Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio yesterday, assured investors at the UK-Africa Summit in London that his government is determined to diversify Sierra Leone’s economy, and guarantee a business-friendly ecosystem with a win-win outcome for potential investors. Sierra Leone is highly dependent on mineral exports, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2020: The United Kingdom’s Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport has launched a scheme to develop next generation African business start-ups. Application process is underway as government ministers and business leaders attend the first ever UK-Africa Investment Summit in London. Africa has a fast-growing [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2020: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling for the UK to be the ‘investment partner of choice’ for African countries, The UK-Africa Investment Summit in London is expected to generate new opportunities in Africa for businesses across the UK. The UK he said has unique [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2020: President Dr Julius Maada Bio’s meeting with Antonio Rüdiger on the margins of the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London has yielded USD 101,000 (Le1 Billion) for Sierra Leone’s Free Quality Education initiative. The German professional footballer, who plays as a centre back for Premier [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2020: The President of the Republic of Ghana – Nana Akufo-Addo is leading a ministerial delegation of several Cabinet Ministers and key officials at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London today, 20 January 2020. The Summit, hosted by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2020: The general secretariat of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the governments of the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Chad are organizing a round table in Brazzaville (Congo) on 19 [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2020: In line with its commitment to attract regional capital investment into the country, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea – Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, met with high-level Nigerian investors, bankers and financiers to discuss opportunities offered by the country’s Year of Investment [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 January 2020: South Sudan’s ministry of energy and dams is currently working on the rollout of public/private partnerships to bring power to regional cities after success of its Juba grid project. $289 million has been invested in a power plant run by Ezra Power that will [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2020: Yesterday the government of Sierra Leone issued a joint statement with fuel suppliers in the country announcing an increase in the prices of petrol, kerosene, diesel and other fuel oil. The increase ranges from Le8,500 to Le9,000 for petrol, diesel, and kerosene. But the [Read More]