A new online directory of businesses and service providers in Malawi
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Bennett Kankuzi
Dec 18, 2014, 1:03:09 AM12/18/14
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Hello,
Good morning! For your information, there is a new online directory of
businesses and service providers in Malawi. Biz Directory MW, accessed
at http://www.bizdirectorymw.com/, serves as a meeting place for
businesses/service providers and potential customers in Malawi.
Customers may also rate and review the QUALITY of the services
provided thus also giving customers a platform to comment on the
services rendered to them by a business or service provider.
With the prevailing high unemployment among the youths in Malawi,
youths who are skilled and self-employed, e.g. in carpentry, plumbing,
designing, etc, can also use this platform to have their contacts and
skills listed so that potential customers may easily access them hence
promoting self-employment, job creation and self-reliance among youths
in Malawi.
The main aim of Biz Directory MW is to link up businesses and service
providers in Malawi, from Nsanje to Chitipa, whether large or small,
with potential customers such that at a click of a button, customers
should be able to access information on potential service providers at
a given location. Propelled by a powerful search engine, for example,
a search "plumbers Karonga" should list all potential plumbers in
Karonga, a search "restaurant Lilongwe" should list all potential
restaurants in Lilongwe, etc
Kind regards,
Bennett
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Good morning! For your information, there is a new online directory of
businesses and service providers in Malawi. Biz Directory MW, accessed
at http://www.bizdirectorymw.com/, serves as a meeting place for
businesses/service providers and potential customers in Malawi.
Customers may also rate and review the QUALITY of the services
provided thus also giving customers a platform to comment on the
services rendered to them by a business or service provider.
With the prevailing high unemployment among the youths in Malawi,
youths who are skilled and self-employed, e.g. in carpentry, plumbing,
designing, etc, can also use this platform to have their contacts and
skills listed so that potential customers may easily access them hence
promoting self-employment, job creation and self-reliance among youths
in Malawi.
The main aim of Biz Directory MW is to link up businesses and service
providers in Malawi, from Nsanje to Chitipa, whether large or small,
with potential customers such that at a click of a button, customers
should be able to access information on potential service providers at
a given location. Propelled by a powerful search engine, for example,
a search "plumbers Karonga" should list all potential plumbers in
Karonga, a search "restaurant Lilongwe" should list all potential
restaurants in Lilongwe, etc
Kind regards,
Bennett
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Davide Caminati
Dec 18, 2014, 2:20:02 AM12/18/14
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Great! It's an awesome idea!!!
Congrats!
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Basheer Chilungo
Dec 18, 2014, 2:44:53 AM12/18/14
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Really awesome.
Bravo my Lecturer!
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Temwa Mzota
Dec 18, 2014, 5:11:57 AM12/18/14
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Sounds good and progressive. Do we have an online payment system in
Malawi where we can buy local goods online through our local banks?
Online services like Paypal don't recognize the local(Malawian) banks.
By the way, I have heard of an online store being developed by a group
of Malawians.
Temwani Mzota Mkandawire
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Malawi where we can buy local goods online through our local banks?
Online services like Paypal don't recognize the local(Malawian) banks.
By the way, I have heard of an online store being developed by a group
of Malawians.
The formula for success is quite simple: double your rate of
failure. — Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
Web Developer (PHP) | Web Server Administrator (Apache) | Database
Administrator (MySQL) | Systems Analyst | Graphics Designer |
Website: http://www.mypassion.comule.com/
Davide Caminati
Dec 18, 2014, 10:19:54 AM12/18/14
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What do you think about BITCOIN?
Temwa Mzota
Dec 18, 2014, 2:30:47 PM12/18/14
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No, not electronic currency, just a system on online payment in which
the banks and retailers are linked up. You complete your shopping
online.
the banks and retailers are linked up. You complete your shopping
online.
Crighton Marorongwe
Jan 8, 2015, 11:51:17 AM1/8/15
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Congrats, I have gone through and its exciting! This is great.
Flex Maestro
Jan 9, 2015, 11:53:51 AM1/9/15
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Someone asked if there is an online payment system in malawi. I developed one based on mobile money. Im currently piloting it on www.ticsto.com and www.jukeboxmalawi.com. Main challenge: Malawians are slow learners and even members within the IT community are quite slow in showing interest and coming up with support.
We have a long way.
patrickbp phepa05
Jan 9, 2015, 12:05:29 PM1/9/15
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Very unfornate
Bennett Kankuzi
Jan 9, 2015, 2:18:19 PM1/9/15
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Wow! That's a great innovation, Flex! There are so many things which
are limiting the growth of the economy of Malawi, one of which is the
underutilization of technology! But I think we should not give up to
promote uptake of the same!
Keep on!
Bennett
>> >> failure. -- Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
are limiting the growth of the economy of Malawi, one of which is the
underutilization of technology! But I think we should not give up to
promote uptake of the same!
Keep on!
Bennett
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Flex Maestro
Jan 11, 2015, 4:47:21 AM1/11/15
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I think what we need is more people willing to take the initiative to develop this but most programmers in our country just like to talk the talk, very few walk the walk. My mobile money application interface is programmatically complete but anyone willing to try it would be required to develop a payment gateway for their shopping cart/ website. Due to time i have only developed the payment gateway for woocommerce so anyone willing to do ecommerce using wordpress is covered.
I wish entreprenuers and merchants would come up and be willing to take this up because even if we can come up with the best ecommerce system right now, content is always the king. The problem is our people are too slow in tech adoption so by the time they are ready, the whole payment gateway market will have been acquired and dominated by telcos and the local individual programmer will have lost out. Just like airtel money and mpamba rode over the original e-wallet, the pioneer always loses out.
fraser gobede
Jan 12, 2015, 4:39:35 AM1/12/15
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The online directory and online payment system seem
to be complementary innovations. After searching for products or services on
the biz directory, one might wish to do payment transactions straightaway. This could be food for thought for the developers...
I wish we
could share ideas on how these great innovations could be promoted. Though
Malawians can be said to be technology laggards, awareness plays a bigger role;
we may think of how WhatsApp found its way among Malawians. Otherwise, as Flex puts it, the telcos are very clever.
Bennett Kankuzi
Jan 12, 2015, 6:29:02 AM1/12/15
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Very true, Fraser, awareness plays a big role. I think taking
deliberate effort to advertise through mainstream media like radio,
tv, newspapers etc could create awareness of the tools. Though
expensive, I think it could pay off in raising awareness.
Kind regards,
Bennett
On 12/01/2015, 'fraser gobede' via Blantyre FOSS Users Group
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> The online directory and online payment system seemto be complementary
> innovations. After searching for products or services onthe biz directory,
> ThoughMalawians can be said to be technology laggards, awareness plays a
deliberate effort to advertise through mainstream media like radio,
tv, newspapers etc could create awareness of the tools. Though
expensive, I think it could pay off in raising awareness.
Kind regards,
Bennett
On 12/01/2015, 'fraser gobede' via Blantyre FOSS Users Group
<blantyre...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> The online directory and online payment system seemto be complementary
> innovations. After searching for products or services onthe biz directory,
> one might wish to do payment transactions straightaway. This could be food
> for thought for the developers...
>
> I wish wecould share ideas on how these great innovations could be promoted.
> for thought for the developers...
>
> ThoughMalawians can be said to be technology laggards, awareness plays a
> bigger role;we may think of how WhatsApp found its way among Malawians.
> Otherwise, as Flex puts it, the telcos are very clever.
>
> On Sunday, January 11, 2015 11:58 AM, Flex Maestro
> <flxm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think what we need is more people willing to take the initiative to
> develop this but most programmers in our country just like to talk the talk,
> very few walk the walk. My mobile money application interface is
> programmatically complete but anyone willing to try it would be required to
> develop a payment gateway for their shopping cart/ website. Due to time i
> have only developed the payment gateway for woocommerce so anyone willing to
> do ecommerce using wordpress is covered.I wish entreprenuers and merchants
> Otherwise, as Flex puts it, the telcos are very clever.
>
> On Sunday, January 11, 2015 11:58 AM, Flex Maestro
> <flxm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think what we need is more people willing to take the initiative to
> develop this but most programmers in our country just like to talk the talk,
> very few walk the walk. My mobile money application interface is
> programmatically complete but anyone willing to try it would be required to
> develop a payment gateway for their shopping cart/ website. Due to time i
> have only developed the payment gateway for woocommerce so anyone willing to
> would come up and be willing to take this up because even if we can come up
> with the best ecommerce system right now, content is always the king. The
> problem is our people are too slow in tech adoption so by the time they are
> ready, the whole payment gateway market will have been acquired and
> dominated by telcos and the local individual programmer will have lost out.
> Just like airtel money and mpamba rode over the original e-wallet, the
> pioneer always loses out.On Jan 9, 2015 9:18 PM, "Bennett Kankuzi"
> with the best ecommerce system right now, content is always the king. The
> problem is our people are too slow in tech adoption so by the time they are
> ready, the whole payment gateway market will have been acquired and
> dominated by telcos and the local individual programmer will have lost out.
> Just like airtel money and mpamba rode over the original e-wallet, the
Davide Caminati
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