Sierra Leone

Swiss Commodities Trader Expands Into Ethanol in Africa
- New York Times
- 15 June 2011
Jean Claude Gandur’s ethanol project in Sierra Leone comes at a sensitive time, with concerns being raised of exploitation of developing countries for resources.
Claims of African 'land grab' spark controversy
- CNN
- 12 June 2011
A new report published this week claims farmers in Africa are being driven off their traditional lands to make way for vast new industrial farming projects backed by European hedge funds seeking profits and foreign countries looking for cheap food.
Hedge funds 'grabbing land' in Africa
- BBC
- 08 June 2011
Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says
GreenWorld (BVI) "brings unique African farmland investment to the retail market"
- Greenworld BVI
- 06 June 2011
Offshore investment firm GreenWorld (BVI) announces that it "now is able to offer individuals a unique African farmland investment opportunity in Sierra Leone".
Growing demand for SA’s agricultural skills
- Business Day
- 26 May 2011
SA’s commercial agricultural skills are a sought-after currency on the continent, with Nigeria and Sierra Leone the latest to announce bold plans to recruit South African farmers to their countries.
The Socfin land deal missing out on best practices: Report on fact finding mission to Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone
- Green Scenery
- 13 May 2011
On March 5, 2011 in the presence of armed security forces the lease agreement was signed against payments from 173,000,000.00 Leones stacked on a table and paid to those signing the agreement.
Evidence is piling up against acquisitions of farmland in poor countries
- The Economist
- 05 May 2011
When land deals were first proposed, they were said to offer the host countries four main benefits: more jobs, new technology, better infrastructure and extra tax revenues. None of these promises has been fulfilled.
Asian palm oil: limited supply
- FT
- 18 April 2011
Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.
Resident Minister condemns MP for incitement against Government
- Awoko
- 22 Mar 2011
Political turmoil over Sierra Leone MP's nationwide broadcast inciting the people of Malen Chiefdom against the Government and the local Chiefs for having entered into a land deal with Luxembourg-based SOCFIN.
Les terres de Sierra Leone : Ruée sur l'or vert
- RFI
- 11 Mar 2011
Reportage de Mehdi Meddeb
SOCFIN Agricultural Company set to establish $ 100 million oil project in Malen chiefdom
- Awoko
- 11 Mar 2011
Investment involves a 40-year lease agreement for the establishment of over 16,000 acres of an oil palm project.
Africa farmland has potential of Brazil: Quifel
- Reuters
- 22 February 2011
African farmland investment has the potential to match the exponential growth of Brazil's agricultural industry, the head of business development at privately owned agricultural operator Quifel said.