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Economic empowerment of women is good for all – countries make progress lifting endemic obstacles

April 19, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2019: Government staffer Souhayata Haidara enjoys talking about her life in a patriarchal society. Her career is a triumph of patience and perseverance, she tells Africa Renewal with a smile and a wink. Ms. Haidara, currently the Special Adviser to Mali’s Minister of [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s chairman of NRA elected vice chair of China’s BRITACOM

April 18, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 3

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2019: The chairman of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority (NRA) – Ms. Tuma Adama Jabbi has today been unanimously elected as vice chairman of the highest council of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Tax Administration Cooperation Mechanism (BRITACOM), at a conference in Wuzhen, China. The [Read More]

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“D gron dry” – the ground is dry – barren – lifeless

April 16, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 13

Puawui – Dr. Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: “The gron dry” is the lamentation of supporters of the ousted APC administration which one hears everywhere; they complain of the general economic hardship that has hit the country following the ouster of the Ernest Bai Koroma government. And yet [Read More]

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Sierra Leone charity wins life-saving solar powered vaccine refrigerator

April 16, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 April 2019: Dulas are pleased to announce that the winners of the vaccine refrigerator competition are Set4Life Australia (S4LA). S4LA is a grassroots, not-for-profit organisation providing direct support for the people of the Yiben area in Sierra Leone. Working with the community and their dedicated champion [Read More]

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World Bank scales up Sierra Leone’s funding to boost economic growth

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: The international community and development partners in Sierra Leone continue to extend tremendous goodwill to the Bio led government. Last month president Julius Maada Bio met with the World Bank’s senior management team to present his government’s agenda and achievements  made after twelve months [Read More]

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Sierra Leone’s minister of trade and industry woos investors in Italy

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Last week, Sierra Leone’s minister of trade and industry – Peter Bayuku Konteh, Sierra Leone’s ambassador to Germany who is also accredited to Italy – Dr. M’Baimba Lamin Baryoh, and the acting director of investment promotion at the Sierra Leone Investment and  Export Promotions [Read More]

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Economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa is encouraging – says IMF

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: African economies are facing a huge challenge after the last global economic crisis hit many African countries quite hard. Many are still struggling to recover. Last week, the IMF held a press conference. “In many of these countries public investments has helped spur higher [Read More]

Economy & Business

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains below 3% – three years after crisis

April 15, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2019: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been downgraded to 2.3 percent for 2018, down from 2.5 percent in 2017, according to the April 2019 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies released last week. Economic growth remains [Read More]

Dr. Sama Banya - Puawui

Share the wealth – offer it to the people

April 12, 2019 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Puawui – Dr Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 April 2019: There are reports doing the rounds that government plans to divest its direct involvement in the running of the Sierra Leone Produce Monitoring Company, SLPMC,  the successor to the former Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board, SLPMB. Many would agree [Read More]

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