Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 April 2020: A special chartered flight from Brussels last night landed at the Lungi international airport in Freetown, carrying vital medicines and medical supplies valued at $130.000. The cargo weighs about 18 tons and contains critical medical products procured by UNICEF on behalf of the country’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 April 2020: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday announced the disbursement of $21.13 million to Sierra Leone, after completing its second review of the country’s economic  performance, under the program supported by the IMF’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF). This brings the total [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: The World Bank today approved a US$7.5 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to help Sierra Leone respond to the threat posed by the Coronavirus outbreak and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. The funds will fill critical financing gaps that have been [Read More]

Stom Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 April 2020: The streets of Freetown are busy this morning. Everybody is rushing either to go to the banks to withdraw cash, supermarket to buy provisions, bus station to travel or local market for foodstuffs. The prices of food items have risen like a [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2020: The U.S. Government has announced that it is leading the world’s humanitarian and health assistance response to the COVID-19 pandemic, mobilizing all necessary resources to respond rapidly, both at home and abroad. The State Department and USAID are providing an initial investment of nearly [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2020: Yesterday, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its fourth review of Guinea’s economic performance under the program supported by an Extended Credit Facility (ECF). It said that completion of this review has enabled it to immediately disburse about US$23.5 million, [Read More]

Bilal Coleman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2020: Sierra Leone may not have registered a single case of the coronavirus, but the global shock engendered by the virus has triggered a financial crisis that is reverberating in the country. It appears that the financial shock wave is running ahead of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 March 2020: The Continent’s relatively young population Is likely to be a mitigating factor, but constrained health systems and a high incidence of malnutrition and conditions such as HIV and tuberculosis will magnify the impact, according to a new report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). [Read More]

Dr. Johnathan S. Bangura (PhD): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 March 2020: There is a common sense case for a Diaspora Trust Fund to be established, as an economic recovery measure, for Sierra Leone to come out of this crisis even stronger. This week, we have seen many African leaders declaring [Read More]