{"id":7850,"date":"2021-11-11T11:48:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T03:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=7850"},"modified":"2021-11-11T11:48:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T03:48:05","slug":"kojasa-mart-to-benefit-sabah-consumers-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2021\/11\/11\/kojasa-mart-to-benefit-sabah-consumers-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"KOJASA Mart To Benefit Sabah Consumers, Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: Kojasa Mart, known for its affordable prices of daily essentials, is returning to the Sabah retail scene to help consumers and entrepreneurs alike, thanks to Qhazanah Sabah Berhad (QSB), the State Government\u2019s strategic investment arm.<br \/>\nSabah Local Government and Housing Minister cum Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun officiated the opening of the first Kojasa Mart outlet at the Suria Inanam commercial centre today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7852\" src=\"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0045-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0045-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0045-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0045-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0045-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0045-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0045.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Present were QSB chairman, Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Salleh Said Keruak, chairman of Kojasa Holdings Berhad YBhg. Dato\u2019 Baror @ Baharul bin Sawi, director of QSB YBhg. Datuk Dr. Johnson Tee, executive director YBrs. Tuan Hj. Mohd Shukor Abdul Mumin.<\/p>\n<p>Kojasa Mart operated under the purview of Kojasa Holdings Berhad (Kojasa) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of QSB. It intends to open another outlet by year end to fulfill its mission in providing consumers with affordably priced daily essentials with the tagline \u2018Beli Banyak, Bayar Sikit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7853\" src=\"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0042-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0042-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0042-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0042-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0042-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0042-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0042.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\nWith a more prominent presence around Sabah, Kojasa Mart also aims to become a supplier and wholesaler for small sundry businesses in Sabah\u2019s suburban and rural areas.<br \/>\nKojasa Mart has also made it its mission to help Sabahans by creating a platform for local entrepreneurs to market their products.<br \/>\nTo power its operations, Kojasa Mart will be harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) at its outlets to monitor and update stock as well as keep track of what items are sellable.<br \/>\nAnd through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between Kojasa Holdings Bhd and Epost Sabah last April, Kojasa Mart will be centralising its operations without the need for middlemen in its business supply chain.<br \/>\n(Epost is an e-commerce logistics company providing integrated logistics, e-commerce management and technology subscription to various brands and retailers.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7854\" src=\"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043-530x396.jpg 530w, https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG-20211111-WA0043.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Kojasa Mart outlet at Suria Inanam covers an area of 195 sq meters (2,100 sq feet) and features 600 stock keeping units (SKUs).<br \/>\nAmong the items to be sold at the outlet include 10kg rice packs under the Beras Kojasa brand.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, to support Kojasa Mart operation, Kojasa through its own delivery service provider \u2013 KOJAX Sdn Bhd (KOJAX) will be operating to cater the Kojasa Mart customers\u2019 order delivery within 20km radius from Kojasa Mart outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Also present were Group chief executive officer Ahmad Rizal Dahli, QSB chief human capital officer Mr. Sh Abdullah Sh Along, directors of Kojasa Holdings Berhad YBhg. Datuk Amelia Ajun and Tuan Shamsuddin Erang, chairman of Kojasa Trading Sdn Bhd Tuan Haji Yahya Haji Ahmad, director of Kojasa Trading Sdn Bhd Mr. John Marigil and chief executive officer of Angkatan Hebat Sdn Bhd Tuan Haji Faez Ainstein Nordin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: Kojasa Mart, known for its affordable prices of daily essentials, is returning to the Sabah retail scene to help consumers and entrepreneurs alike, thanks to Qhazanah Sabah Berhad (QSB), the State Government\u2019s strategic investment arm. Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister cum Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun officiated the opening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7855,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7850\/revisions\/7855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}