Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2023: Last week, Sierra Leone’s ministry of transport and aviation announced in a public notice that Summa Airport Sierra Leone Limited will take over operations and management of Freetown International Airport – also known as Lungi Airport, as of last Friday, 20th January 2023. Although [Read More]
Douglas Okwatch (Africa Renewal): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2023: It’s the second year of business on Africa’s biggest trading platform – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – and it isn’t going to be business as usual in the continent’s single biggest trading bloc. Expectations are high and a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2023 The Government of Sierra Leone last Tuesday signed the Pepel Port and Pepel – Tonkolili Railway Development, Expansion and Management lease agreement with a company called ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms Ltd. According to the Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Timothy Kabba, this agreement [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 January 2023: Last Monday, President Bio of Sierra Leone presided over the oath-swearing of his new Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, amid calls for a change of government at the polls on 24th of June, as the government struggles to address the economic difficulties [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 January 2023: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Sierra Leone met on 29th December 2022 under the Chairmanship of the Governor, Professor Kelfala Kallon to review recent developments in the global, regional, and domestic economies and financial markets, and their implications for Sierra [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2022: In 2020 Mayor Giuseppe Sala of Milan and Mayor of Freetown Aki-Sawyerr, co-founded the Mayors’ Dialogue – a city-led platform for Africa & Europe that aims to create opportunities and improve the lives of citizens, especially addressing the high levels of youth unemployment in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2022: An additional 516,700 people in Sierra Leone will benefit from a $50 million International Development Association (IDA) additional financing approved this week by the World Bank, under the second phase of the West Africa regional Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2). According to the World [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2022: Sierra Leone faces many challenges in improving the welfare of the population, but increased investment in education provision and quality skills, can help more Sierra Leoneans access formal opportunities which could lead to improvement in living standards and reduction of poverty, according to the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2022: Last Thursday, 15th December 2022, President Bio of Sierra Leone met with US President Joe Biden in the Wite House as part of the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit organised by the US Government. The visit comes despite critics of President Bio calling on President Biden [Read More]
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