Consumer Lending Business Investment Opportunities

The business is a regulated credit-only microfinance institution in Zimbabwe, licensed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), ensuring compliance and reliability in personal and commercial lending. - It operates 8 branches strategically located across the Harare Province, focusing on providing personal loans specifically for government employees and collateral-backed loans. - The hybrid lending model combines disbursement from its own balance sheet with loans facilitated through partnerships with banks and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). - The loan offerings include personal loans for government workers with an average ticket size of USD 500, and collateral-based loans averaging USD 1,000, attracting a diverse customer base. - Acceptable collateral includes movable assets like vehicles and electronics, as well as immovable property such as residential homes, enhancing security and loan approval rates. - The company employs a strong multi-channel customer acquisition strategy, utilizing walk-ins, agents, referrals, and social media marketing to reach new clients effectively. - Revenue is generated primarily through interest income, with rates of 12% per month for personal loans and 15% for collateral-based loans, alongside establishment fees applicable to collateral loans. - The current outstanding loan book stands at approximately USD 200,000, with historical loan disbursements exceeding USD 5 million, reflecting steady growth in the lending sector. - The business enjoys a healthy average monthly loan disbursement of about USD 50,000, with a reported 7% non-performing asset (NPA) rate, demonstrating a conservative and responsible lending approach. - The company has shown consistent growth, achieving approximately 20% annual disbursement growth since 2020, despite recent challenges related to delayed government remittances. - The decrease in run-rate sales is due to delayed repayment remittances from the Government. As a result, the business relied on short-term borrowings for on-lending, which offered lower margins compared to lending from its own balance sheet. Consequently, the shareholders decided to reduce loan disbursements.

Non-operational Nidhi Limited company that primarily targeted small traders and individual consumers, and offered loans and financial products tailored to local needs. - The company operated successfully for a year and disbursed loans totalling INR 60 lakh before experiencing challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic. - Loans were initially offered at competitive interest rates of 12% and above. - Currently, there is an outstanding receivables loan and interest amount of INR 30 lakh, indicating a substantial level of embedment in the community and potential for recovery and growth. - Past experience highlighted challenges with unsecured loans during the pandemic, prompting a strategic pivot towards offering 100% secured loans moving forward. - The business is seeking investment to relaunch operations with a more secure and revised approach, emphasizing risk mitigation through collateral-backed lending. - With certificates of incorporation and a Nidhi status ensuring compliance, the company is positioned for a prudent and legally sound resurgence in the microfinance sector. - No RBI approval is necessary for Nidhi companies, as RBI has specifically exempted this category of NBFCs in India to comply with its core provisions such as registration with RBI.

Business has vintage of more than 6 years in microfinance industry. - The business has a large number of repeat clients. - Considering our valuable services and the fact that they have grown further and helping them to increase their earnings and lives as well. - Currently we have more than 74,000 clients. - We mainly cater to lower class people helping with smaller loans of ticket sizes from INR 10,000 up to INR 90,000 at a yearly interest rate of 27% - Loans below INR 30,000 are repaid within a year, and tickets above INR 30,000 take upto 2 years to be repaid. - The business has a valid RBI license for operations in the industry.

Within 3 years of establishment: - The company has been able to disburse over NGN 750,000,000 in loans with over NGN 200M personally and from investors and partners. - We collaborate with legal teams and asset appraisal experts to determine the precise value of collateral, including cars, original watches, gold and diamond jewellery. - Revenue model of 8% monthly interest on every loan disbursed. - We have the necessary license issued by the Lagos State Government Ministry of Home Affairs to operate the business.

The number of clients is more than 500, and the experience of our non-banking financial institution is more than 2 years. Currently, our company is cooperating with the best companies in Mongolia such as Shilmel Buidan LLC, and Arina Electronics LLC. We are ready to cooperate with Nomin Electronics LLC if the additional investment comes in soon. We do not take any deposits and are rolling our initial corpus of USD 1 million to give out loans. We provide loans for assets like electronic appliances and cars. The maximum ticket size for a loan is USD 35,000. The monthly interest rate varies from 1-4% depending on the duration of the loan. We are financing partners for Shilmel Buidan and Arina Electronics among many others. Our process-driven and structured workflow, due diligence, and loan disbursal process make it very easy for us to manage operations with just 6 employees. Our current assets has increased to USD1.3 million in the year of 2023 and we've recorded 2 years audited profitability.

We are located in the two most populous cities in Zambia - Lusaka and Kitwe. - We have invested in cloud-based tailored loan management system which will support scaling. - We have a Bank of Zambia licence and audited financials for every year since inception. - We have an established client base and are currently servicing over +500 clients on our loan book. - We have an experienced management team.

The business was established 2 decades back and acquired by us a decade back. We are an RBI-certified NBFC loan company led by highly proficient directors having successful experience of 35+ years of growing business. Have great experience serving more than 5,000 happy clients. Have associated with more than 5 companies. Clients are individuals, businesses, and companies. Our total loan portfolio is INR 30 cr. We charge interest from clients on the loan to generate revenue.