Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2020: Electricity theft and non-payment of electricity bills by households and businesses, have for far too long been the main cause of poor levels of investments in the sector and the frequent electricity blackouts suffered across the country. But the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2020: The swift departure of Penny Goldberg from the chief economist role at the World Bank is a good example of what can happen when the world of public officialdom and that of academia combine – or in this case, clash. Initially, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 March 2020: The governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone – Professor Kelfala Kallon yesterday announced a major shake-up of the country’s foreign exchange market, banning the buying and selling of foreign currencies by street vendors and all unlicensed agencies across the country. Anyone caught violating [Read More]
NJ Ayuk: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2020: As pressure mounts to phase out fossil fuels in Africa to fight climate change, various organizations including the World Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have dropped support for African fossil fuel production, in hopes of encouraging a transition from oil, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio has today launched the first phase of Sierra Leone’s Social Safety Net Programme in Kenema, that is aimed at strengthening livelihood systems, through job creation schemes for the poorest, skills development initiatives and micro-enterprise schemes. Addressing the ceremony which [Read More]
With recent major gas discoveries in Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal, Mauritania and South Africa, Africa is poised to use gas technologies that are faster, more reliable, more cost-effective and more environmentally-friendly than coal or oil. To deliberate on the changing trends and future direction of gas in the energy industry, GE [Read More]
Abu Bakarr Tarawally: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 February 2020: The 2019 Taxation Perception Survey (TPS) Report was launched in Freetown today. It is the product of a research undertaken by the Public Financial Management (PFM) consortium, led by Christian Aid Sierra Leone, and four other partners including the Budget Advocacy [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 February 2020: Last Friday, the African Development Bank called on development finance institutions, NGOs, farmer cooperatives, and the private sector to develop more effective financing solutions for Africa’s fertilizer value chains. The Bank’s call to action came during the Argus Africa Fertilizer Conference held on 19 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2020: African leaders are planning to put women front and centre of efforts to drive the continent’s economic growth, through a game-changing $100 million fund that will invest in women fund managers and also provide technical assistance. The launch of the African Women Leadership Fund [Read More]
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