Hustler fund has been released or it has
gone live and now you can basically
borrow money but we need to look at a
few factors because it's about money.
Rember we're gonna be talking about
money here we're going to be talking
about loans here and it is within my
domain as a finance and investment coach
and of course as a financial literacy
activist to tell you what to expect to
look at it in you know different
perspectives and try to understand the
Hustler fund so for those who are not in
Kenya this is just basically like a
microfinance loan and loan that is
basically backed up by the state to help
people who are in small businesses get
something to start a business or to
improve their businesses it's basically
a loan given by the government I believe
that most people know about Hustler fund
because it's the news in Kenya right now
so if you're in Kenya or if you're a
Kenyan living outside the country you
will definitely know about Hustler fund
so we're going to basically look at the
Hustler fund we're going to try to
understand the components of the Hansel
of fund and then in a later video or
even in this video we're gonna say some
of the problems that might arise with
the Hustler fund so right now let's look
at the Hustler fund and let's see what
is good about it what's bad about it
what are the details of the House of
fund how do you get it,
mindset how to make that money how to
enjoy that money how to make that money
how to invest that money and how to show
yourself a lifetime of income basically
Financial Freedom Hustler fund is here
Hustler fund is live and people are
going for it so what is it that you need
to know what is it that is important for
you to understand before you actually go
for this why I'm doing this video is
because a lot of people and they know
this alone what they do is that they use
that facility without a clear plan there
is no single time you will take a loan
without a clear plan a clear objective
and you will succeed in whatever you
want to do the problem with having this
kind of loan facilities is that most
people do not check them with the
objective of having a business or
starting a business as soon as possible
and therefore they end up being in debt
without any clear plan of what they
wanted to do because the thing is when
you have money in your pocket or in your
bank account what will you do you spend
that money and in our environment as you
all know it there are always
opportunities to spend that money
there's some one who's sick somewhere
someone challenged them somewhere your
grandmother's sisters in you know in
charge whatever is sick somewhere so
there are always some things to do with
connected to relationships and relatives
and stuff like that and what makes us
spend this money is not just sometimes
because you want to but the culture
around us the environment around us and
sometimes also the habits we have around
money so the Hustler fund is here but it
can create more problems than
opportunities if we are not careful and
that's what we're going to be talking
about we're going to be looking at the
Hustler fund but also the opportunities
all the problems Medicaid for you number
one the repayment period for Hustler
fund is 14 days now that already is a
big big issue now you can think about it
this way if you're gonna pay a loan
within 14 days you must have a very
clear plan of how you're going to get
that money back now I don't know whoever
doesn't have money today if they will
have the money in two weeks especially
the kind of people borrowing this loan
or the kind of target people that this
loan has been created for so you're
telling someone that I want to borrow
this money today but you want the money
fully back in 14 days I think that is
going to create more problems and that's
one of the components of Hustler fund
that we must look at we must look at the
borrowing period we must look at the
fact that how can someone who did not
have money today want to start a new
business will get money and generate
enough in 14 days and give it back to
the government now that is the first
problem I found today is that the
repayment period is too short for any
normal person to actually generate that
money in paid park that's something I'm
hoping that one day they'll consider but
that's the first thing so if you want to
take a hustle loan remember you're going
to be paid within 14 days and there are
penalties there are certain consequences
if you don't that's the first thing you
want to remember about Hustler fund
remember this loan is for small
businesses so in this case we are trying
to imagine that you are a small business
you started today or you started like
weeks back and you need some boost of
like a thousand two thousand three
thousand Shillings what do you do you go
to the Hustler fund ask for money for
small businesses and then you move on to
the page or generate enough income to be
paid in 14 days I don't know if that's
possible please let me know in the
comment section if you think that time
period is something sufficient for you.
so at the moment this fund has a minimum
borrowing capacity of 500 and a maximum
of 50 000. it's capped at 50 000 at an
interest rate of eight percent interest
rate of eight percent so again that's
something you want to consider you want
to think about if it's giving you an
interest rate of eight percent of
charging you sorry an interest of eight
percent then how much will you be paying
back so you just need to do a
calculation based on 14 days because you
should be paid within 14 days do a
calculation annually but divide it to 14
days and then you find out the amount of
money you are likely to pay so if you
borrow for example 500 Kenyan shillings
within 14 days you will be paying 501
0.53 so that's just one shilling
interest within 14 days so of course 500
is quite low and eight percent interest
is quite low now let's talk about the
interest eight percent isn't bad at all
and that's something I'm not gonna
really contest but at the end of the day
you must understand the people who are
taking this loan can they generate eight
percent of course if you compare this to
the banks giving you 12.4 percent or at
least charging you 12.4 percent annually
I am sure the annual list is 108
so if you think of that then you
understand that this is quite Affordable
Loan but at the end of the day the
affordability is of the issue here the
issue here is who is going to take the
loan how will they pay it back within 14
days so yes the interest is at eight
percent let me know what you think in
the comment section about the interest
rates now the other thing about the
Hustler fund is that you will not be
blacklisted now currently we have over 8
million people blacklisted by different
lenders within the country so with the
Hustler fund and it's a good thing is
that you won't really be blacklisted
even if you do not prepare your loan
there will be the consequences but you
will not be blacklisted so you could
still go to other lending places lending
apps and still get some money but
remember the main idea of this was to
actually help those who are not able to
access loans from those other lenders to
help them grow or you know start their
businesses if you don't pay within 14
days the interest rate moves to 9.5
percent again that's just a punishment
for you not paying within the time like
I said I have a problem with that
repayment period in my opinion in the
inventory customer is not able to pay
back with that extension The Hustler
account is frozen and the borrower loses
all accumulated credit scores after more
than that base of default important to
know that if you do not pay within that
period which is basically around 30 days
you will not be able to borrow from The
Hustler fund so again your account will
be frozen there's no crb listing like
I've said and that's a good thing for
most people I know you'd want to hear
that now the other thing is that when a
customer borrows the approved loan is
sent to their mobile money account
deposits of 95 of that money that you
have borrowed is going to your money
wallet and then five percent of that
money that you have borrowed will go
into what you call a savings account now
this is more like a long-term savings
account that the government is basically
forcing you to do uh the five percent
that goes towards the selling savings
account is split into two thirty percent
of that money goes to short-term savings
and 70 to long term 7 Wings which is
like a pension I like that idea I
honestly like that idea of part of the
money goes into short term part of it
goes into long term and also forcing you
to have what you call a savings culture
that to me to my opinion is a good thing
if the whole setup was good but of
course everything is false it will get
better with time and this is an
opportunity for the government to try
and improve things again you can access
Hustler fund through a ussd card mobile
app platforms by mobile networks like
safaricom Airtel and Telcom so you must
be in this one this three for you to
access the Hustler fund now the thing is
if you borrow a loan erroneously you
cannot reverse that and therefore you
must repay it based on the terms of the
loan just like another borrower so this
will provide a state back concessional
loan so small businesses that have
struggled to access financing from
mainstream Banks this is one of the
things that Pluto actually really talked
about and I'm happy that it's brought it
Forward right now now let's go to some
of the most interesting Parts about this
loan and these are some of the things
that we also going to discuss going
forward because we also talk about the
Hustler fund this is just an video to
introduce the details and the components
of the Hustler fund and the things that
I obviously find to be problematic with
the fund so you can imagine that within
the first day people are borrowing 17
million an hour
17 million Shillings power from the
first uh from The Hustler fund now this
might not be a very good thing this
might actually highlight the problem
we're going to be facing with the
Hustler fund and that we just bought
another full laser or we just bought
another kind of you know facility that
Kenyans cannot manage and that is where
financial literacy comes in the moment
people have an access to a loan or
access to certain facilities that can
give them free money although they
consider free money in courts they will
take it without a plan I can guarantee
you that most of the people have been
taking loans from Hustler fund do not
have any business plan at all and
therefore they are taking this money to
spend it and to use it in normal daily
living what happens within 14 days you
need to return it back so what happens
you will be Frozen and you are not able
to borrow any money
now the thing is such things are good
but they should be laid on Foundation of
knowledge people must be aware people
people must be taught people must be
informed about how to about these things
and one of the problems we face with the
financial literacy is that people are
never informed about decisions that make
and they end up making wrong decisions
financially speaking and this ruins them
for a very long time and it takes lots
of time to actually correct some
decisions especially when it comes to
money decisions so these are very
important part that you would want to
think through so before you take this
loan please think through things okay so
you've had that 17 million and now was
being dispersed on the first day of this
going live so you must understand that
this is something that people are not
taking me that particular plan to some
extent some people didn't definitely
have a plan but some most of them will
not have plans
now that is something to think about can
you pay it back that's the first thing I
told you can you pay the money back so
there are different categories under
this facility we have the personal
finance we have micro loan small medium
Enterprises and startups so we have
different categories under the loan
facility or what we call the Hustler
fund Kitty so for you to be eligible to
take loan you must be 18 years old and
you must have a national identity card
you must have a registered SIM card and
a mobile money account with safaricom
Airtel or Telcom like I mentioned
earlier the line must have been in
operation for 90 days so you cannot just
go and buy a line and then you take a
fund no you must have used the line for
90 days and that's not another place
where I would want to question people
can buy different lines you know you
have it for a number of days you already
said in different names that's difficult
but in Kenya you can always get an ID
right so you can understand using
different IDs different names and deck
as much as long as you want these are
some of the loopholes that they will
have to block so there could be like a
pin a very unique pin that can
identified people because I know that
um you're not able to take you know
register different accounts and take
through different accounts if you're the
same person because then your credit
worthiness is tied to one person not
different IDs but if you have different
names or different analysis you're able
to you know find a way around it those
are some of the loopholes that I think
they would want to look into in my
opinion
uh so of course 90 days that means if
you buy a new SIM card you won't really
get the loan at least until 90 days like
I said earlier if you felt upset you
know the repercussions as well
and then this is basically between 500
and 5 and 50k as individuals now for
small medium Enterprises that will want
over a hundred thousand or between a
hundred thousand and five million you
will benefit from the fund beginning
February of 2023 so you still cannot get
that high for now so it's still for
individuals basically now this is a good
idea this is an amazing idea but there
are certain things that must be put in
place the main thing for me that I'm
mentioning in this video is that you
must make sure you have a plan on taking
the loan and number two you must make
sure that you have a repayment plan as
well
so make sure you have a plan for taking
the loan and you have a payment plan
display in place and I would say that
you have a backup in terms of you know
if things go wrong with what you are
planning to get you know where you're
planning to get the money from
to repay it what would you do so please
take this loan with a pinch of salt to
me in my opinion I think it's just
another laser that is blocked by the
state and sometimes it's back by the
state you could find it a little bit
easier to deal with rather than having
individuals or privates dealing with
these issues but if you have a good idea
good business and you actually need
financial help with the idea then this
could serve you this is just like you
know anyone who earns money it's going
to go back to Personal Finance
Management if you can manage your
finances well you're going to be okay if
you can't manage your finances well it's
going to be a problem so again it goes
back to that Foundation of you have
Financial knowledge to actually manage
money how do you look at money how do
you handle money what are your habits
around money that way you're going to
have an idea but if that's not the case
then you're gonna afford the same petal
where you are with regards to full list
however you will be blacklisted or
Frozen and you cannot borrow any money
from the Hustler fund for a very long
time or your credit worthiness will be
so useless at the can't get any money
therefore it becomes just one of those
things that doesn't actually help you
depends on what you want to do with it
otherwise guys I hope that's been
helpful those are the details of
um Hustler fund let me know what you
think about Hustler fund down below if
you think it's a good idea let's go if
you think it's not a bad idea tell me
why come on see you next time guys .
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