Year: 2026

In Focus

Government of Sierra Leone’s Advanced Spectrum Monitoring System may violate privacy rights and carry risks that outweigh technical merits

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, Esq: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2026: The new Spectrum Monitoring System is being marketed as a technical fix. Cleaner airwaves, better call quality, and less interference. Agreed, these are laudable objectives. But a mobile spectrum monitor is also a direction finder. It can locate transmitters, and, [Read More]

Economy & Business

Accra welcomes the second of the Creating Opportunities for Youth and Women in Africa (COYWA) Programme

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its partners, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), last week organised the second regional training session of the Creating Opportunities for Youth and Women in Africa [Read More]

Politics & Law

ECOWAS launches national platforms for the ECOWAS Cross Border Cooperation Support Programme

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2026: The ECOWAS Commission, through its Directorate of Free Movement of Persons, Migration and Tourism, held a meeting in Conakry, Guinea, on 22 October 2026 to launch the National Platform for the ECOWAS Regional Cross-Border Cooperation Support Programme (ECBCSP). The Programme is a multisectoral initiative [Read More]

In Focus

UNDP launches training to help Sierra Leonean innovators scale solutions to plastic pollution

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2026: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a three-day training to support 20 Sierra Leonean innovators selected under the Global Plastics Innovation Programme (GPIP) to transform their ideas for addressing plastic pollution into scalable businesses that create jobs, strengthen communities and drive sustainable development. [Read More]

Education and Health

Africa Young Innovators for Health Award seeks Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to expand access to family planning

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2026: Speak Up Africa and the Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit (OPCU) have opened applications for the third edition of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award. This edition invites young Africans to propose solutions that use artificial intelligence effectively and responsibly to improve access to [Read More]

Economy & Business

MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2026 investment track to spotlight new capital opportunities

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2026: The MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2026 conference and exhibition, taking place from December 1–3 in Dakar, will introduce a dedicated Investment Track designed to deepen capital engagement across West Africa’s energy landscape. Building on the region’s expanding upstream activity, infrastructure development and cross-border [Read More]

Economy & Business

ECOWAS strengthens the harmonization of monetary and financial statistics to support regional economic integration

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Commission and in collaboration with the West African Monetary Agency (WAMA), opened the meeting of the Committee of Experts on the Harmonization of Monetary and Financial Statistics yesterday, Monday in Lomé. Scheduled for November [Read More]

Economy & Business

Africa Finance Corporation and Green Climate Fund to launch US$690 Million Africa Sovereign Climate Facility

November 3, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2026: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today launched the Africa Sovereign Climate Facility (ASCF) at a signing ceremony in Korea, marking a significant step towards scaling up climate finance and accelerating low-carbon, climate-resilient development [Read More]