Multiple sources have confirmed to FrontPageAfrica that the businessman was a key contributor to Mr. Weah’s election victory. SWAT is supplied by Louis Dreyfus (LD) Company and mainly sells rice that is 50% and 5% broken kernels. A diversified food import company, SWAT also operates the Harbel chain of supermarkets and has used its ties in government to contemplate new investments in food processing, including palm oil and cassava. Liberia’s rice importing industry is consolidated - four importers control around 95% of all rice imports. Such a storage arrangement would make destination fortification feasible but this would be limited to rice imported by SWAT.

Source: Front Page Africa February 01, 2018 03:50 UTC