Prices of goods and services have increased sharply since the beginning of the pandemic.

自該大流行病開始以來，商品和服務的價格急劇上升。

And some say the situation is becoming unbearable.

而有些人說，這種情況正在變得難以忍受。

Rising fuel and food prices are affecting all parts of society, including one man's local rice catering business are West Africa correspondent Nomsa Maseko went to meet him.

不斷上漲的燃料和食品價格正在影響社會的各個部分，包括一名男子的當地米飯餐飲業，西非記者Nomsa Maseko去見他。

Mark in Primm owns a catering business.

普里姆的馬克擁有一家餐飲企業。

I met up with him at the market, shopping for ingredients for one of his most popular dishes of rice.

我在市場上與他碰面，為他最受歡迎的菜餚之一的米飯選購原料。

So how have the increase in prices affected you Used to be 20 cities, but we are here to the market and the woman is telling me The price is going for 40 cities And you bought it for 20 cities last week, seven days ago and now it's double the price.

那麼，價格上漲對你有什麼影響呢？ 以前是20個城市，但我們在這裡的市場上，那個女人告訴我，價格要漲到40個城市，而你上週，七天前，以20個城市的價格買的，現在價格翻倍了。

And has she explained why she got her name.

她有沒有解釋過她為什麼會有這個名字。

She went to the Markets buy and then the box that the box yes, formally, it was around 1200.

她去市場買東西，然後那一盒是的，正式的，大約是1200。

But she's telling me today it was 2500.

但她今天告訴我，是2500。

It's difficult for you to put together a budget.

你很難把預算放在一起。

It's markets like this one where consumers used to come to buy basic food items because they were much cheaper.

正是像這樣的市場，消費者曾經來購買基本食品，因為它們要便宜得多。

But now things have changed because food prices have more than doubled everywhere in just the last few weeks.

但現在情況發生了變化，因為就在過去幾周，各地的食品價格已經上漲了一倍多。

Please I will need oil.

求你了，我需要油。

25 m.

25 m.

How much elijah.

有多少以利亞。

What have you found yourself having to stop buying because of the prices.

你有沒有發現自己因為價格而不得不停止購買什麼。

I used to buy oil inbox.

我曾經買過油箱。

But now I'm even struggling to buy one because I got other things here.

但現在我甚至在掙扎著要買一個，因為我在這裡得到了其他東西。

Um Maggie 12 13 cities, 18 cities now you understand everything the last time I got.

呃......Maggie 12 13個城市，18個城市，現在你明白了一切，我最後一次得到。

But yeah it's one of the spices I used in preparing my must be very difficult.

但是，是的，這是我在準備我的必須非常困難的香料之一。

Very very baby rice which is fast becoming a staple is mainly imported from Asia.

迅速成為主食的非常嬰兒米主要從亞洲進口。

But local wholesalers have been forced to cancel orders in recent months due to the depreciation of the local currency against the US dollar In the first quarter of this year.

但由於今年第一季度當地貨幣對美元貶值，當地批發商在最近幾個月被迫取消訂單。

The c.

的c。

d.

d.

devalued by 19% compared to just under 10% in 2018.

貶值了19%，而2018年僅有不到10%。

Early April Ghana's inflation shot up to its highest levels since 2019 and one of the driving forces of that has been the cost of buying fuel and that in turn has made transport even more expensive.

4月初，加納的通貨膨脹率飆升至2019年以來的最高水準，其驅動力之一是購買燃料的成本，這反過來又使運輸費用更加昂貴。

The amount that we used to buy the floor is too much for us.

我們用於購買地板的金額對我們來說太多。

So we are giving to you know the government to reduce the full form for us so that it can help us.

是以，我們正在向你知道的政府提出，為我們減少完整的表格，以便它能夠幫助我們。

Yes.

是的。

Not only is he having to endure steep food prices but the rising cost of essentials has also been seen in the price of drinking water which has increased twice in four months.

他不僅要忍受陡峭的食品價格，而且必需品的成本上升也體現在飲用水的價格上，四個月內已經上漲了兩次。

Something water producers said was unavoidable.

水生產商說，有些事情是不可避免的。