| Information Technology |
Clientelle Growth
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| Cosmetics |
Scarcity of forex
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| Business and Legal consultancy |
How to market it and get clients and how to grow it.
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| Media/Communication |
Funding and resource mobilisation to sustain the business.
Competition and political intervention
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| Retail and Distribution |
Staff pilfering, stiff competition,
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| Service Provider |
Marketing
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| Electronics |
Poeple resisting to believe online sells
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| Infrastructure development |
- corruption tendencies I.e. potential clients especoally in public sector seeking personal compensation to award you a project.
- MRA delays in assessing and issuing Tax Clearance certificates thereby affecting business's eligibility to bid for projects.
- High fees for professional registrations.
- cost of bid submissions I.e. potential clients still demanding submission of several hardcopies of bid documents in the 21st century when one can submit electronically.
- potential clients specifying professions/qualifications that don't exist in a project Terms of Reference e.g. Electro-Mechanical engineer or Building Services engineer.
- for design and build projects, there is usually pressure from Team Leader ( Main Contractor) to tone down design specifications in order to reduce cost without regard to effect on structural integrity.
- delayed payments on most government projects.
- commitment of business partners in executing their responsibilities
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| Agriculture |
Price escalation of farm inputs , pest and diseases ,and lack of a reliqble market
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| General trading |
Escalating prices of inputs
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| Cosmetics, Beauty and self-care |
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| Food |
1. Lack of enough funding
2. Growing the business
3. Advertising strategy
4. Recovery from loss of capital
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| Financial Consultancy |
Human resource capacity to assist me do the work that I do.
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| ICT |
Corruption
Delay in receiving payment
Basket competition
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| Agriculture |
Climate Change
Floods
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| General Trading |
Market penetration, supervision
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| General |
Reduced commissions in mobile money services
Theft
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| Construction |
1. Late payments, especially Government projects.
2. Sketchy information from some clients.
3. Capitalisation of some projets that take time to be awarded after tenders are closed, without due consideration of changes in material prices.
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| Food |
Taking things without paying 0
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| Retail and whole sales |
Not enough capital, As a result expenditures becomes high when you go to order
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| Hospitality |
- Rising ingredient prices
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| Construction |
Getting clients
Finalizing certification with construction industry regulator
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| Hospitality |
Unstable government policy
High cost of energy/electricity
High cost of doing business
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| Entertainment |
Decrease in number of customers
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| Farming (Animal Husbandry) |
Security
Death of pigs therefore business has been halted but plan is to restart primarily after securing a proper location
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| Food Industry |
Revenue collection, Steady Cash Flow, and Supplies
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| Food |
Sickness
Lack of capital
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| Food stuff |
-lack of funds to grow my business
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| Food stuff(cooked) |
-lack of funds to grow my business
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| Food |
Lack of capital due to frequent withdrawal of funds from the business
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| Food stuff |
-lack of funds to grow my business
-sometimes food is not bought by customers
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| Food stuff(selling fish) |
-lack of funds to grow the business
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| Food stuff(samosa,zibwente,zitenje,pumpkins ) |
-lack of funds to grow my business
-sometimes the demand is low
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| Food stuff |
- lack of funds for capital sometimes
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| Resources |
Lack of capital
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| Food |
Giving commodities without full payment
Unforseen changes in prices of commodities
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| General Trading |
Dishonesty of employees
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| General Suppliers |
Forex
Malawi economy has made sales to decrease
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| General Suppliers |
Forex
Malawi economy has made sales to decrease
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| General Trading |
lack of customers
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