In an effort to help local artisans and small manufacturers, the Malawian government this year rolled out a new system to eliminate middlemen and break into the international market. But some in Blantyre feel that they have been left out of the government plan.
"We face a lot of challenges, one of them being that people do not trust that we can make high standard products. They end up buying imported products from other countries instead of supporting us," said Luke Stephano, a furniture maker from Traditional Authority Kapeni in Blantyre, Malawi's commercial hub.
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