Who We Are

G.SHANKERDAS AND SONS (S.L.) LIMITED was established in the year 1939 as a trading and merchandising House.

We are based in Freetown for the last eight decades and are primarily engaged in manufacturing across various sectors, and a steadily growing agriculture and agro-processing division. We are an ISO Certified company.

Kindly find appended url links that contain our: (i) Company Profile, (ii) ISO Certificates, (iii) approval accorded by ECOWAS Commission to be eligible for duty-free trade under ETLS (Ecowas Trade Liberalization Scheme), (iv) Products portfolio for your ready reference. We are also gearing up to avail various benefits under several regional and international schemes like AGOA.

Company ProfileISO CertificatesETLS ApprovalNotification

History & Milestones

Chasing Waves

1939

G.Shankerdas was established by Mr Gagandas Mahboobani (1892-1961) as a Trading & Merchandising House.

1944

Mr Shankerdas G Mahboobani (25/11/1925-10/06/2017) joins the management and spearheads expansion.

1961

Acquisition of M.Jourdan & Co Limited and starts industrial activities in Wine Production and Bottling.

1976

Dr Kishore Shankerdas inducted into the management.

1978

Expansion under his aegis; Plastic factory setup operations.

1979

State of the Art Distillery setup and Bottling Plant expanded.
Conduit Pipe plant setup.

1980 - 1989

Accelerated Expansion Phase:
1984 – Diversified into Candle and Tissue Manufacturing
1985 – Setting up of the Cosmetics Divison: Petroleum Jelly, Medicated Balms etc.
1989 – The renowned PEGAPAK (R) Alcoholic Beverages Launched

1989

400+ Employees, a milestone in the region.

1991

Sierra Leone Rubber Company setup as a subsidiary, 250 employees.
2002 – Fell victim to the rebel war.
But rose like a Phoenix amidst the challenges.

1996

Asset Acquistion of Wellington Distilleries to form R.K.Distilleries.
“LUVIAN” ,”LUV AQUA” Purified Drinking water Launched.

1999

~2002 – Factory complex burnt to ground by rebels.
Reconstruction and expansion. Never looked back since!

2002

The launch of the famous BEETA KOLA beverage.

2003

Plastic Water Tanks Manufacturing Technology Setup.
Capacity augmentation of the Drinking Water Plant.

2004

PVC Pipes manufacturing plant commissioned.
Foray into commercial scale Agriculture with Coconuts, Cashews and Pineapple.

2010

Acquisition of Liberty soft drinks brand and assets.
Launch of “RAM”& “Liberty” range of carbonated soft drinks.

2014

Amalgamation and Merger of the various businesses to form one corporate entity :
‘G.SHANKERDAS (S.L) LIMITED’ – BELIEVE IN QUALITY

2016

Ram Shankerdas inducted into the board.
Plastics Films Division expanded with state-of-the-art machinery.
Acquisition of mattress business and Foam Brand “FOMACO”.

2017

Capacity augmentation of soft drinks factory with high-speed state-of -the -art automated bottling line.
Filing for FDA registrations and approvals initiated.
Re-Launch of the all 8 popular flavours including RAM COLA.
RAM ORANGE, RAM LIME, RAM GRAPE, RAM MINT, RAM TONIC. RAM PINEAPPLE.

– Overseas partnerships established for enabling exports.

Human Capital

1000 +

Warehouse

120,000+ Sft
6 Locations

Logistics

Fleet of 50+ Vehicles

Own Retail Outlets

8

8 Verticals

One Brand!

What Customers Say

Abu

When i tire, i drink Ram Energizer and arr feel so glady and active

Abadin

Once you taste aam, no go leff aam

Keturah

Ram soft drinks when you drinkaam, idey make mee heart cold

Sulaiman Joombla

Bubbly na di best drink i ever drink na salone