{"id":80061,"date":"2019-07-05T03:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T01:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=80061"},"modified":"2019-07-05T03:12:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T01:12:44","slug":"new-firm-eases-cars-import-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/07\/05\/new-firm-eases-cars-import-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"New firm eases cars import requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By William Kumwembe: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80064\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/osman-ntalika.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/osman-ntalika-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/osman-ntalika-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/osman-ntalika-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/osman-ntalika.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NTALIKA\u2014We believe a car is a necessity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A local firm, Osha Car Rental and Sellers, has adopted a new approach to importing vehicles into the country which would see it facilitating importation cost payments in installments.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Malawi, like other African countries, remains a major destination of second-hand cars from Japan and other countries.<\/p>\n<p>The company would be providing car loans to importers, repayable within a year.<\/p>\n<p>Through the initiative, the firm would also be selling cars on behalf of clients and further facilitating cars-swap.<\/p>\n<p>Osha Car Rental and Sellers Managing Director, Osman Ntalika, said the firm intended to bring in convenience to car importers in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWith an initial payment of K1 million, one can import any type of car and be paying the balance in installments within one year,\u201d<\/em> Ntalika said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He said the market demand for automobiles remain high in the country with chances of further growth.<\/p>\n<p>Ntalika said, through the initiative, the company would be responsible for all required cars importation expenses as well as insurance.<\/p>\n<p>He said the market reception of the concept was positive.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe believe a car is a necessity and we pride ourselves in the art of helping customers find a car that meets their needs. Whether one wants to sell an old car or is simply looking for a new one, we have a right deal,\u201d<\/em> Ntalika said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, the business is operating in the country\u2019s three major cities of Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu.<\/p>\n<p>Ntalika said plains were in the pipeline to open offices in other parts of the country to widen the company\u2019s clientele reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By William Kumwembe: A local firm, Osha Car Rental and Sellers, has adopted a new approach to importing vehicles into the country which would see it facilitating importation cost payments in installments. This comes as Malawi, like other African countries, remains a major destination of second-hand cars from Japan and other countries. The company would [&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-80061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80061","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=80061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80065,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80061\/revisions\/80065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}