Shop enlargement to start a cybercafé in my neighborhood

Benjamin

Bungoma, Kenya

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Entrepreneur

Name

Benjamin

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

239 installments • 92%

About Me

I grew up in Munyali village,and attended Siritanyi primary school where i did my O level exams.My parents were farmers and could hardly afford to feed seven of us, four girls and 3 boys. We sold maize from the farm for a living while my mother tilled peoples farms in order to earn an income to be able to clothe us.
Through this hardship we managed to study and i passed my primary school education and went to Chesamisi high school where i struggled to pay my own fees by selling groundnuts to other students. The management was kind enough to understand and would allow me to work in return for some deductions to my schoolfees.
I managed to graduate and still by selling groundnuts i raised enough money to gain entry into college through friends and bursaries contributions.I attended Nairobi university and attained a Diploma in Human Resource management.

My Business

I am a practicing farmer and keep poultry. For 14 years i have bought chicks at 1$ per chick and sold each at 4$ depending on seasons and market prices.I also buy maize,bean and cabbage seedlings which i transplant into my one acre farm and after harvest i sell close to 6 bags of maize and 4 bags of beans each at about 12$.
I use these proceeds to pay fees for my two childrens primary education and my wifes college fees.I also help my parents to educate my younger siblings some of whom are still in high school.

Loan Proposal

Given the loan with zidisha team I will pay for a bigger shop because I have started a cyber cafe for customers to do their research and internet services. Most of my customers are students so they request for me to increase computers for them to do their research effectively. Since the customers are ever right then it is good for me to meet their demand.The room will cost $ 200 and this will accommodate at least majority of my clients. So as for the internate services and also typesetting and photocopying this will make my profit to increase by 40%.