Street Manicure Business Blossoms In Francistown

The street manicure business started in Gaborone around 2012 and became congested as more youths started to venture into it. Some then decided to depart to Francistown for greener pastures. Most of these beauticians are graduates from different technical colleges, but as for others they gained experience from friends and their previous occupations.

Due to financial constraints they could not afford to rent a place or to open their own nail salons, but decided to use stalls to seek customers around Galo and Nswazwi malls. This is until the council relocated them as promised. One of the beauticians, Pelonomi Keosebile, 32, told Business Monitor, she was the first one to kickstart this sort of business in Francistown after being motivated by friends. She said that working in an open area has its own pros and cons, but in life one cannot expect everything to be perfect. “So there are days in which we struggle a lot with fewer customers, but at least I will not go back home empty-handed.  I am able to sustain my family’s daily needs,” she said.