Zimbabwe: 'Can I give you some Harare luggage for your US dollars?'
The flower seller booths on Unity Square in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, are now the haunt of money changers, because this is one of the few commercial activities in the country still experiencing any kind of growth.
Cash has become an endangered commodity. (Image: IRIN)
Cosmos, 24, fell into the business a few years ago while working at a bar, where he changed some local money for foreign tourists who had US dollars, or "green leaf" as he calls it. The roughly US$150 a month he makes in profit helps support his mother and pay the educational costs for his younger sister.
Dressed in a worn T-shirt bearing the slogan, "I'm saving for my retirement are you?", Cosmos told IRIN that one of the gauges used for the US dollar-Zimbabwe dollar exchange rate was the fuel price.
