Mohammed Dewji has secured land in Rwanda as part of his decision to pour millions of dollars into the country through his Dar es Salaam-based food conglomerate, MeTL Group.
New report by the Oakland Institute examines the African Forestry Impact Platform bankrolled by European development finance institutions, Japanese oil interests, and an Australian investment firm.
Behind a process to transfer land and hand over 14,173 hectares to three villages stands Landesa, a land rights organization that designed the modality of the transfer process and coordinated the negotiations.
Tanzania has opened up opportunities for DRC investors to invest in agriculture, livestock, fisheries, manufacturing, mining and tourism
Combined, land formalisation and large-scale agro-investments lead to a systematic dispossession of village land.
Lake Agro and Gulf Adventures are accused of ignoring a court action and advancing with their activities including planting wheat and collecting water from the Luombwa river.
Where village land is formalized to establish wildlife management areas or a large-scale agricultural investment, the interests of powerful actors are often prioritized over those of local communities.
Dans un premier segment, le groupe MeTL compte mettre en culture 30 000 hectares de sisal avec la participation de la BAD et du Proparco. Ensuite ce sera le sucre et les boissons gazeuses.
Dewji is talking to funders, including the African Development Bank and Proparco, to raise money for planned investments, which includes developing 30,000 hectares under plantation of sisal.
Dewji, owner of the MeTL Group, said the new company will produce grains and edible oils in Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia and the Central African Republic
Kenyan aquaculture company Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, has raised $5 million in private equity funding to expand operations into Rwanda, Tanzania and the DRC.
