By Ousman Jatta
The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on nearly all sectors of the Gambian economy. Small industries such as the beauty industry continue to be affected.
Sohna Janha tells The Fatu Network the industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, from the closure of non-essential businesses to fear to people’s pockets becoming lighter.
“I have two shops one is at Lamin. I first started work in the hotel industry, after some time I said, I can no more for people that was when I decided to open my own beauty shop,” Sohna sitting in her other shop in Senegambia tells The Fatu Network.
With most businesses struggling as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone has a story to tell.
‘I open this shop during the COVID period but since then businesses have not been moving for us as expected. We just come and sit for the whole day, sometimes we receive few, at times we go home empty handed,” she says.
Some believe that the pandemic did not come alone, it came with its lessons. Sohna has learnt a few things out of it.
“I think as far as covid-19 is concern their many lessons one could learn, if you used to depend on someone for money, when you no more receive money from that person it will seriously affect you,” Sohna says.
