Sierra Leone Telegraph

Governor of Bank of Sierra Leone sacked as economy worsens

August 17, 2018 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2018: Just over a year ago, 18th July 2017, parliament of Sierra Leone, unanimously approved the appointment of Dr. Patrick Saidu Conteh by president Koroma, as the new Bank Governor of Sierra Leone, following the resignation of his predecessor, Dr. Kaifala Marah. Today, Dr. Patrick [Read More]

Governor of Bank of Sierra Leone sacked as economy worsens

August 17, 2018 1

Sierra Leone’s free education – Investing in people

August 17, 2018 0

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2018: One of President Maada Bio’s signature policies, before, during and after the general elections has been the promise and delivery of a free education for all. Many people believe that education is a right and not a privilege. Many also believe that [Read More]

Beating poverty needs partnerships and collaboration – not just money

August 17, 2018 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2018: Why is it that despite Africa’s vast natural resources and the recipient of tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid every year, the eradication of poverty remains an illusion? As Mia Perry a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, concludes in theconversation.com: [Read More]

President Bio launches national tree planting as nation remembers mudslide victims

August 16, 2018 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2018: Two days ago – 14th August 2018, the people of Sierra Leone remembered the devastating mudslide which took the lives of more than a thousand people in the mountain districts of the capital Freetown, following heavy rains. Most of the dead were buried alive [Read More]

APC members appalled at the lack of action by party grandees

August 16, 2018 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2018: After losing the March 2018 presidential election in a spectacular manner, Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC is yet to recover from the shock. The party is now being described as comatosed and beset by paralysis. Most of the party’s faithful believe that the party [Read More]

New Africa award promoting innovation for Sustainable Development Goals

August 15, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 August 2018: The President of Ghana and Co-Chair of the Group of Eminent Advocates for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched a pan-African award for a new generation of early stage social innovators in Africa, who are solving pressing problems in [Read More]

Canada to help boost Sierra Leone’s development

August 15, 2018 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 August 2018: Canadian Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau held discussions yesterday with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Alie Kabba, in Freetown. The Canadian international development minister was in Freetown to renew Canada’s relationship with Sierra Leone, as part of Canada’s [Read More]

Bombardier continues African market penetration

August 14, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2018: A Ghanaian airline operator – PassionAir, has become the first Bombardier operator in Ghana after acquiring three Q400 aircraft. Bombardier Commercial Aircraft manufacturer announced today that the company successfully placed three pre-owned Q400 turboprops with PassionAir from the Republic of Ghana. The airline acquired [Read More]

Mercury pledges $1.5 million in support of president Bio’s free education

August 14, 2018 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2018: The premier Sports Betting and Lottery Company – Mercury International, last Thursday 9th August 2018, made a proposal to the government of Sierra Leone for the construction of 80 classrooms, costing $1.5 million. The offer was made to the Minister of Basic Primary and [Read More]

Pray for Sierra Leone – president Bio tells Hajj Pilgrims

August 14, 2018 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 August 2018: 840 Sierra Leoneans will be joining over two million Muslims from across the world, embarking on their holy pilgrimage to Mecca this week. State House media reports says that president Julius Maada Bio was at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown yesterday, where he [Read More]

Why it’s exciting to be doing business in Africa

August 13, 2018 0

Jacques Vermeulen: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2018: “There is always something new out of Africa,” the ancient Greeks used to say. Back then, the proverb referred to the continent’s extraordinary diversity, but today it can be applied to the accelerating pace of change as Africa begins to reshape its [Read More]

Are Liberia’s oil palm growers in trouble?

August 13, 2018 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2018: Liberia’s largest palm oil producer pulls out of sustainability roundtable – what does this mean for rural communities? This is a report by Fidel C T Budy. The palm oil industry is no stranger to controversy. While the world has come to learn of the environmental [Read More]