Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: Beijing’s cumulative loans to Africa since 2000 amounted to $124-billion by 2016, according to figures compiled by the China-Africa Research Initiative (CARI). Djibouti is projected to take on public debt worth around 88 percent of the country’s overall $1.72 billion GDP, with China owning [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 September 2018: The Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, held a meeting this week with president Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown, where he told the  President that the bank will support his government [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2018: President Julius Maada Bio wooed investors at the opening ceremony of the 4th Investing in Africa Forum held in Changsha, Hunan Province, where he told business leaders that Sierra Leone is now open for Business. Addressing hundreds of participants across Africa, China, Europe, United [Read More]

Abu Bakarr Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2018: Kissy Industry and Trading Limited is currently under construction, thereby leading the way to boosting the country’s manufacturing and export sector, according to report. Owned and managed by a popular businessman, Jamal Shallop, construction work on the boiler, margarine manufacturing plants, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 September 2018: The eight edition of the Africities Summit will take place from November 20-24, 2018 in Marrakesh, Morocco, under the theme: “The transition towards sustainable cities and territories: The role of Local and Sub- national governments of Africa.” The Africities summit is the flagship event [Read More]

Lansana Fofanah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2018: For 60-year-old madam Isatu Sesay, the earth is like a woman; whatever you give it, it gives you back in manifold – although it may take a little while. That is her main reason for investing in rice farming, she says. The [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 September 2018: Taking the message and the fight against corruption to the youths of Africa has not been easy and will continue to be one of the greatest challenges facing this generation. But it is a message that must be embraced, and a fight that must [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone telegraph: 5 September 2018: It is no secret that Africa is set to become the next global battle ground for western commercial interests.  Many people have translated this new economic genre that is about to be unleashed on Africa as the second Scramble for Africa. Interestingly, [Read More]

Pastor Mohamed Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2018: The 2007 to 2017 reign of the All Peoples Congress Party (APC) can best be described as the mining revolution era in Sierra Leone. Minerals including iron ore, bauxite, gold and diamonds, were mined at record levels. During this period, the [Read More]