Across the world, cities once celebrated for their prosperity, San Francisco, Singapore, London, Zurich, Oslo, and Mumbai, now top the charts of global living costs. Skyrocketing rents, surging food prices, and declining purchasing power have become the new reality. Africa has not been spared. From Nairobi to Lagos, Johannesburg to Accra, and Cape Town to Addis Ababa, the story is the same: inflation is eroding the quality of life, leaving citizens scrambling for survival.