TRADE Kings Group Corporate Affairs Executive Director Phil Daka says the company is facing challenges in meeting its export quotas due to load shedding induced by drought. Speaking when various African economic advisors to heads of state toured Trade Kings’ Big Tree Beverages manufacturing plant, Friday, Daka lamented that the electricity crisis had impaired their production. He said while the crisis had heavily impacted its business, the company had resorted to using expensive power alternatives instead of laying off half of its 16,000 employees. “Production when it comes to manufacturing of things, if the energy crisis was a person, we would have arrested that person right now. Yes, it has really impaired on production. We are having a challenge in...

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