Democratic Republic Of Congo
Swiss food giant Nestlé has announced it will shut its plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo by end of January 2018.
A statement released on Sunday said “about 120 people will be affected by this decision”, but we will “continue to develop our business model for third-party distribution”.
The company set up in 2009, amid escalating poverty and political instability with a factory manufacturing poultry cubes, Maggi.
It had invested 15 million dollars in the business but the record losses incurred have forced Nestlé to abandon a potential market of 80 million people.
Its departure is seen as a huge blow to the economy, that was already unstable.
A presidential election that could settle the crisis is scheduled for December 2018, when the country will vote to replace president Joseph Kabila.
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