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Tamale: Covid-19 eroded our capitals – Business owners

Tamale: Covid-19 eroded our capitals – Business owners

Business owners in Tamale in the Northern Region have lamented the negative and devastating effect of Covid-19 on their businesses.

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The women say it eroded their capitals, destructed their supply chain and collapsed some of their enterprises.

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They say they’re yet to recover their business operations back to normalcy due to the current hardship faced in the country.

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The town hall meeting with market stakeholders was to assess the impact of Covid-19 on their businesses and to determine the resilience strategies employed to salvage and sustain the businesses during the pre- and post-covid era.

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Participants highlighted that their businesses almost collapsed due to restrictions, lockdown of their trading partners in Accra and Kumasi and the closure of the borders.

This led to significant destruction of their business operations and eroded their capital.

Hajia Mariam, a market queen who is in the trading business for over 23 years, shared her experience

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