Economy & Business

Sungrow powers Sierra Leone’s energy transformation with first national-scale power project

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 August 2026: Sungrow, the globally leading PV inverter and energy storage system (ESS) provider, has successfully commissioned the RESPITE Solar-plus-Storage Project in Sierra Leone, marking the country’s first major national-scale power generation project completed and connected to the grid in nearly a decade. The project features [Read More]

Economy & Business

Over 300 Billion Leones missing at Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2026: An investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) into corrupt-related activities at the National Revenue Authority (NRA) reveals that the ASYCUDA system had been seriously compromised, resulting in the loss of over 300 billion leones in government revenue. (Photo: Outgoing NRA Commissioner-General, Jeneba Bangura). The [Read More]

Economy & Business

ECOWAS strengthens national institutional capacity of technical and vocational education and training stakeholders

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Education, Science, and Culture, successfully organized a training workshop on strengthening national institutional capacity for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) stakeholders in Conakry, Guinea, from August 11 to 13, 2026. [Read More]

Politics & Law

Sierra Leone’s illegal constitutional amendment raises serious questions about democracy, electoral integrity and the rule of law

Albert Olangba Kanu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 August 2026: A developing constitutional dispute in Sierra Leone is raising serious questions about the future of the country’s multiparty democracy, the independence of its electoral system and the safeguards governing amendments to the 1991 Constitution. The controversy follows the Sierra Leone Government’s [Read More]