There is no doubt Inflation is rising around the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, food is driving the trend more than others: food prices account for roughly 40% of the region’s consumption basket.
According to the UNs global food price index, in the last year, the cost of cereal went up almost 13%, meat- 17%, sugar- 20%, and vegetable oil- 34%.
A short survey by Africanews on Social media sought to find out if indeed the prices of food have increased. In an hour, 105 people had responded to the question “Have food prices increased in your country?”
90% said YES on youtube. On Facebook, all the respondents said yes with many, baking it with responses which clearly stated that indeed food prices have increased.
From these responses, this seems worrying but to an extent, this is not too surprising. Food price…
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