Economy & Business

State House Media: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2024: On the margins of the World Without Hunger Conference taking place in Ethiopia, His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, alongside Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture Dr. Girm Amente, toured two significant agricultural sites in Ethiopia, showcasing the nation’s effective [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 November 2024: This week, Sierra Leone welcomes a significant delegation of international investors to explore opportunities in the infrastructure and sustainable tourism sectors, and engage with government officials and entrepreneurs. This visit is likely the largest of its kind in the country’s recent history. The trip [Read More]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2024: In yet another disheartening twist for Sierra Leone’s natural resources management, the recent discovery of a stone believed to be diamond in Kerry Town has turned out to be nothing more than a worthless piece of rock. The Ministry of Mines [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2024: The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced the launch of the Bennimix Out growers Activity, a partnership with Bennimix Food Company. This 3-year initiative is aimed at improving food security by increasing agricultural productivity and expanding the supply [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2024: Africa Skills Week (ASW) 2024, held in Accra from October 14 to 18, drew to a triumphant close with a bold call to institutionalize the event as a biennial gathering aimed at promoting dialogue, experience sharing, and collaboration on skills development and employment in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2024: President William Ruto has defended the government’s policy on Public Private Partnerships to finance the national development agenda. The President said PPPs are meant to ensure that the government does not burden Kenyans with more taxes or loans in the financing of development projects. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2024: Climate change, global financial shocks and growing food insecurity are threatening Africa, the world’s fastest-growing continent and hampering achievement of global development goals. To tackle these challenges and speed up the continent’s efforts to achieve these goals, the president of the African Development Bank, [Read More]

Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 October 2024: Last month, world leaders gathered at the time of the UN General Assembly in New York and agreed on a pioneering Pact for the Future. This global accord has implications across a broad range of issues that affect every country. It offers [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024: Despite signs of a fragile economic recovery, Sub-Saharan Africa, remains stuck in “low gear” with a large youth population at risk of being left behind. According to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly regional economic update released on October 14, [Read More]