Yaa Gyamfuah


Status: Paying Back

$425.00   Loan Amount
66% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

Name: Yaa Gyamfuah
Location: Wiawso, Ghana
Activity: Food Production/Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $425.00
Loan Use: To buy bags of maize
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Covered
Date Listed: Jun 23, 2009
Date Disbursed: Jun 11, 2009
Date Funded:Jun 23, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4899 GHS = 1 USD



Yaa Gyamfuah is 23 years old. She is married and has given birth to one child, a son who is currently in primary school. She lives with her husband and son in a rented apartment in a commercial town called Dwenase in the Western Region of Ghana. Dwenase is a suburb of Sefwi-Wiawso, the district capital.

Her husband is a police officer while she is a food vendor. She prepares and sells kenkey (fermented corn and cassava dough, wrapped in corn or banana leaves). Yaa hawks to sell. She wants a loan to buy bags of maize in bulk. Yaa buys bags of maize and other ingredients from nearby communities. She has been in business for two years. Yaa aspires to expand her business and give her son a good education.

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Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Yaa Gyamfuah
Location: Wiawso, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Yaa Gyamfuah by Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) in Ghana. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the 6 months of this loan, Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.


Posted by from Wiawso, Ghana
Jun 24, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Yaa Gyamfuah

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
September 2009 $70.83 $70.83 Repayment Received
October 2009 $70.83 $70.83 Repayment Received
November 2009 $70.83 $70.83 Repayment Received
December 2009 $70.83 $70.83 Repayment Received
January 2010 $70.83 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $70.85 Available Feb 1