Legally sourced African wood from Liberia's community forests.
African Wood & Lumber Inc. (AW&L) harvests, processes and exports West African tropical timber under full legal chain of custody — working hand in hand with the forest communities of River Cess and Grand Bassa Counties.
An integrated timber company built on legality and partnership.
African Wood & Lumber Inc. is a Liberian-registered forestry and timber company headquartered in Congo Town, Monrovia. We operate community forest concessions under agreements approved by the Forestry Development Authority (FDA), with every tree, log and shipment registered in Liberia's national LiberTrace chain-of-custody system and verified by SGS.
Our business spans the full timber value chain: pre-harvest enumeration and stock survey, felling and extraction under the Code of Harvesting Practices, log-yard management, export of round logs, sawn timber for local and international markets — and, next, on-site sawmilling, kiln drying and biochar production for a zero-waste forest economy.
At a glance
Legal name — African Wood & Lumber Inc.
HQ — GIMS Compound, Sophie Community, Congo Town, Monrovia, Liberia
Operations — Grand Bassa, River Cess, Grand Gedeh & Sinoe Counties
Export port — Buchanan, Liberia
Compliance — FDA · SGS QUALIFOR · LiberTrace · EU–Liberia VPA framework
Markets — Asia & Europe (export), Liberia (domestic)
From community agreements to an integrated forest industry.
Company establishment & community partnerships
AW&L is founded in Monrovia by Cesare Colombo, building on decades of worldwide timber-trade experience. The company signs social agreements with four forest communities and secures FDA-approved contracts over the Marblee & Karblee Community Forest (Grand Bassa) and the Gbarsaw & Dorbor Community Forest (River Cess).
Full chain-of-custody operations & first export shipments
Stock surveys, felling and log registration go live in LiberTrace. AW&L completes its first major round-log export shipments from Buchanan to international buyers in Europe and Asia, with SGS inspection of every log.
Growth across sites and markets
Operations expand with the Geblo forest area, enumeration of thousands of standing trees, and a growing customer base across China, Southeast Asia and Europe. Development of the integrated sawmill investment plan begins.
US$2M supply contract — Wenzhou, China
AW&L signs a 10,000 m³ round-log contract (FOB Buchanan) with Wenzhou Luxing Timber Trade Co., covering twelve species including Doussié, Iroko, Tali, Azobé and Bilinga — anchoring production for 2025–26.
TracePro digital chain of custody & industrial phase
Launch of TracePro, AW&L's own digital CoC platform mirroring LiberTrace from stock survey to export permit. Fundraising underway for the sawmill, kiln-drying and biochar projects — the next chapter: processing in Liberia, for Liberia.
Current operations.
Five active business lines, all connected to the core forest concession operation and tracked end-to-end.
Forest Operations
Pre-harvest enumeration, block mapping, felling and extraction in the MK, GD and Geblo forest areas — under FDA Annual Operation Plans and the Code of Harvesting Practices.
ActiveRound Log Exports
SGS-inspected export logs shipped FOB Buchanan to Asia and Europe. Current stock of 1,100+ tagged logs across 40+ species, visible live in the Client Area.
Active · primary revenueLocal Market Timber
Boards and planks cut to Liberian market specification, supplying domestic construction and supporting local value addition.
ActiveTracePro — Digital CoC
Our in-house chain-of-custody platform: tag-level tracking from standing tree to export permit, aligned with LiberTrace and SGS procedures, offline-first for forest conditions.
Live prototypeDevelopment projects.
AW&L is investing to move up the value chain — processing timber in-country, creating jobs, and turning residues into carbon-negative products.
Sawmill — Phase 1
An industrial sawline (YSDMILL 1300XLH band mill, edger, multi-rip and sharpening shop) producing FAS-grade sawnwood for European hardwood importers, with SGS milling chain of custody and recovery-rate tracking. Target: 2,500 m³/month output.
Fundraising — US$1.5MKiln Drying — Phase 2
Kiln capacity to reach the 8–12% moisture content required by FAS export specifications, unlocking premium European markets and higher-margin dried sawnwood.
PlannedRailway Sleepers
Hardwood railway sleepers cut to Chinese railway standards from dense species such as Azobé — a high-volume product line under commercial discussion with railway contractors.
Commercial stageBiochar & Carbon Credits
Pyrolysis of sawmill residues and forest offcuts into certified biochar (EBC/IBI), generating carbon removal credits under Verra VM0044 — a third revenue stream from the same forest, with zero additional harvesting.
PlanningOur operations, documented.
Drone surveys, independent stump-by-stump verification and tagged stock at the AW&L log yard — photographed during real field operations in our concessions.
Legal by design. Sustainable by conviction.
Every AW&L log carries a barcode tag registered in LiberTrace, Liberia's national traceability system operated with SGS. Our operations sit inside the EU–Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement framework, and our community agreements return real value to the people who own the forest.
The integrated timber & carbon opportunity.
AW&L is raising US$1.5M (30% equity available) to build the Phase 1 sawmill and processing complex in Liberia. The investment case combines contracted round-log revenue, high-margin FAS sawnwood for Europe, railway sleepers for Asia, and biochar carbon credits — all on top of an operating, revenue-generating forest business.
A detailed 5-year financial model, equipment list and business plan presentation are available to qualified investors under NDA. Figures above are management projections, not guarantees.
Investor pack includes
— 5-year integrated financial model (logs, sawnwood, sleepers, biochar)
— Sawmill equipment specification & three-line layout
— FDA approvals, SGS procedures & compliance matrix
— Community agreements & social impact framework
— Offtake context: 2025 Wenzhou contract & EU buyer pipeline
Contact African Wood & Lumber.
Head Office — Monrovia
African Wood & Lumber Inc.
GIMS Compound, Sophie Community
Congo Town, Monrovia, Liberia
Sales & General Enquiries
Email: info@africanwood.net
Web: africanwood.net
Export port: Buchanan, Liberia
Leadership
Cesare Colombo
Founder & CEO
Liberia / Italy
Existing clients
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