Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2017 After much speculation and pressure from the Sierra Leone Telegraph, demanding that the government of Sierra Leone makes a statement about the whereabouts of the estimated $50 million diamond, which was found a few months ago by a local pastor in Kono, the country’s [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2017 The Parliament of Sierra Leone, yesterday Tuesday, 18th July 2017 unanimously ratified the appointment of Dr. Patrick Saidu Conteh by president Koroma, as the new Bank Governor of Sierra Leone, following the resignation of his predecessor, Dr. Kaifala Marah. The Speaker of Parliament – [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2016 The G20 meets in Hamburg, Germany next week. High on its agenda is an initiative aimed at boosting private sector investment in Africa to support economic growth and job creation. The danger is that the proposal could come to naught given President Donald Trump’s [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2017 When will Sierra Leone start feeding itself, is the question many in the country have been asking for decades, and successive governments have failed to provide the answer. Over 80% of basic foods consumed in Sierra Leone are imported from abroad, costing hundreds of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2017 Three weeks ago, the president of Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma chaired the Sierra Leone Development Finance Forum, which was jointly organised by the World Bank and the country’s ministry of finance and economic development in the capital Freetown. The aim of the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 June 2017 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday announced that it has agreed to provide $224 million loan to the Koroma government of Sierra Leone, to help the country weather the economic storm that is causing much social and financial hardship for [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 June 2017 Last Friday, 2nd of June 2017, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signed an unprecedented Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see Israel investing one billion dollars across 15 countries in the West African sub-region to meet the electricity needs of those countries [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2017 An IMF staff team led by Giorgia Albertin visited Conakry from May 15 to 25, 2017, to discuss recent economic and financial developments and Guinea’s economic prospects. The team prepared the ground for a future visit for the negotiation of a new IMF-supported program. [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2017 Young men trained and employed to take on the task of cleaning Freetown, in a new effort to change the image of the city, have been caught using vehicles meant for this purpose to make cash on the side for their own personal gain. [Read More]
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