Fuel hike squeezes households as transport costs increase

Fuel hike squeezes households as transport costs increase

When Cynthia Ngwira orders bananas from Tanzania, she now factors in a new, painful cost: transport. The seasonal seller in Mzuzu says higher fares have wiped out her margins and driven customers to cheaper, locally grown alternatives. “My business is seasonal. We cannot raise prices because we will not sell,” she says. Ngwira: Banana prices have soared. I Andrew Viano The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) on Wednesday announced steep in…