As a personal hunch, the cause for galloping - hyper inflation; aside from classical economical innuendos, in Africa, tends to be rooted in lack of economic direction from one regime to another and or longterm strategy of foundational utility...
With business (private or public) - as human resource strategy - we look to invest in people who will influence mass via sciences that look to shape other resources into tangible utility for mass insertion.
Mass communication in business is key. Your business is as good as what others say about it. Aside from norms in respective field, this function can be exploited via less tech savvy regimens as such that go into conventional marketing efforts. Use for words in a politically fueled environment is bound...
