Year: 2025

Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 August 2025: Artificial intelligence and the use of frontier technologies are already transforming trade and boosting prosperity, particularly for developed, and some developing countries. This ranges from digital exchange of documents, the digitalisation of trade processes and leveraging online platforms to fast-track cross-border trade. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2025: The largest annual climate adaptation event has concluded in Lusaka, Zambia, with an urgent call for scaled up investment to save lives, lift living standards and boost economic growth. NAP Expo 2025 focused on strengthening countries’ capacity to advance National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) ahead [Read More]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2025: Two weeks ago, August 7, 2025, President Julius Maada Bio delivered his speech during the State Opening of Parliament. He presented what he called the “Big Five” priorities of his government: electricity, water, roads, education, and healthcare. While the speech aimed [Read More]

Pa Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2025: Development is not just an economic issue; “it is also about how power and social differences are organised and managed for the benefit of all… To talk meaningfully about development is to talk about democracy and social cohesion,” writes Yusuf Bangura [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 August 2025: The African Development Bank (AfDB) will play a key role in the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) taking place in Yokohama, Japan from 20-22 August. This year’s conference takes place at a critical time as Africa seeks to close investment gaps [Read More]