Akua


Status: Paying Back

$850.00   Loan Amount
16% repaid

About the Entrepreneur

(For privacy reasons, the Field Partner has requested that last name be undisclosed)
Name: Akua
Location: Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana
Activity: Food Production/Sales

About the Loan

Loan Amount: $850.00
Loan Use: To buy maize
Repayment Term: 8 months - View details below
Lenders Repaid: Monthly
Currency Exchange Loss: Possible
Date Listed: Sep 25, 2009
Date Disbursed: Sep 14, 2009
Date Funded:Sep 25, 2009

About the Country

Country:Ghana
Avg Annual Income:$2,643.00
Currency:Ghana Cedis (GHS)
Exchange Rate:1.4480 GHS = 1 USD





Akua is forty – five years old. She is widowed and has give birth to three children, all in school. She lives with her children in a rented apartment in a town called Wiawso in the Western Region of Ghana. Wiawso is a commercial and farming town. Akua is a food vendor. She cooks and sells porridge. She sells on a table top by a road side in her community. She also sells on a local school compound. She buys bags of maize, beans and other ingredients from nearby towns. Akua has been in business for ten years and wants a loan to buy goods in bulk to expand her business.


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Journal entries for Akua


Loan has been disbursed
 
Entrepreneur: Akua
Location: Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to akua 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 Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana
Sep 26, 2009
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Kiva Help Repayment Schedule for Akua

  Expected Repayments Actual Repayments Comments
December 2009 $141.67 $141.67 Repayment Received
January 2010 $141.66 Available Jan 1  
February 2010 $141.67 Available Feb 1  
March 2010 $141.67 Available Mar 1  
April 2010 $141.66 Available Apr 1  
May 2010 $141.67 Available May 1