Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 June 2024: A 4-person team from Bloomberg Philanthropies and their Global Mayor’s Challenge implementing partner delivery associates, were in Freetown from Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th June, as part of their visits to all 15 cities around the world that won the Bloomberg Global Mayor’s Challenge. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2024: With a strong slate of exploration and production activities and competitive licensing rounds in 2024, Africa is well-positioned to realize its potential as the global energy frontier. These bid rounds are poised to cement Africa as a global hub for hydrocarbon development. Licensing rounds [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2024: The World Bank Group, in partnership with the Global Shield against Climate Risks, University of Oxford, and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) convened a flagship event for the climate and disaster risk finance and insurance community from June 11- 14, 2024. The summit seeks [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2024: Heads of State, Ministers, government officials, and renowned captains of industry were among the over two thousand delegates attending day one of the 31st African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Annual Meetings (AAM) being held in Nassau, The Bahamas from June 12-15. Themed “Owning our Destiny: [Read More]

FCC Media: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2024: Between March to April this year, Freetown City Council identified 72 flooding flashpoints across the city. To improve community resilience and reduce the risks of flooding in these sites, FCC is collaborating with residents in those communities to remove silt and garbage [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 June 2024: The African Development Bank and technology giant Intel have formalized their cooperation to transform the African digital ecosystem. The partnership aims to equip 3 million Africans and 30,000 government officials with AI skills. Sealed at the recent African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings in Nairobi, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 June 2024: Speaking in New York two days ago about the growing and desperate climate emergency that is driving up temperatures and destroying economies – especailly in poor countries, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling on world leaders to take immediate action, and warns: “It is [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 June 2024: Representatives from last year’s investment delegation of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have returned to Sierra Leone to support private sector lending. Building on the achievements of the 2023 investment delegation, the aim of the week-long visit is to support increased lending to Sierra Leone’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2024: The World Bank Board last Wednesday, approved a $74 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to enhance climate-resilient transport connectivity and agricultural market access in Sierra Leone. (Photo above: EU funded road network in Sierra Leone). The Sierra Leone Connectivity and Agricultural Market Infrastructure [Read More]