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Cameroon's Poor Benefit, While Food Traders Suffer from Pandemic Closures

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE - Cameroon says the temporary closure of most restaurants and
   border trade during the COVID-19 pandemic has dropped food prices by up
   to 70 percent.'¯While food sellers are suffering the lost income,
   cheaper prices have helped some of Cameroon's poorest to cope during
   the economic disruption.

   After the COVID-19 pandemic forced restaurants to close in Cameroon's
   capital, Yaounde, a new way of business emerged to sell the surplus of
   cheap food.

   Trucks that used to deliver large quantities of food to the city's
   eateries and hotels now go from street to street, selling fruit,
   vegetables, and chicken to the general public.

   But food distributors like Christoph Nanze say the pandemic is
   destroying their business.

   He says his wholesale buyers have dried up with restaurant closures and
   the banning of large gatherings and border trade.

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