If a Kenyan with KES 10,000 in Nairobi moves to Lagos, his money would be worth around N32000.
This change is enough to buy you an Infinix Hot 3 on Jumia Nigeria. The same Infinix goes for less than KES 8K on Jumia Kenya.
To get an iPhone you’ll need a little more than N300K, or just around KES 100K. A nigerian with a million Nairas is just worth a third of that here.
But as it is right now, no one really knows the value of the Naira.
Reduced price of oil, and policies za ufala za Buhari. He first to have a fixed exchange, meaning there was dollar shortage in Nigeria fueling a black market. The moment kuna dollar shortage importers are hit first, Nigeria being a net food importer, prices za dollar depending on black market, prices increased and became erratic
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Finally common sense prevailed and he decide to let the exchange rate be determined by market forces, that the point you see the graph change drastically in june
But until July it was the the largest Economy in the continent until it was overtaken by SA again. They have very good superhighways across the country and the real esaltate industry is second to none. Not forgetting financial industry,fashion etc so bado tuko nyuma tena sana. I have been to Abuja and Callabar
The demand for dollars in Nigeria is so bad that in parallel markets, a dollar goes for over N600, while the official exchange rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria is N350 to the dollar.