How Covid-19 pushed women traders in Uganda to go online, crack new markets

Assiat Ssenteza

Assiat Ssenteza displays some of the woven merchandise she sells online at the group’s collection centre in Sheema town. FILE PHOTO | JONATHAN KAMOGA


Covid-19 has claimed millions of lives and taken a toll on the wellbeing of communities, affecting livelihoods and changing the way people do things.

Many businesses have collapsed and individuals have lost jobs, but for 48-year-old Rosette Mbabazi of Sheema district, about 300km from Kampala, the pandemic was an opportunity that ushered her into a new world of business; selling products online even when she has never owned a smart phone.