Economy & Business

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]

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]

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]

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]

Alan Luke: 15 December 2019: The NGC Party’s December Press Briefing exposed the Bio government’s insincerity and lack of commitment to create the enabling environment for businesses to succeed, creating the much needed jobs and kickstart sustained economic growth. This was the NGC party’s second salvo. Whereas the first press [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2019: After much criticisms over its failure to convince the US government that it has met the criteria for the award of a Millennium Challenge Compact, potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the government of Sierra Leone yesterday published this statement: “Following Sierra Leone’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2019: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week concluded its Article IV consultation with the authorities in Ghana. Yesterday, the Board published a statement, in which it says that the outlook for Ghana remains favourable; growth is expected to increase from [Read More]

Dr. Dennis Bright – Chairman and Leader, NGC: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2019: Good morning distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen of the Fourth Estate. You are very welcome to our second monthly press briefing (12 December 2019). Last month we focused on a survey we conducted on the current hardship [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 December 2019: Poor governance has once again got in the way of Sierra Leone winning the much sought after Millennium Challenge Compact Fund, administered by the United States government. Several well governed African countries are now in their concluding phase of delivering lifesaving projects, using MCC [Read More]