Two of Ghana’s most beloved meals, fufu with soup and kenkey with fried fish, are becoming noticeably pricier at the table, the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveals.
In July 2025, fufu with soup recorded one of the steepest month-on-month price increases among common food items. Its inflation rate shot up from just 0.2% in June to 5.3% in July, a sharp +5.1 percentage point surge. While it added only 0.04 percentage points to the overall monthly inflation rate, the jump signals intensifying cost pressures on traditional meals that once offered comfort without breaking the bank.
Year-on-year, fufu and soup prices are now 18.5% higher than they were in July 2024, earning it the 17th spot among the top 20 contributors to annual food inflation. Behind the scenes, rising prices of cassava, plantain, vegetables, meat, and palm oil are all feeding into the cost of this staple.
Meanwhile, kenkey with fried fish is also on an upward trend, albeit more modest. Its month-on-month inflation rose to 1.3%, up from 0.5% in June, a +0.8 percentage point increase. Thanks to its heavier consumption weight (1.5) in the CPI basket, kenkey with fish continues to punch above its weight in the inflation rankings. It now sits at 13th among annual food inflation drivers, even though its year-on-year inflation dropped from 18.8% to 13.4%.
Together, the data paints a vivid picture: even everyday meals rooted in culture and comfort are not immune to the broader cost dynamics, from farm inputs and transport to market markups and changing weather patterns.
