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Deal #1798 Version #55508

Sierra Leone
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2017-07-18
Last full update
2024-04-10

1. Data source #2NHQZ7Ue

Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Date
2010-01-01
Name
Richard Bennett
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy
Email
rb@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
"Africa: up for grabs : The scale and impact of land grabbing for agrofuels" by FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AFRICA AND FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE

2. Data source #ENKcDJsZ

Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Date
2016-08-18
Name
Markus Giger
Organisation
CDE
Email
Markus.Giger@cde.unibe.ch
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
Local Perceptions and Vertical Perspectives of a Large Scale Land Acquisition Project in Northern Sierra Leone. Franziska Marfurt, Fabian Käser, Samuel Lustenberger.

3. Data source #_j8z4ucc

Type
Personal information
Date
2017-04-26
Name
Richard Bennett
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy
Email
rb@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
"Dear Angela, the record needs to be updated as follows: General Information > Implementation Status Please add: 2017] in Operation (production of ethanol and power) Investor Information > Primary Investor > Sunbird Bioenergy Africa Limited - Mauritius Secondary Investor > AOG Group - Switzerland Produce Info > Please add the following to the Crops: Napier Grass (biomass) Many thanks"

12. Data source #9SzfxTBb

Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Date
2014-07-20
Comment on data source
Käser, Fabian 2014. Ethnography of a Land-deal. A Village Perspective on the Addax Bioenergy Project. Master Thesis. Instiute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern.

14. Data source #cc2mez98

Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Date
2016-01-21
Comment on data source
Marfurt, Franziska 2015. Ethnography of Land Deals. Local Perceptions of a Bioenergy Project in Sierra Leone – Expectations of Modernity, Gendered Impacts and Coping Strategies. Master Thesis. Instiute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern.

17. Data source #uQkMDcJx

Type
Personal information
Date
2017-04-26
Name
Richard Bennett
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy
Email
rb@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
"Legally today the name is Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone. However, we have recently filled to change the name to Sunbird Bioenergy Sierra Leone, and we expect this to take effect imminently. Sunbird Bioenergy Africa holds a 75.1% interest AOG holds a 24.9% interest (please note that AOG does not have any interest in Sunbird Bioenergy Africa - Mauritius). AOG chose to downscale their investment in 2014/5 and consequently not all fields were replanted in 2015/6. THE PROJECT WAS NEVER ABANDONED. Sunbird became the majority shareholder and project manager on the 8th of September in 2016 and has a business plan to resume full operations by 2019. The project is currently producing power for the Government of Sierra Leone and producing ethanol which is being traded in Europe. please see our website for further details. www.sunbirdbioenergy.com The project is very operational and currently employees 2,400 seasonal agricultural workers. The company is producing sugarcane, cassava and napier grass. We expect to add additional crops in 2018. We would classify the company as agriculture and renewable energy. "

21. Data source #ieVUC_6W

Type
Personal information
Date
2015-12-31
Name
Markus Giger
Organisation
CDE
Email
Markus.Giger@cde.unibe.ch
Comment on data source
Exact co-ordinates

22. Data source #TbXBFegX

Type
Personal information
Date
2017-04-26
Name
Bheki Chatira
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy
Email
bheki.chatira@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
"The correct figure is 23,500 ha. The rest was relinquished sometime back before the scale down"