Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2025: President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in Abuja, assured the technical contractor handling the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), Siemens Energy, of the government’s full commitment to improving the country’s electricity supply and enhancing the livelihoods of its citizens. At a meeting at the State House [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2025: The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the Government of the Republic of Guinea have signed two loan agreements, totalling EUR 123.451 million, aimed at enhancing education and training on agribusiness and expanding access to clean, reliable energy across country. These strategic [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Sierra Leone’s economy is showing signs of stability in the face of heightened global challenges, with growth projected at 4.3 percent in 2025 and reaching 4.6 percent by 2027, according to the latest World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU) launched last week in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: President John Dramani Mahama has assured investors of Ghana’s preparedness to spearhead an industrial revolution that will not only transform its economy but also serve as a catalyst for Africa’s next phase of development. The President was speaking at a sod-cutting ceremony for the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Ahead of COP30 taking place next week in Belém, Brazil (10-21 November), the Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released a new research brief, Africa on the road to COP30: from Addis Ababa to Belém, reviewing the key outcomes from recent COP summits and setting out [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Announced at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where leaders are emphasizing locally driven adaptation, the four-year, $1.4 billion investment will expand access to innovations that help farmers across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia adapt to extreme weather. In these regions, where food security and livelihoods [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 November 2025: Rio in Brazil was buzzed with energy as over 300 mayors from around the world gathered for the C40 World Mayors Summit, held from 3–5 November 2025. A key precursor to COP30, the summit of mayors and global climate leaders provided [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2025: The World Bank Board of Directors last week approved an additional grant of $18.34 million to support Sierra Leone in enhancing biodiversity protection, environmental sustainability, and climate change resilience. This funding, provided through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) under the Global Environment Facility [Read More]

Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 November 2025: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing our world. It has helped a few companies in developed countries set record-breaking profits. This week, Nvidia, a leading US AI company, hit a market value of USD5 trillion. Nvidia, together with the other six technology [Read More]