About the company
Rubicon is a wholly-owned Sierra Leonean company involved in agricultural production and agri-business with farming, processing and marketing of its products as its primary activities. The company has an overarching focus on the following value chains: oil palm, cassava, maize, ginger, pepper, groundnut and has acquired 1,000, hectares of prime farmland on which it plans to cultivate these crops.
“Well, so far so good. It’s very promising and it’s very encouraging. We see that the capital providers are sought of very interested in putting money in Africa provided the project proposals are right for the investments”
Abdul Kalokoh, CEO, Rubicon Agricultural Production and Processing Limited
Their Agribusiness Dealroom experience
Abdul Kalokoh (CEO, Rubicon Agricultural Production and Processing Limited), was looking for investment between US$25 million to US$30 million and he said the Dealroom prospects were good. “Well, so far so good. It’s very promising and it’s very encouraging. We see that the capital providers are sought of very interested in putting money in Africa provided the project proposals are right for the investments.”
According to him, the highlight of the Dealroom investor meetings is the opportunities it presented for agriculture and agribusinesses in Africa by bringing together investors from Europe, the US and all over the world who are looking for opportunities to have a stake in Africa.
He was full of praise for AGRA and the AGRF Dealroom investor match-making sessions. “Brilliant, brilliant. We will encourage AGRA and AGRF to keep up the good work. This provides a platform and a wealth of opportunities for Africa and for the African farmers.”