Entrepreneurs We've Helped

Name: Comfort Gyekitey

Location: Nkawkaw, Ghana

Activity: Food Market

Loan Used: To procure palm oil in bulk

Description: Comfort Gyekitey is 47 years old. She is married and has four children, two boys and two girls. The first-born has completed junior high school and is trading. The rest are in senior high and basic schools. Her husband is a tailor by profession. She lives with her husband and children in a rented apartment in a small farming community called Nkwateng in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The major occupation of the dwellers, the men in particular, is farming. Comfort trades in palm oil. She procures the palm oil from the producers in her community and distributes it. She distributes to customers who sell at retail and to food vendors. Comfort treks to nearby towns to sell. She wants a loan to procure palm oil in large quantities so that she can distribute to her increasing number of customers. She has been in this business for 13 years. She aspires to give her children the best education.