Firms in Ghana reporting increase and decrease in sales 2019-2021, lockdown stage
Between May 2020 and January 2021, during the post coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown period in Ghana, around 77.3 thousand firms reported decreases in sales, while 19.4 thousand of them registered increases. Compared to the periods before and during the lockdown, post-lockdown sale increases were higher. On the other hand, agribusiness sales decreased the most during the lockdown period, while they decreased minimally before the lockdown. Overall, according to the same survey, over 78 thousand agribusiness workers were laid off after the lockdown.