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Sierra Leone’s energy minister woos renewable energy investors in Abu Dhabi

January 9, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Austine Luseni: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2020: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy and Power, Alhajie Kanja Sesay has left Freetown for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the invitation of the Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to take part in the agency’s tenth session and related [Read More]

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Sierra Leone government bank threatened by cyber attack

January 7, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 January 2020: On Sunday, 5th January 2020,  Sierra Leone government’s Commercial Bank published a statement informing its customers that its website had been attacked by unknown persons. But there are suspicions that the attack may have come as a result of US killing of Iranian military [Read More]

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Large fire destroys property at Freetown’s central district

January 6, 2020 Abdul Rashid Thomas 4

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 January 2020: A large fire engulfed the Public Works Department building at Pademba Road in central Freetown – just yards away from the country’s main Pademba Road Prison last Saturday, threatening to destroy hundreds of nearby commercial properties and private dwellings. The cause of the fire [Read More]

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The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation – welcome home Idris Elba

December 28, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 16

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 December 2019: If Sierra Leone was a patient, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan would reveal that our country is in dire need of urgent surgery to repair its image. It is not surprising then that in the last decade, “rebranding” was a watchword [Read More]

Economy & Business

Sierra Leone government signs more MOUs as millions go hungry

December 23, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 13

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2019: This Christmas is going to be very painful for millions of Sierra Leoneans, who have patiently waited for almost two years for the newly elected government of president Julius Maada Bio to turn the economy around. With fewer than 40% of young people in [Read More]

Economy & Business

Is the Sierra Leone government on the cusp of its next digital evolution?

December 20, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 9

Dr. Emmanuel Johnson PhD: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 December 2019: The parliament of Representatives in Sierra Leone should enact the Modernizing Government Technology Act, and 2019-2020 budget negotiations are soon to begin. The Bio administration now moves beyond merely improving agency operations to invest in new digital services that enhance [Read More]

Economy & Business

UK Department for International Development brings electricity to homes in Sierra Leone

December 18, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 8

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2019: Yesterday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio commissioned the countrywide Renewable Rural Energy Project (RREP) in Petifu, Lokomasama Chiefdom in Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. The Renewable Rural Energy Project (RREP) which is designed to target 94 communities across the country, is funded by the [Read More]

Economy & Business

Third Quality Agriculture Produce Fair opens in Kenema – Sierra Leone

December 18, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 December 2019: Government Chief Minister David Francis, yesterday officially opened the Third Quality Agriculture Produce Fair (QPF) in Kenema, to showcase the best of the country’s farming enterprises and produce. Speaking on behalf of president Bio who would normally have been present, and for the agriculture [Read More]

Economy & Business

Global Human Development Index 2019 – Sierra Leone moves up three points from 184 to 181

December 16, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2019: Sierra Leone has moved up the Global Human Development Index by three points, from 184 to 181 out of 189 countries, according to the latest – 2019 Global Human Development Report (GHDR), launched last week by Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development [Read More]

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