Philipp Trotter and Sabah Abdullah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2018: Foreign investment in sub-Saharan Africa’s power sector has reached a record-high. Spurred on by the United Nations’ goal to ensure modern energy access for all by 2030, international donors have focused on increasing the region’s electrification access. It currently stands at only [Read More]
Sorie Fofana: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2018: Since the new SLPP administration came into office in April 2018, the sum of Le29,623,000,000 (Twenty nine Billion, Six hundred and Twenty-three million Leones) has been approved by President Bio, and paid to support the operations of both the Electricity Distribution and [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2018: Let’s cut straight to the chase. Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulation Commission recently approved $0.10 per kilowatt hour, based on an average for Bumbuna, Addax, the 16.5 megawatts at Black Hall Road and the 10 megawatts at Kingtom Freetown. And [Read More]
Sorie Fofana: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2018: Undoubtedly, the new government of President Julius Maada Bio inherited a wrecked economy from the APC administration of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. Before leaving office in April 2018, the APC government entered into several dubious deals or contracts with some emergency [Read More]
Isaac Swen: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 May 2018: The visiting Country Manager of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Peninsh Kariuki has held discussions with the Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Jonathan Tengbe and other senior officials in the water and sanitation sector. Peninsh Kariuki trip to Sierra Leone was in [Read More]
Herman Wasserman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2018: Press freedom is often thought of in relation to political pressure. There is more than enough evidence that threats, intimidation and imprisonment of journalists remain a serious cause for concern in Africa. But two recent gatherings on the continent encourage the thinking around press [Read More]
Authors: Daniel Rodriguez, John Dixon and Mulugetta Mekuria: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2018: It’s been four years since African leaders met in Equatorial Guinea to commit themselves to boosting agricultural growth across the continent. This is an important way to create real change in Africa. During the gathering, all [Read More]
Author: Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 May 2018: In the agricultural sector – the major employer for poor people in Africa – assets like land and livestock are owned and controlled mainly by men. It makes sense, then, that many donors, national governments and civil society groups believe rebalancing asset and land ownership [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 May 2018: On Monday 21st May 2018, president Julius Maada Bio met with the executive members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) at State House, where he yet again reiterated his government’s commitment to repeal the country’s odious criminal libel laws. Previous governments have [Read More]
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