Human hair wigs find lucrative market in Tanzania

STORY: Human hair wigs find lucrative market in Tanzania DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:41 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): JOHNSON ALLEN, Hairstylist in Dar es Salaam 2. SOUNDBITE (Swahili): LINAH KIDOTI, Fashionista 3. various of wigs in a shop 4. various of social media video clips showing customers wearing wig STORYLINE: Johnson Allen, a 28-year-old hairstylist based in Tanzania's business capital Dar es Salaam, said in a recent interview with Xinhua that the hair wigs from China are selling like hotcakes in his three shops. Allen, who owns a chain of hairstyle shops called Jonijo, is nicknamed Jonijo wigs, a recognition he earned after he ventured into the business in 2015. "I started this business when I was still in secondary school. I started it as a passion when I realized that the future for this kind of business was bright. I threw my full weight into it and in 2018 the business started to pick up," said the hairstylist. However, he