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Currency

Trading currency in the Congo

AFP Video
A chair, a table, an umbrella and a pile of money is all that is needed for currency brokers in the Democratic Republic of Congo who set up shop on sidewalks of the capital Kinshasa and other cities. Born out of the chaos of civil unrest, the sidewalk currency broker has become a ubiquitous and legal element of the country's under-banked economy