The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Kadiatu Kabia: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2026: Umu Koroma is a household food trader at the bustling Low-Cost Market in Kissy, where she sells food and other daily essentials to families in her community. Like many traders, Umu faced daily challenges caused by poor sanitation in the market. Waste [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2026: Africa.com today announced a new Knowledge Partnership with The Education Collaborative, a pan-African network dedicated to strengthening education systems through locally grounded research, collaboration, and leadership development. Founded and convened at Ashesi University, The Education Collaborative brings together educators, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners from [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 February 2026: The inauguration which began on February 7, 2026, at Njongon, will be held from February 7 – 15, 2026 at several locations across The Gambia. Declaring the inauguration ceremony officially open, Gambian President Adama BARROW, described the electricity access project as an “unprecedented achievement [Read More]

Trevor Young: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: I had a very promising and honest conversation with Edmond B Nonie – Deputy Minister of Energy I. It was good news mixed with hard truths about why electricity remains unstable in Freetown, the Western Area, and across Sierra Leone. Freetown’s population [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have ended a high-level consultation meeting on the extension of the Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for West Africa (2020–2027). The three-day meeting, which took place from 4 to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Asia Economic Development Committee to establish an electric vehicle manufacturing plant and nationwide charging infrastructure. The project is intended to support local EV production with a planned annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles. According to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: The 8.7 million Dollar Grant Agreement aimed at advancing Seychelles’ Social Housing Programme, was signed last week between the Government of the Republic of Seychelles and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), reinforcing strong bilateral cooperation in support of Seychelles’ national social housing [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the overwhelming passage by the United States House of Representatives of a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The Chairperson commends the bipartisan support demonstrated by Members of [Read More]