Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 December 2019: Yesterday, Monday 9 December 2019, – the European Union (EU) Principal Adviser on Investment Strategy for Development and Innovative Financing – Arianna Vannini, met President Dr Julius Maada Bio in Freetown, where they discussed the EU’s new external investment plan for Sierra Leone. Madam [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 December 2019: Today is being commemorated all over the world as the UN-declared Anti-Corruption Day, which is celebrated every year on 9th of December. Sierra Leone, more than most countries on the continent of Africa has a lot to celebrate today, after eighteen months of battle [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 December 2019: December 9 is celebrated annually as UN International Anti-Corruption Day. This year, Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will hold a public symposium on corruption and sustainable development. There will also be an inter-faith prayer session to reflect on the role and impact of faith [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 December 2019: Guinea has launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP), implementing the recommendations of the IMF’s enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS). The NSDP serves as a one-stop dissemination vehicle for essential macroeconomic and financial data in both human and machine-readable formats. The e‑GDDS was [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 December 2019: As Sierra Leone prepares to step up its crude oil exploration, the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) has organized a policy dialogue forum for key stakeholders to examine and discuss the government’s Petroleum Policy, with a specific focus on health, safety, environment, and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 December 2019: Last Thursday, the executive director of the World Bank Group for Africa – Group 1 Constituency, Anne Kabagambe, told President Dr Julius Maada Bio that his government’s vision of constructing a bridge across Lungi to mainland Freetown, will be one of his greatest achievements [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2019: Yesterday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio launched the $50 million World Bank funded Sierra Leone Integrated Resilient Urban Mobility Project, at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown, where he spoke about the huge financial, environmental and health costs of congestion in Freetown. “There is [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: The government of Sierra Leone in collaboration with the World Bank, today launched the Integrated and Resilient Urban Mobility Project, supported by a US$50 million grant to improve access and quality of public transport, address climate resilience and road safety in selected areas in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: Yesterday, Wednesday 27th November 2019, the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), signed a Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) Agreement, for the establishment of a single standard interface for invoicing and payment [Read More]