fishmonger amelia kapanga is in a bind she buys her fish at the local wholesaler for prices that keepgoing up and she composite the difference on to her customers. we are fed up used to buy small fish for 20000 francs but today there are over 33 and we used to buy big fish 435000 products and now it's 45 it's really difficult there's no profit. when it's. money changes on the streets revealed just how much the congolese frank is falling in the democratic republic of congo many things are paid for in dollars petrol school fees rent yet most people here are earning congolese francs so they're getting poorer c. has been struggling economically for a long time but the pandemic has made everything worse says economist no will she ani don't reduce should become. a 40 percent reduction in exports a 30 percent reduction in imports the result is a deficit in our trade balance in other words our country earns less foreign currency than it did before the pandemic. more foreign trade is needed to restore a better balance between the congolese frank and the dollar and to protect people here from e