Economy & Business

Abdul Malik Bangura Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 November 2017 Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to South Korea – Omrie Michael Golley, welcomed a delegation of three South Korean experts in the construction of low-cost housing, who arrived in Freetown on Tuesday 28th November 2017. The team of experts, who are from the [Read More]

Dennis Kabatto Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 November 2017 Sierra Leone’s 709 carat “Peace Diamond”, the 14th largest diamond in the world is set to go on the auction block on December 4 in New York City. The announcement of the auction made by Martin Rapaport, Chairman of the Rapaport Group [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2017 Digital innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa is being driven by the explosion in mobile phone usage, enabling African consumers to leapfrog existing business models and technologies, says Ecobank’s latest research. The 2017 version of Ecobank Research’s Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Guidebook, which provides [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2017 The German Development Bank, and the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) (www.ATI-ACA.org) announced, on the side lines of the annual Africa Investment Exchange: Power and Renewables Meeting, a new instrument to support renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa that targets small- and mid-scale (up [Read More]

Bunmi Oloruntoba Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2017 Considered the “Nobel Prize of agriculture,” the World Food Prize is awarded each year for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution of food. This year, the prize was awarded to Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian agriculture minister [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 November 2017 On Monday 20th November, an audience of national and international business leaders and investors will gather in London to hear Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister Dr Samura Kamara deliver the keynote speech at the annual Invest Sierra Leone forum for the third year running. Invest [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 November 2017 Sierra Leone’s economic performance is in tatters. Key government officials and ministers – including the president, have in the last six months taken their eyes off the economy to focus on their political survival. The Koroma government has lost control of the economy. It [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2017 Bollore Transport and Logistics a renowned port handler in France with branches across the globe, has completed over 50% of the current works on the 270m container terminal extension at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown. At a depth of 13m, plus 707m, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 November 2017 Africa is in the final stages of negotiating a continental deal that would see the free movement of goods, services and people. Calestous Juma describes the challenges and what can be done to resolve them. Viewed against the odds of success in getting 55 [Read More]