradenton, Florida, United States

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Barbara Hermann

United Kingdom

Benjamin Kniaz

Boston, United States

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Stephanie He

United States

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Warren Shen

United States

chessplayer

Berlin, Germany

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Rich Stein

United States

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Jason Strauss

United States

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Mike Frawley

United States

Gerrit

Palm Harbor, FL, United States

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Kevin J Baird

Cleveland, OH, United States

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Joshua Axtell

United States

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Jose Vidal

New York, United States

Day Family

Melbourne, Australia

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MB McKenna

United States

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Victor Chong

United States

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Hardik Desai

United Kingdom

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Bob Ewing

United States

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Patrick White

Albuquerque, NM, United States

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Andrew Bent

United States

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Ryan

Albuquerque, NM, United States

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Bill Piper

United States

Ellen

Michigan, United States

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Mimi Botkin

United States

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Mark

Toulouse, France, France

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Lastoni

United States

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Dalton

San Francisco, United States

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Campbell

New Zealand

HCPSPIRIT

Helsinki, Finland

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

Diane U

Olympia, Wa, Usa, United States

Samuel

Ottawa, Canada, Canada

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Kurt Kellner

United States

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Mack

Harbor, Oregon, United States

Doron Elinav

Ramat Gan, Israel

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J Fister

United States

John Sercel

Florence, United States

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Amy Shearer

United Kingdom

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Arian

Belgium

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RMIM

United States

Alex

Virginia, United States

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Sarah sewall

United States

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Khaled Asmri

Saudi Arabia

Mike

Indianapolis, United States

WC

Walter Clarke

Phoenix, United States

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Will

United States

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Dave

Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada

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Liam

New Zealand

Katja

Switzerland

Tyler Metcalf

Utah, United States

Jane

Ontario, Canada

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Sandi Smith

Pimpama. Queensland, Australia

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Alex

United States

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Zach Silveira

Asheville, Nc, United States

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BRB

Australia

Rasmus

Norway

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Brian Neilon

United States

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Jane Bean

United States

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Canberra, Australia

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Jane Hanford

United Kingdom

Sean Richards

Wilmette, United States

Nethanel Kohen

NYC, United States

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Gabe Arnold

United States

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Liz

Canada

HB

Hugo Boss

United Kingdom

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Hayley

Australia

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Micky Richards

United Kingdom

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Melissa Corrigan

Richmond, California, United States

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Ravel Antunes

United States

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Rohan Singh

United States

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Michael Poley

United States

Thereze Ovid

Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Sheri Dieck

United States

Darren Jeppson

Denver, Colorado, United States

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Haley

United States

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Julie Noel

United States

Mai Phuong Nguyen

Nashville, United States

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James Little

United Kingdom

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Johanna

Zürich, Austria

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lysander

Australia

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Ariel Pollak

United States

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Alex

United States

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Powered by me

European Union, Netherlands

CoBon

Stubbæk, Denmark

Daniel Toke Hansen

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Roel De Meester

Antwerpen, Belgium

Adam Öhman

Norrköping, Sweden

Greg DeKoenigsberg

Durham NC, United States

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Lee Montecucco

Washington State, United States

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Daniel

Hong Kong

sbdoc

Reno, United States

Tim

Utrecht, Netherlands

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Axel

Berlin, Germany

Frosty

North Pole, United States

Sayuri

United Kingdom

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  • Edem Kwasi    Aug 7, 2022

    Dear all,
    Thank you very much for funding my current loan.
    I intend to use this loan to pay my workers current on the hospital project.
    It will help reduce my financial burden in terms of labour payment.

    Thank you all and I promise to make my Monthly payments on tien.

    Thank you.

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  • James    Aug 3, 2022

    A really good project

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  • Duncan    Aug 1, 2022

    All the best

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  • Emma    Jul 29, 2022

    EDEM!!! I haven't been on Zidisha in ages! How've you been? It was such a nice surprise to log in & see your new loan project :-) Congratulations, building a hospital is such a great thing to be a part of :-) How'd the laundry business go, did that Google Maps thing ever end up making much of a difference? Did it manage to make a recovery after covid eased up, or the impact was too great? So sorry about that by the way, covid couldn't have made things easy... But I tip my hat to you, you're always so good at diversifying; the pineapple farm looked great! & Hiring out your concrete mixer sounded like a great idea :-)

    Really hope life is making you smile man - Emma

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    • Edem Kwasi    Aug 4, 2022

      Hello Emma! Thank you very much for funding my previous loan and also being part of this one. I am very grateful.
      Oh yes, the google map did help very much. I found it easy to direct customers to the laundry....Covid however, hit us in the laundry industry so much that I had to shut down. I have also relocated from the area and I am currently setting it up at the new location. I will post a message here when I am done so that you can help me with changing the location. I will post a phot of the pineapple farm also here very soon. With the pineapple farms, I managed to get some friends to also invest into it and so far it is doing very very well.

      Thank you very much for being part of this growth I am experiencing currently.

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  • BienesDar    Jul 27, 2022

    Greetings from BienesDar.org in Spain. We have contributed to this project as we believe will provide jobs and well being for others too. Keep up the good work, Edem!

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    • Edem Kwasi    Aug 4, 2022

      Hello! Thank you very much for the confidence. I promise to live up to expectation!

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  • Edem Kwasi    Jul 24, 2022

    Dear Lenders,
    Thank you very much for funding my previous loans which I used to support my business. I used the amount received to purchase a concrete mixer which is currently operational and it is helping my business tremendously.
    I hope to further expand my business to make more profits on monthly basis.

    Thank you once again.

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    • Laurie    Aug 2, 2022

      I've been trying to help again, Edem, since last night (August 1st), which would have been morning (August 2nd) in your time-zone). Am just waiting for a technical bug preventing lending from my Zidisha account to be repaired. I'll keep checking back daily. Glad to hear things are going better now. Best wishes, always.

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      • Edem Kwasi    Aug 4, 2022

        Hello! Thank you very much for this. It means so much to me. This year is almost over and we have made some good strides at conciv engineering limited.

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    • Laurie    Aug 3, 2022

      The technical bug has been repaired, and I have contributed.
      Best wishes, Edem! :-)

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  • Anonymous    Jul 3, 2022

    Hi Edem,
    What happened?

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    • Edem Kwasi    Jul 4, 2022

      Hello, thanks for checking up on me. I had some challenges with my business but I am out of it now.

      I am very much committed to completing my repayment by the end of this month.

      Thank you once again

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  • Edem Kwasi    Mar 21, 2022

    Dear Lenders,

    I bring you greetings. I trust you are all doing well.

    I have delayed a bit in payment due to my payments delay.

    I am expecting some cash flows and should be done with payment in the next weeks.

    Thank you for your patience.

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  • Edem Kwasi    Feb 9, 2022

    Hello Lenders!

    I have received some payments yesterday and will like to use part to offset my loans.

    Thank you all for the patience

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  • Edem Kwasi    Jan 14, 2022

    Dear lenders. I trust you're doing well.

    I've rendered some services and expecting payment in December which did not come through.

    I am hoping to get payment within the month and make full payments.

    Thank you

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  • Alfred    Dec 15, 2021

    Dear Lenders,
    Sorry i couldn't reach Edem.
    I will try my best to reach him.

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    • Edem Kwasi    Dec 19, 2021

      Please you can reach me on 0548729742. Thanks.

      If you can leave me a flash I’d call back.

      I will complete payment in January though. My contract payments delayed a bit that’s why I’ve defaulted a bit.

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  • Edem Kwasi    Dec 8, 2021

    Dear lenders,
    I started a new project and had to invest most of my funds in tools and labour payment.

    I would like to reduce my repayment amount so as to meet my repayment period.

    Thank

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  • Edem Kwasi    Oct 6, 2021

    Hello Lenders. Business has been a bit slow lately but I am doing my best to remain afloat with my payments. I would like to reduce my repayment amount. Thank you

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  • Christy Doh    Aug 29, 2021

    He promised to adjust payment

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  • Edem Kwasi    Aug 23, 2021

    Hello Lenders!

    I will like to reduce my weekly repayment amount as cash in flows is a bit slow lately.

    Thank you

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  • Vincent    Jul 2, 2021

    He said he was sick and that matter his business was slow but he will pay the money in the next coming days

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