TEU - Empowering communities through agriculture

From site:

Tseai Energy Unlimited seeks to become West Africa's leading socially-responsible and environmentally-friendly producer and exporter of palm oil and rice commodities. Our company will adopt the strategic approach of utilizing small-scale agro-processing technologies to ensure appropriate, efficient, and sustainable commercial success - all while ensuring developmental support, in healthcare and education, for the communities we serve.

Equatorial Biofuels-Crude Palm Oil via Timbuktu Chronicles

Timbuktu Chronicles reports on Palm Oil for Biofuels.

CS Monitor reports on David Parker's company Equatorial Biofuels,which :

Has taken over the 36,000-acre Palm Bay plantation and plans to invest up to $10 million initially to rehabilitate the estate and begin producing palm oil industrially again.

Their goals are to:

African Jatropa & Palm oil are being refined for Biofuels

Bio fuels are gaining traction as an alternative to hydrocarbons. And, in certain parts of the world, governments and some corporations consider jatropha and palm oil, common in hot climates, one of the most promising sources of bio diesel. Any country that uses palm oil could benefit by this surge in bio fuels. However, because palm oil is essential for cooking, more emphasis should be placed on non-edible plants such as jathropa, and other bio-based plants.

Bio fuels also give farmers another source of sustainable income. In the US farmers in the Midwest are benefiting from ethanol based products, farmers in Africa should also benefit. Because of the popularity in jatropa and palm oil, farmers will need some guidance in getting a fair share of their produce.