In Liberia, the current global economic realities posed by the outbreak of the covid19 pandemic, is affecting local businesses with many in the country struggling to survive.

Already challenged by the fight against the viral disease, the shortage of local currency at various banks, is making life unbearable for owners of local businesses particularly the small and medium scale enterprises.

WADR’s Darlington Porkpa visited the Waterside market in central Monrovia from where he filed in this report.