WHEN it comes to their wallets, seasoned travellers and worldly expatriates often moan about Tokyo, London or New York. They obviously have not been hanging around Africa. A recent survey by ECA International, which advises multinational companies how to look after their expatriate staff, rates Harare the most expensive city for such foreigners in the world.
But Zimbabwe's capital is not an isolated African case: Angola's Luanda comes second and Congo's Kinshasa fifth, just behind Oslo and Moscow. Even Gabon's Libreville is deemed more expensive than Tokyo. Why are cities in some of the world's poorest countries also the priciest?
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