emeline nsingi nkosi has been finding out. this man has been surfing for seven yea rs. four years ago and recently ventured into refurbishing surfboards. but his thriving business suddenly ground to a halt. translation: the coronavirus affected my business because before i was getting by giving surf lessons, but after coronavirus it was difficult and troublesome. i'll continue my business with the boards and see how i can improve the business. i created t—shirts, stickers, ads on instagram, so to boost advertising. before there were tourists coming but now it is the locals who give me the boards. although, a note cu rfew was me the boards. although, a note curfew was put in place, the city never went on lockdown. beaches became off—limits and guarded by police. this meant businesses in the blue economy we re businesses in the blue economy were negatively impacted. senegalese owned surf school seniors serve has had to adapt its business model to survive. —— sene surf. its business model to survive. -- sene surf. june wasn't really working because people we re really work