Economy & Business

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 August 2024: Sierra Leone’s digital future hangs in the balance as internet connectivity issues worsen, sparking nationwide outrage. At the center of this crisis is the controversial contract that handed control of the International Gateway to ZoodLabs, a technology and smart utility infrastructure [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2024: The Country Office of the African Development Bank Group in Benin – one of Africa’s leading cotton producers, last week organised a workshop in Cotonou to discuss a study that looks at strategies that will lever the private sector to develop the country’s textile [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 August 2024: President Julius Maada Bio last Friday, 2 August 2024, joined the board, management, staff, and key stakeholders of the Bank of Sierra Leone to celebrate the Bank’s 60th Anniversary at a banquet held in the Freetown International Conference Center, Aberdeen. This celebration comes amid [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 July 2024: A delegation from the ECOWAS Human Capital Development (HCD) Secretariat, led by Program Coordinator M. Ruben Johnson, has conducted an information and consultation tour of five countries across the region – Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Liberia, Benin, and The Gambia. During this tour, the HCD [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2024: The United Nations Global Compact and the African Union Commission have announced they will form strong partnership to boost the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI). Through this collaboration they will seek to amplify the impact of sustainable business practices across Africa through the UN [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2024: The 4th Annual General Meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Network ended on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Banjul, Gambia, with a series of resolutions designed to further boost trade in West Africa. To ensure better [Read More]

Dr. Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 July 2024: In a striking contrast to Liberia’s President Joseph Boakai, who has shown solidarity with his struggling citizens by taking a 40% pay cut, President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone finds himself under scrutiny for his hefty unscheduled government spending. While Boakai’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 July 2024: The president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has outlined the Bank’s successes in mobilizing financial resources for the continent’s development needs at the African Union. Addressing heads of state and government at the 6th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the AU [Read More]

Alhaji U Njai: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 July 2023: Sierra Leone suffers from the convergence of two wicked environmental problems, one not our doing and the other, the result of our reckless environmental stewardship. Climate change is not our doing in Sierra Leone; the shifts in climate and rainfall patterns [Read More]