How manufacturers are braving the Covid-19 lockdown to keep the economy running; the case of Coca-Cola in Uganda RESILIENCE & OPTIMISM: Ugandan manufacturers and their workers may not be able to freely move because of the Covid-19 lockdown travel restrictions, but this has not stopped the machines from running. One of such companies is Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, Uganda that has settled in their workers, creating another home, away from home.

Away from the loss of thousands of lives and the devastating impact on healthcare systems all over the world, the other victim of Covid-19 has been the global economy. The disruptive nature of the disease threatens to cripple economies further – especially sectors such as tourism and manufacturing which depend on the physical presence of employees where critical tasks cannot be executed remotely. For factories, where social distancing is an immediate hurdle, the restrictions on physical movement of persons was initially a threat to continuity. Daniel Birungi, Uganda Manufacturers’ Association (UMA) Executive Director, says the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant…