Jean Baptiste

Jean Baptiste is 49 years old and lives with his wife and their five children. Jean Baptiste is proud that he and his wife both work to support their children, who are going to school currently. While he runs a wholesale shop, his wife grows seasonal crops to feed the family and sells the surplus locally.

Jean Baptiste has been running his wholesale shop for around three decades. Like many shop owners, he started out small selling to individual customers and over time he has increased the volumes he sells and now operates as a small wholesaler. He offers a range of products that are likely to be stocked by other small-scale shop keepers, including staple products like rice, maize, beans and cleaning supplies.

He is keen to develop his business further through hard work. Jean Baptiste is driven by a desire to improve the well-being of his family, and, with this in mind, he has requested a loan. He will use the investment to purchase best-selling products, including five sacks of beans, three sacks of sorghum and 20 sacks of maize flour. He will also use a portion of the loan to buy day-to-day essentials such as soap and cleaning products.

Jean Baptiste anticipates a much heavier workload and plans to hire two employees to join him in his business and hopes that the investment will lead to healthy sales.