A few days before lock-down in Uganda (around end of March, 2020), a number of businesses/ bosses postponed paying their employees / service providers.
The future of some SMEs is uncertain due to COVID-19 pandemic. Many people have lost jobs during this period, It`s a reality and we have to face it.
” Never let a crisis go to waste “
7 “Personal” Insights.
1. First stay alive as an individual and plan how you are going to do things differently during/after COVID-19.
If you are looking for a job or doing any business, please wear your mask and have a small sanitizer bottle that you may use to protect your self from any possible infection.
2. Digitization.
Companies should learn how to take advantages of the digital world.
- Give confidence to potential clients.
- Support many youths that may come up with innovations that will solve some of the current challenges.
3. Please contact your clients or employees and talk about their contracts.
- Don`t go quiet and then tell them that “Didn’t you hear about COVID-19”.
- Use Social Media and Website to tell your customers that you are still available so that they don`t forget about you.
4. Restructure your services.
- How do you position your self in the hands of potential customers?
- What is the operation cost of the Company / SMEs?
- You need to go back in to the internal products/services and see which product/service gives you the best profit.
5. Business re-modelling.
- You need to know who can help you move that extra mile and have websites/ systems that handle Product/ Service Quality,
create interaction with Customers, etc.
- The same approach that you used to have back then should change so as you remain
relevant when all this ends.
6. The new normal means that the Company / SMEs need to have mental preparation to survive.
- If you have low budget , you need to find cheaper ways to get to your customers i.e. The deliver of service will have to be different .
7. The new normal requires that you adapt and remain relevant in a particular sector.
- Online presence enables you deliver the service or product from the comfort of your home.
- There are payments platforms available already and it is a matter of using your phone to access them.
- E-commerce is already changing since many traders have realized that you can simply use Zoom or any other video conferencing app
- via internet and have business meetings.
- During this lock-down, it`s a chance to think about the wrong things that may have been happening in your business.
- Sometimes it is hard to notice the wrong things when you are always up and down chasing Orders, clients and employees meetings, etc.
In conclusion, more people may lose their jobs or change their career in order to stay relevant and survive.
Have you positioned yourself well for the new changes as a result of COVID 19 ?
.
If you have an idea and you want us to create a website, mobile app or digital marketing, let`s work together.
Gritap IT Solutions. | WhatsApp:+256700760705 | Email: hello@gritap.com
