FILE PHOTO: Melanie Igbe, head chef at Cafe de Elyon, prepares food in the kitchen at the cafe in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
LAGOS (Reuters) - Melanie Igbe's restaurant hosted 50 people a day when it opened in Nigeria's megacity Lagos a year ago. Fear of coronavirus has driven most diners away, but Igbe believes inflation rather than the pandemic may kill her business.
The price of basic ingredients has risen sharply since Cafe de Elyon opened in January 2020, just weeks before Nigeria's first known coronavirus case was diagnosed in Lagos. Food inflation stood at 19.56% last month, after rising for 16 straight months.
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