The Sierra Leone Telegraph

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2026: Sierra Leone must align local government mandates with adequate funding to protect service delivery, accountability and democratic participation (Photo above: Mayors of local councils). The figures are staggering. Freetown City Council alone spends approximately Le1 billion (old Leones), equivalent to Le1 [Read More]

The dangerous cost of weakening local government in Sierra Leone

Orders from above and the death of a nation’s conscience

Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2026: After the law kneels, institutions follow. (Photo above: President Bio of Sierra Leone). After institutions kneel, character bends. And when character bends long enough before power, the next to kneel is the nation’s soul. That is the final tragedy of orders [Read More]

SereniMind begins Africa-wide campaign with focus on child emotional wellbeing in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 July 2026: SereniMind has begun the first phase of its monthly Africa-wide youth wellbeing campaign series, with a focus on child emotional wellbeing in Sierra Leone and across the continent. The campaign, themed “The Child Behind the Smile: Every Behaviour Has a Story,” seeks to raise [Read More]

What happened to Senegal in the World Cup? Have African teams truly buried their tactical indiscipline?

July 2, 2026 0

Yusuf Bangura (Switzerland): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 July 2026 I’m very disappointed in Senegal. I thought they and Morocco were Africa’s two best teams. But you can’t be a serious team when you squander a two-goal lead with only four minutes of normal time left in a major tournament like [Read More]

South Africa’s Xenophobia: Can Thabo Mbeki change the narrative?

July 1, 2026 2

Yusuf Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2026: Thabo Mbeki’s Africa Day Lecture on May 26, 2026 at the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in Johannesburg is a major pushback against the current xenophobia by Black South Africans against African immigrants—a phenomenon that has generated the term Afrophobia. It systematically throws the [Read More]

RegTech Africa Conference and Expo 2026 closes on a high note, cementing Abuja as a hub for African fintech and regulatory innovation

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2026: The 2026 RegTech Africa Conference and Expo (RACE 2026) concluded on a landmark high, bringing to a close a three-day gathering of regulators, investors, technology innovators, policymakers, financial institutions, and startup founders from across the continent. Held at the prestigious State House Banquet Hall, [Read More]

Nigeria’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and UNDP convene high-level HerAfCFTA regional conference to advance women’s economic leadership

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2026: Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday, convened the HerAfCFTA Regional Conference alongside the 2026 African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Council of Ministers Meeting. The HerAfCFTA brought together African leaders, Ministers of Trade, policymakers, [Read More]

Indigenous operators to power Nigeria’s next upstream growth phase at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2026: As Nigeria’s energy sector enters a new phase defined by indigenous leadership, local operators are increasingly taking control of mature assets, accelerating marginal field development, and deploying capital into infrastructure that supports long-term production growth. From offshore developments and gas monetization to asset acquisitions [Read More]

Freetown Mayor advances global south climate leadership at London Climate Action Week

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: This week, Freetown Mayor and C40 Cities Global Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, championed the vital role of cities in delivering climate solutions at the London Climate Action Week 2026. Key engagements included a closed-door roundtable with the United Nations Secretary-General António [Read More]

Ugandan solar energy pioneer named 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda has been announced as the 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year at the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London on 25 June. Government representatives, high commissioners, youth leaders, and other stakeholders attended the award ceremony to celebrate young [Read More]

Experts, stakeholders and policy analysts draw attention to AI’s impact on Africa’s telecoms industry

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: Experts and industry stakeholders, including policy analysts, believe that rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will significantly improve service delivery for the telecoms operators in West Africa, just as it is already doing in the developed economy. They all spoke at the fourth edition [Read More]

Africa Finance Corporation receives 13 awards for transactions spanning energy, transport, industry, finance

June 23, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s infrastructure solutions provider, received a record 13 industry honours at the recent EMEA Finance Awards, recognising transactions advancing energy security, connectivity, industrialisation and long-term capital mobilisation across Africa. Among the award-winning transactions was AFC’s financing for the Dangote [Read More]

Cameroon develops energy accounts to drive smarter energy, economic and environmental policies

June 23, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Subregional Office for Central Africa and the African Centre for Statistics, is providing technical support to Cameroon in the development of energy accounts. In partnership with the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Cameroon [Read More]

Mosquito is one of the world’s most studied insects. Here’s why

June 23, 2026 1

Target Mosquito: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: Despite weighing only a few milligrams, mosquitoes have proven that some of the world’s biggest challenges can come in very small packages. This week (22-28 June) is Insect Week, and scientists are answering why mosquitoes are one of the most researched, and [Read More]

From Learning to Earning: Presentation of National Framework for Enhancing Graduates Employability in Libya

June 23, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, together with the Ministry of Technical and Vocational Education, Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, the European Union, and Expertise France, officially announced the completion of the National Framework for Enhancing Graduates’ Employability in Libya, establishing a [Read More]

EBID welcomes AfDB as its first institutional shareholder

June 21, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2026: The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) is pleased to announce the entry of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) into its shareholding, marking a major milestone in the Bank’s history and a significant step in the implementation of its transformation agenda. Following [Read More]

Democracy is dead: Funeral arrangements will be announced later

June 21, 2026 0

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2026: “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which”. This excerpt from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was published on 17 August 1945. One [Read More]

Ghana’s President Mahama calls for new phase of global engagement on reparatory justice

June 20, 2026 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2026: President John Dramani Mahama has called for a new phase of global engagement on reparatory justice, urging the international community to move beyond acknowledgment of historical injustices towards meaningful action, truth-telling, and reconciliation. Speaking at the opening of the Next Steps High-Level Consultative Conference [Read More]

The curtain falls for Minkailu Mansaray but his spirit endures

June 20, 2026 0

Yoni Emmanuel Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2026: Some deaths announce themselves not merely as the passing of a person, but as the falling of a curtain on an era. The death of Hon. Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray feels like such a moment. Across the APC family there is mourning. [Read More]

Aminata’s fuel future: Sierra Leone’s energy test – Op ed

June 18, 2026 0

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2026: A country’s economic progress is often determined by the strength of the infrastructure that supports its ambitions. Behind every growing economy are systems that ensure businesses can operate, industries can expand and citizens can access essential services without unnecessary disruption. In [Read More]

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Africa and African Energy Chamber (AEC) sign strategic agreement

June 18, 2026 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2026: The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE Africa), marking a significant step toward strengthening technical collaboration, knowledge transfer and innovation across Africa’s energy industry. The agreement formalizes a strategic partnership between [Read More]

Indigenous operators to power Nigeria’s next upstream growth phase at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026

Freetown Mayor advances global south climate leadership at London Climate Action Week