Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 August 2018: Last Friday, Francis Ben Kaifala – the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone, addressed the National Governance Symposium 2018, organized by the Institute for Good Governance. He spoke about ‘the impact of corruption on our generation’ – a subject close to the heart [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 August 2018: In 2012, officials in the APC government of former president Koroma entered into negotiations with the American company – Joules Corporation, who had promised to invest $800 million in developing Sierra Leone’s Bumbuna hydro-electricity dam. But sadly, the negotiations with Joules Corporation fell through, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: Africa should be the breadbasket of the world, and has no reason spending US$ 35 billion a year importing food, African Development Bank (ADB) president Adesina tells Agriculture conference taking place in the U.S. Akinwumi Adesina made an urgent call to give farmers across [Read More]
A concerned citizen: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2018: APC wrecked the economy of Sierra Leone and left it in shambles. But its supporters now want to see the Bio led government conjure up miracles in 100 days. When the economy crashed in the hands of the APC, its supporters [Read More]
Emmanuel A.M. Sam: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 August 2018: Corruption is a complex and multidimensional problem that requires total commitment, if it is to be defeated. It is natural that people would try to create privileges and personal benefits, irrespective of how negatively and adversely such behaviour may impact society, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 August 2018: EnergyNet will be hosting the third Regional Energy Co-operation Summit (RECS) West, in Ghana from 26-28 September 2018. The summit will explore business opportunities in the West African Power Pool (WAPP) regional electricity market and the impact that anchor energy projects will have on [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 August 2018: The IMF Executive Board has conducted its First Review Under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) agreed with the Guinean authorities. The completion of its assessment of the country’s economic performance, on June 25th, 2018, has enabled the immediate disbursement of SDR 17.213 million (about [Read More]
Native Consortium and Research Center; Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 July 2018: Dear Your Excellency – We want to start by thanking you once more for the fiscal reforms you have instituted, especially the single treasury account, spending cuts, and leapfrogging our monthly revenue from Le 240 billion to an average [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2018: In his foreword to the Sierra Leone People’s Party Manifesto, 2018, as then Presidential Candidate, President Julius Maada Bio writes that: “Our New Direction therefore offers the people of Sierra Leone a stark choice between the current ‘Business as Usual Status Quo’ of the [Read More]
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