Articles by Abdul Rashid Thomas

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2025: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has announced its strongest financial performance to date, with total revenue for the year ended 31 December 2024 surpassing US$ 1 billion for the first time in the Corporation’s history. (Photo above: Samaila Zubairu [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 April 2025: Under the theme “Positioning for Opportunity”, Nairobi’s premier real estate event brings global investors and developers together to shape East Africa’s economic landscape. As a proudly Pan-African business with key interests in positively shaping economic policy and investments, Absa CIB has proudly, once again [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 April 2025: Two African Development Bank Group (AfDB) supported projects have garnered top honours at the 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards conference. A $500 million sustainable term loan facility in Senegal was named Sovereign Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year, while Rwanda’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 April 2025: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)  has approved over US$600 million in new development financing to support sustainable infrastructure, private sector development, food security and human capital in partner countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The new projects were [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 April 2025: Air pollution costs the global economy $225 billion annually in lost labour, with experts warning that without urgent action, outdoor air pollution could lead to 930,000 premature deaths per year by 2030. Climate advocates are urging African leaders to prioritise air [Read More]