Fuel prices increase across Africa
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Fuel prices increase across Africa

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 19, 202622 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

Across the continent, the increasing price of fuel is being felt by households and businesses alike, as governments grapple with the economic impact of rising costs. South Africans are demanding an immediate decrease, as users in Malawi face acute shortages. As the ripple effects of the hike spreads, we hear from Nigeria's Finance Minister, who has announced a discount at the pump for consumers. Meanwhile new data from the World Health Organisation shows that less than four out of every ten women in Africa who suffer from breast cancer survive. We speak to one of the survivors...

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Hello there and welcome to Focus on Africa. I am Mkechi Obunna. Transportation and food prices surge significantly as the cost of fuel bites into households and businesses across Africa.

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But how accessible is fuel to the populace for daily use? Now you can see that someone like me, whose livelihood is dependent on a motorbike as my business is taking three weeks without any business transactions. That's a long time. We're in a crisis and if fuel comes, we'll be paying the debts in care during this period

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before we could survive again. And fewer than four in ten women in Africa survive five years after a breast cancer diagnosis, compared with nearly nine in ten in high-income countries. That's That's according to new World Health Organization data. So what's it like getting a breast cancer diagnosis in parts of Africa?

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