Arusha prices

May 7th, 2009 • Africa, ICTR Internship

My wife recently wrote a post on how much things costs here in Arusha. This was something I was always searching for when planning for the internship, so I’ve reproduced some of it below.

photo credit: will pate
On Saturday I went to the Sokoine Market where fresh fruit and vegetables are sold and spent about $13AUS on the items below:

1 cucumber (200 shilingi)

1 avocado (500 shilingi)

bunch of basil (100 shilingi)

cup of green peas (500 shilingi)

5 tomatoes (500 shilingi)

400g green beans (300 shilingi0

2 medium sized zucchini’s (300 shilingi)

bunch of watercress (100 shilingi)

medium bunch of spinach (purchased as someone picked it on my way to market) (200 shilingi)

7 apples (3500 shilingi)

2 oranges (200 shilingi)

6 potatoes (500 shilingi)

spring onion (100 shilingi)

6 small onions and a piece of ginger (500 shilingi)

1 coconut (300 shilingi)

a medium sized bunch of bananas (800 shilingi)

3 green capsicums (300 shilingi)

3 eggplants (900 shilingi)

8 carrots (300 shilingi)

Popularity: 8% [?]

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5. Rodrik on free trade and prices

Tags: Arusha, cost of living, Food, market, price, vegetables

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