Surviving on a low income: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean Pedzi, 29, tells the BBC News website how he manages to get by working as a payments officer in the country's eastern city of Mutare.

"I skip breakfast because I cannot afford to eat three meals a day.

My lunch of stew with sadza [Zimbabwe's staple diet made from maize meal] is subsidised by the company I work for.

Over weekends I will eat sadza and vegetables or some Kapenta fish or two eggs which costs me about 50,000 Zimbabwean dollars (24 cents).

I am studying for my final diploma in credit management.

I cannot afford the classes though and so I just have to get hold of the reading material and then register for the examinations.

This year they cost Z$4m."

Oh, Africa, how can we really help you?

Surviving on a low income: Zimbabwe