tickets are cheaper and hotel rooms can be shared. If you travel slower over a longer period of time then your daily budget will also go down. Two people traveling together for one month in Kenya will often have a lower daily budget per person than one person traveling alone for one week...
Depends on the definition of survive. I don't want for anything but I live a quiet life. I don't like sacrifice. I'm also not happy if I'm not putting money away every month. With everything set up - rental deposit, motorbike, clothes etc. a living wage of 35,000 might cut it...
Despite the spike in the last three months, Kenya’s inflation has however remained relatively stable over the past one year and within the preferred range of five percent plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. Last month, the housing, utilities and fuels’ Index, increased by 0.32 per cent, m...
The latest inflation figures released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show transport costs went up by 9.7 percent in March on average compared to the same month last year. This is way above the average inflation rate of 5.7 percent across all the 330 goods and servi...
Until you compare it with the cost of living there, of course. When we compare the cost of one month of tuition in an international school in Shanghai with the cost of the typical monthly rent there ($2,027), we can see that it would be 137% - more expensive than rent by a huge...
Ethiopia is in eastern Africa just north of Kenya and south of Eritrea. It is a fascinating country that is unlike any other place in Africa.
1. Do you need to live near a lot of other westerners? 2. Do you have to visit central business district often for visiting company offices or your job? You’re an Internet entrepreneur that can work anywhere? Want to get the exposure of living in the local Hong Kong districts so you...
Part of Sophie's monthly bill is the cost of buying hormonal contraceptives to manage her painful menses and the spotting in between her monthly periods. "Currently, I am taking the pills for 21 days per month until I undergo the surgery on my intestine and uterus, which I guess ...
The cost of living measure rose for the first time this year in May due to higher food prices. Inflation increased marginally to 3.95 per cent, from 3.73 per cent in April, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). ...
Kate, a woman based in London, says: “We are not living on the breadline . . . I understand that we’re very privileged.” Nonetheless, she and her partner have delayed plans to move out of a one-bedroom flat shared with their 3-year-old and have reduced their mortgage pay...