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As the price of basics soars, African governments are intervening to support local currencies.
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How frustrating! I've just taught this to one Year 13 group, and now the BBC comes along with the perfect article about the impact of weak currencies on the cost of living. This is a brilliant real world example, with the falling value of the naira driving up inflation in Nigeria and changing consumption patterns.
However, Nigeria isn't alone: many sub-Saharan African economies have depreciating currencies and this is reducing the purchasing power of consumers and impacting their standard of living.