Here in Mauritius, when the curfew was enforced on the 19th of March, we had already seen a significant slowing of our outward supply. Many larger clients began to delay or cancel their orders. And by early April, outgoings had all but stopped. Only a few Scandinavian, Chinese, and Korean clients were ticking over or in maintenance mode.

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Grimly, we began to "game out" how the remainder of 2020 would look, and beyond.

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First, we stripped down our business model to its bare bones and analysed the parts. What we discovered was worrying. Being solely a B-B supplier to public transport OEM's and operators, a quick look at what was happening to the airlines told a horrifying tale. Any collapse in the manufacture of public service vehicles or public transport operators would be fatal for us. In a world turned upside-down, our level of exposure was critical. We had to diversify quickly, cheaply, and in the same sector. Expanding onto unchartered territory would make little sense, and with no IP in any other market, very risky too. Fortunately for us, self-rescue and emergency equipment in general has a giant market footprint. Powered by government executive branches in every country in the world, health and safety requirements are only going to get more prescriptive, not less.

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