this is business africa yoplait an african and global business news as welcome zimbabwe struggles with high inflation the country has been in a severe economic crisis for years it is mainly due to mismanagement of the long time president robert mugabe who was overthrown in 2017 since then the new government is trying to improve things but inflation is still on the rise in january consumer prices went up by a little over 16 percent last year the annual inflation rate in zimbabwe was it 521 percent that makes life on affordable for millions of people so 6 percent months on monday any fears estimated to be well over $500.00 let's bring in our correspondent privilege most from here in harare a privilege some critics say even this figure is an understatement why's that. if you look at it critics could be correct looking at the situation on the ground. most people are struggling at the moment the economy is struggling if you look at what has been obtaining is that if you have a country with fuel goes up every 4 tonight it has a really full effect on business consumers and everyone because wh