Dar es Salaam. As the holy month of Ramadan begins today, coinciding with the Christian season of Lent for the first time in recent memory, businesses that depend on leisure spending are bracing for a difficult stretch.
For bar owners along the streets of Mwenge and Ubungo, guest house operators in Sinza and Kinondoni and food vendors in Buguruni and Magomeni, the mood has shifted almost overnight. Where music and laughter typically spill onto the pavements, a calmer atmosphere is expected to define the coming weeks.
