Economy & Business

Marampa Mines Limited: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2023: Further to a statement made by Marampa Mines Limited (MML) last year, we would like to again offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the three deceased men who tragically lost their lives in the lake within MML’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 March 2023: The global pace of reforms toward equal treatment of women under the law has slumped to a 20-year low, constituting a potential impediment to economic growth at a critical time for the global economy, a new World Bank report shows. In 2022, the global [Read More]

Stephen V. Lansana: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 March 2023: Orange Sierra Leone, the China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG), Bintumani Hotel, Atlantic Hotel, and 12 other companies have breached the Sierra Leone Local Content Act 2016, the Director General of Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA) said on Wednesday. Fodeba Daboh told a news conference [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2023: Yesterday, President Bio commissioned a newly built passenger terminal at Freetown Lungi International Airport, where he spoke about his reasons for embarking on such an ambitious and costly project, which he said will be of massive economic benefit to Sierra Leone. But even before [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2023: Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the UK – Dr Manyeh and senior officials, held talks this week with Mark Ishakov, who is the founder and CEO of ETIOCA, a $27 billion electric car company based in Gibraltar to discuss and explore opportunities to establish [Read More]

Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, and Mark Feldman: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2023: Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio cumulatively withdrew over Le71.4 billion as international travel per diem in 2022 alone, new financial records of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) accessed [Read More]

Made in Salone: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 February 2023: Made in Salone – a concept to showcase the positive impact of domestic production and manufacturing businesses – goes live with a short video about Sierra Bo Garri, a pioneering cassava farming and garri processing operation. (Photo: From cassava to gari to plate). [Read More]

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 February 2023: Today we received the World Bank Country Manager Abdu Muwonge and a visiting World Bank mission team focusing on Climate Action. It was a great opportunity to share with them FCC’s Climate Action Plan which was launched just three weeks ago. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 February 2023: On Monday, January 30, 2023, President Bio launched the country’s first securitized multi-purpose identification card and identification verification system, at the State House, as he thanked development partners for their technical and other consistent support in strengthening and building the capacity of the National [Read More]