please help me with a riddle? 1?

[lefron1]

hi i have some riddles that i dont know the answer too... anyone heard this one before and know the answer?

> A man buys bread at 50p per loaf from a British bakers and sells them at 2p per load in Africa. He continues to do this for many years. As a result, he becomes a millionaire. How?

 

[jc]

He starts out as a billionaire.

 

[Khalid]

i am not sure ...but it may be related somehow with British-English.......african english
or maybe the curency

i am an arabian so can exactly determine the reason..but it will be something like that