{"id":77805,"date":"2019-05-10T10:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T08:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=77805"},"modified":"2019-05-10T10:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T08:23:22","slug":"makeshift-markets-excite-local-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/makeshift-markets-excite-local-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"Makeshift markets excite local SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Chimwemwe Mangazi:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77809\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sme-market.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sme-market-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sme-market-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sme-market.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IDEAL\u2014SMEs showcase their products<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) are speaking highly of the makeshift markets set at shopping malls in the country\u2019s major cities, rating them as ideal for exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Monthly makeshift market at Lilongwe\u2019s Gateway Mall, organised by Estac Events, has become popular, attracting SMEs from other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>A businessperson from Blantyre, Vera Mumba, said such markets to increase sales volume.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIn terms of returns, we earn more money than when selling at normal markets,\u201d<\/em> Mumba said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another businessperson, Lucy Mandala, said the forum was ideal for creating links and striking business deals.<\/p>\n<p>Estac Events Managing Director, Tadala Chinkhwezule, said plans were in the pipeline to be holding the event every two weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe have over 70 SMEs participating, 25 of which are coming from outside Lilongwe; mostly Blantyre and Mzuzu,\u201d<\/em> Chinkhwezule said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Through the initiative, the event organiser pays the ground owner and charges SMEs for space to exhibit their merchandise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chimwemwe Mangazi: Some small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) are speaking highly of the makeshift markets set at shopping malls in the country\u2019s major cities, rating them as ideal for exposure. Monthly makeshift market at Lilongwe\u2019s Gateway Mall, organised by Estac Events, has become popular, attracting SMEs from other parts of the country. A businessperson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77810,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77805\/revisions\/77810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}