First Step Economic Opportunity Zone

Zone Construction Photos Jan 2012

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/international/2011/06/27/mpa.sierra.leone.fruit.revival.cnn.html

Video: Sierra Leone's hopes of fruit revival Sierra Leone hopes to once again bear fruit - with the help of juice.

http://salonenow.blogspot.com/2011/06/tony-blair-visits-first-step.html

SIERRA LEONE NOW: TONY BLAIR VISITS FIRST STEP

http://www.afribiz.net/content/making-profit-in-africa-a-transforming-role-for-ngos-and-development-organizations

Making Profit in Africa: A Transforming Role for NGOs and Development Organizations | Afribiz.net When I spoke on a World Bank panel earlier this year about the New Africa as we call it here, I was asked a question about what should development

http://blogs.forbes.com/mfonobongnsehe/2011/05/13/sierra-leone-looks-to-farmers-to-help-spur-economic-growth/

Sierra Leone Looks To Farmers To Help Spur Economic Growth A multi-pronged effort should help mango farmers and the juice factory they supply reach international markets.

http://www.ips.org/africa/2011/05/sierra-leone-first-fruit-juice-company-adding-value-to-farming-2/

IPS Inter Press Service – Telling Africa’s Untold Stories » SIERRA LEONE: First Fruit Juice Company. FREETOWN, May 12 (IPS) – Crate loads of lush ripe mangos are stacked up, a sweet fragrance filling the air. Factory workers wait for their instructions, decked out in protective coats, rubber boots and hairnets. As they see each other kitted out for the first time, they break into giggles. This is a

http://www.cocorioko.net/?p=10696

Huge sense of anticipation in Sierra Leone as President Koroma ignites hope in the country’s future.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201105101082.html

allAfrica.com: Africa: Koroma Launches Africa Felix Juice Factory allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience

http://www.wadr.org/en/site/news_en/652/New-mango-pineapple-juice-factory-opens-in-S-Leone.htm

New mango, pineapple juice factory opens in S. Leone A new factory to manufacture juice has been launched in Sierra Leone, which will employ up to 3,000 citizens. Since the end of its decade-long civil war, Sierra Leone has been striving to improve its economic status in the West African sub-region by creating an enabling business environment for both

http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200517815.shtml

In Sierra Leone, President Koroma Commissions Juice Factory: Sierra Leone News State House | Press Union | Lumley Beach | AllAfrica | SL-Web

http://www.awoko.org/2011/05/06/production-starts-on-first-value-added-export-since-war/

Production starts on first value-added export since war « Awoko Newspaper West Africa’s first zone offering sweeping incentives to foreign investors was opened at Newton yesterday in an effort to draw international currency to Sierra Leone and boost economic activity in the region. The First Step Economic Opportunity Zone, Inc., will house Africa Felix Juice, a company th

http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE74507T20110506

Sierra Leone launches trade hopes with mango juice | Reuters NEWTON, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - West Africa's first tax-exempt economic zone has opened in Sierra Leone, aiming to produce the impoverished country's first significant value-added exports since the end