Economy & Business

One Dollar a week – In the Central African Republic, women are growing their projects and their hopes

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 September 2026: In Mobaye, Central African Republic, women are gradually turning their savings into projects for themselves and their families. Business, agriculture, livestock farming or their children’s education, the choices are theirs. When Henriette Yambata received 38,000 CFA francs (approximately USD 67) after several months of [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]

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]