Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s opposition APC court injunction – Judicial overreach that paralyzes a party

Yoni Emmanuel Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 September 2026: On 27 August 2026, the High Court issued an interim injunction restraining APC National Chairman Osman Foday Yansaneh and National Secretary General Lansana Dumbuya from performing their executive functions. On paper, this may look like a procedural order intended to preserve [Read More]

Economy & Business

AfDB and AXIAN launch digital finance programme to support 34,000 women-led businesses in Africa

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 September 2026: AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a major women’s financial inclusion programme to expand access to finance and business support for more than 34,000 women-led enterprises in five African countries. Supported by the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for [Read More]

Economy & Business

Africa’s next move and why data sovereignty is the missing key to the continent’s economic future

SHIBUYA (Japan) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 September 2026: Ask what Africa needs to secure its economic future, and the answers tend to follow a familiar script: capital, technology and infrastructure. Rarely does ‘data’ make the list. Yet, data sovereignty, the ability to collect, control and act on reliable information about [Read More]