Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 August 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Education, Science, and Culture, successfully organized a training workshop on strengthening national institutional capacity for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) stakeholders in Conakry, Guinea, from August 11 to 13, 2026. [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 august 2026: On International Youth Day, Wednesday 12 August, Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr launched the third cohort of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund 2.0. This initiative empowers young people to identify and implement solutions to the climate [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 August 2026: Mauritius must mobilise development financing at scale to deepen structural transformation, drive sustainable and inclusive growth, and realise its vision of becoming a high-income economy, according to the African Development Bank’s 2026 Country Focus Report (CFR) and the Bank-commissioned Mauritius Productivity Study, both released [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 August 2026: The ECOWAS Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming West Africa into a competitive automotive manufacturing hub by convening the ECOWAS Regional Automotive Industry Development Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, to accelerate the implementation of the ECOWAS Regional Automotive Policy Framework and unlock the region’s [Read More]

Albert David KAMARA: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 August 2026: Guinea’s decision to opt out of the ECO single currency in 2027 is not an act of defiance, it is an act of economic clarity. In a region where political speeches often outrun economic realities, Conakry has delivered a message that [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 August 2026: The Authority reiterates its firm commitment to the launch of the ECO in 2027 as a key instrument for deepening regional economic integration and promoting sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth within the Community. In this regard, the Authority resolved that the launch of the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 August 2026: On July 31, 2026, in Dakar, Senegal, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission concluded the meeting of the Directors General of the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) of member states. Held from July 27 to 31, 2026, this meeting was part of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: Stakeholders meeting in Lomé are validating recommendations meant to be implemented, with investment, climate resilience and the livelihoods of fishing communities at stake Fish feeds families, pays school fees and holds communities together along Togo’s coast and inland waters. Whether it continues to do [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 July 2026: One year after launching a continental initiative designed to make excellence in public governance the foundation of a new drive to transform Africa, LEAD, the Africa CEO Forum’s pan-African leadership programme, takes stock of its first cohort and announces the launch of its second [Read More]