Economy & Business

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

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]

Economy & Business

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

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]

Economy & Business

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

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]

In Focus

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

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]