Trevor Young: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: I had a very promising and honest conversation with Edmond B Nonie – Deputy Minister of Energy I. It was good news mixed with hard truths about why electricity remains unstable in Freetown, the Western Area, and across Sierra Leone. Freetown’s population [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Commission) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have ended a high-level consultation meeting on the extension of the Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for West Africa (2020–2027). The three-day meeting, which took place from 4 to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Asia Economic Development Committee to establish an electric vehicle manufacturing plant and nationwide charging infrastructure. The project is intended to support local EV production with a planned annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles. According to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2026: The 8.7 million Dollar Grant Agreement aimed at advancing Seychelles’ Social Housing Programme, was signed last week between the Government of the Republic of Seychelles and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), reinforcing strong bilateral cooperation in support of Seychelles’ national social housing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the overwhelming passage by the United States House of Representatives of a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The Chairperson commends the bipartisan support demonstrated by Members of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 January 2026: Many in Sierra Leone have expressed dismay, following the release of the country’s 2024 Auditor General’ Report, which shows that one of the key institutions they anticipated would be implicated in the embezzlement of public funds – the Office of the President, was not [Read More]
Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2026: At first reading, Sierra Leone’s 2025 National Budget presents itself as an instrument of compassion. Framed around improving the wellbeing and quality of life of citizens, it adopts the language of inclusion, social protection, food security and human capital development. It [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 January 2026: Yesterday, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr launched the Freetown Urban Green Design Competition, an initiative designed to generate innovative, practical, and climate-resilient solutions that introduce more greenery into Freetown’s Central Business District. The competition forms part of the city’s broader urban regeneration efforts under the [Read More]
African Energy Week: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 January 2026: Africa’s major pipeline projects hold transformative potential, but financing, technical and regulatory hurdles continue to shape their pace and impact. While Africa possesses vast hydrocarbon resources, decades of underdeveloped infrastructure continue to limit the economic potential of its oil and gas [Read More]
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