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I was reading this article and something interesting caught my eye.
A pie costing $9-$13 USD, what the hell..........this is ludicrous.
Something needs to be done before the place becomes like Geneva or those other expensive countries.
A few years ago, standing in the core of Somalia’s capital would have been a death wish. Now you can go there to grab a slice of pizza and see 3D films.
The threat from al-Qaeda-linked militants in Mogadishu remains, but it hasn’t stopped Mukhtar Gambo and his two partners from investing $150,000 in Pizza House, a three-story eatery with Indian Ocean views. A pie costs $9 to $13—pricey for a country where most people live on less than $2 a day. It can be enjoyed with a screening at the restaurant’s tiny theater, while wearing a pair of 3D glasses in a vibrating chair amid strobe lights and smoke.
“I never thought services like this would be available,” said Nimco Hassan, a Somali customer visiting from London. “It means that Mogadishu is gradually rising from the ashes.”
Pizza House is one of the latest Western-style restaurants opening in Mogadishu as the streets become relatively safer and money flows in from Somalis living overseas. The success of these outlets could be a bellwether for investment prospects in Somalia, which has been mired in civil war for more than two decades and is trying to use recent advances against Islamist militant group al-Shabaab to rebuild the economy.
For years, Somalis fled abroad — where many still provide a lifeline by sending back a total of $1.3 billion each year, or 80 percent of the country's investment. But as African Union forces help the army seize back territory such as Mogadishu, which the insurgents abandoned in 2011, some of the country’s estimated diaspora of 1 million people are coming home.
A pie costing $9-$13 USD, what the hell..........this is ludicrous.
Something needs to be done before the place becomes like Geneva or those other expensive countries.
