10 Booming Businesses That You Can Start During Covid -19 / Lockdown! Whilst the lockdown has presented many challenges for businesses with some shutting down and laying off employees in large numbers, it’s has also seen a surge of businesses that have been able to capitalize on numerous demands arising from the restrictions particularly the immobility that has seen people confined to homes, provinces and countries.
A typical business is the face mask business that has seen every citizen world over required to have a cloth mask (In some countries including South Africa not wearing a face mask in public is now considered a criminal offense). Companies that have been forward thinking have already start mass producing masks, others have also started adding corporate branding to make them more fancy.
Opportunities within this sector alone are immense. One could further create fashionable designs for the fashion conscious since these will be an extension of our everyday look. With children being required to also wear masks. Masks with anime character are another opportunity for this segment.
In summary whilst it’s really very dark and gloomy the opportunities to differentiate are endless. This article aims to articulate exactly that with this 10 Booming Businesses That You Can Start During Covid -19 / Lockdown
1.Fast Food Delivery Business
Whilst Food delivery had been gaining momentum pre-lockdown with large players such as Uber Eats and Mr Delivery the demand has also seen small players capitalizing in areas and markets not conventionally serviced by these players.
2.Content Creation
With more people confined to their homes, there has been a larger appetite for consuming content and content creation across the board has seen a massive increase. Platform such as Youtube, WordPress, Facebook, Twitter/ Tik Tok has seen a wave of content creators who are quenching the thirst of people looking for entertainment and distraction . Opportunities here lie in advertising and sponsored content.
3. eCommerce
With more people loathing long queues and interacting with more people in shops and malls, more people have now turned to online shopping for essentials and luxuries. Local payment gateway solutions such as Payfast have seen a massive boom in application. Companies such as NMD Logistics launched Zim Shoppa an online store for Zimbabweans in the Diaspora looking to buy groceries for their families in Zimbabwe
4. Courier
With the growth of eCommerce there are more deliveries being done across the board. Whilst many couriers were pre-lockdown not working weekends the majority of them have started delivering parcels on weekends including Sundays
5. Online Personal Training
With the health scare that is Covid-19 more and more people are starting to exercise a lot more and because gyms will not be opening soon and probably some of the last sectors to open. There has been a huge appetite in personal training and online to assist people with their body goals for a monthly fee or per session
6.Health Products
Health Products such as immune boosters and vitamins have seen a surge in demand due to a larger need to boost immune systems.
7.PPE Businesses
The PPE business is big business and many people have made millions from this business during lockdown. Currently opportunities are supplying corporates, health institutions and governments with masks, sanitisers, thermometers etc. Small players can explore how to differentiate their masks designs from what’s already in the market.
8.Web Designing
More and more companies are looking to have an online presence as more people are avoiding shopping around for services in person. Web Designing businesses have seen a surge in inquiries for services as many companies that have for many years survived without these services are now compelled to have them
9.Company Registration
Due to the financial pressures that have been presented by Covid-19 (Job losses , salty cuts) Many people have started exploring side hustles and formalizing your side hustle is very important. Companies like Vaka Finance which is a one stop shop for New Company registrations, amend Directorship, CIPC Returns, BEE and COIDA, Tax and Accounting have seen a huge demand for services.
10. Grocery Delivery
Grocery Delivery is also one of the business opportunities that can be explored in communities where no services are being rendered and there are people who would prefer paying a little extra to have their groceries delivered to their doorstep.
