Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2026: Nine creators have been named winners across gaming, video and music at CANEX WKND 2026, following the live pitch finale of the CANEX Create-thon, powered by Gebeya. Held on 6 November at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Cultural and Creative Arts in Lagos, the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2026: The East African Community (EAC) and its Development Partners have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation, mobilising resources and aligning investments to accelerate implementation of the 7th EAC Development Strategy (2026/27–2030/31) and deliver tangible benefits to the people of East Africa. The commitment emerged [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2026: The China-West Africa Investment and Industrialization Dialogue was held in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, on November 13.  Zhang Dianbin, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, and Wang Peng, Counselor in charge of commercial and economic cooperation of the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone, attended the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2026: The state minister for Energy, Sidronius Okaasai has revealed that Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) will import up to 1000 transformers in a move he says will improve electricity transmission. The minister said that the original plan to support the Buy Uganda Build [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2026: Sierra Leone and Kenya signed Statements of Intent with The Akuna Group at CHOGM 2026, becoming founding champions of the Commonwealth Creative Economy Partnership. The voluntary, country-led initiative seeks to connect talent with skills, investment, enterprise and markets across the Commonwealth and beyond. At [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 November 2026: The 2026 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) opened in Antigua and Barbuda Tuesday, 3rd of November 2026, with a drive for bold partnerships between governments and businesses to unlock prosperity for the Commonwealth’s 2.7 billion people. His Majesty King Charles III, Head of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 November 2026: The third edition of the OceanLove Innovation Awards Ceremony took place on 11 October 2026 at AltaSea, Port of Los Angeles, California. It was an afternoon by the ocean, open to all ages, where the winners across the three award categories — The Blue [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 November 2026: Through Government Development Financing, Sierra Leone is investing its own resources, with UNDP support, in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure and driver training, to create opportunities for young people, including women. What does it mean for people when countries invest in their own development?  For [Read More]

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]