Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2024: The global gender gap for women in the workplace is far wider than previously thought, a groundbreaking new World Bank Group report shows. When legal differences involving violence and childcare are taken into account, women enjoy fewer than two-thirds the rights of men. No [Read More]
Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 March 2024: Sierra Leone, a nation richly endowed with natural resources, finds itself in a perplexing predicament. Despite being blessed with an abundance of minerals, including diamonds, rutile, bauxite, gold, iron ore, and tantalizing petroleum potential, the country languishes in poverty, reliant on [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2024: On Monday, 26 February 2024, the Freetown City Council had a productive meeting with the World Bank Country Manager Abdu Muwonge, the World Bank Team Lead on the Resilient Urban Sierra Leone Project (RUSLP), the members of the Project Implementing Unit and the Ministry [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 February 2024: The partnership between AFRIPOL and Group-IB, aligned with their mutual commitment to combating cybercrime, is designed to enhance cybersecurity across Africa. This is achieved by exchanging intelligence on threats, sharing insights about cybercriminals and their networks, and conducting collaborative investigations and operations against cybercrime [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2024: Octopus Energy – a global energy technology company – visits Sierra Leone as part of its partnership with Idris Elba and Siaka Stevens’ Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP), as they progress on their project to build Sierra Leone’s first wind farm on Sherbro Island. The [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 February 2024: I was privileged to deliver a lecture at the Norman Foster Institute on Sustainable Cities today. Located in Madrid, the Institute is founded on Sir Norman Foster’s believe that the future of our societies is intrinsically linked to the future of our cities. My [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Siera Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2024: Elias has tasted success with exports: two years ago, he shipped lemons, bananas and other fruits to Namibia in a profitable venture. Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of any economy. In Angola, people are determined to shift away [Read More]
Victor Mengot: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2024: The price one pays for patriotism – my role in public transport transformation in Sierra Leone. For those who don’t know me, I am Victor Ako Mengot a qualified Urban Planner and Chartered Transportation and Highway Engineer. It will be amiss if [Read More]
FCC: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2024: Property rates and business licenses account for 60% of Freetown City Council’s own source revenue. The prompt payment of property rates and business licenses by all Freetonians is therefore essential for ensuring that much needed services can be delivered to residents and businesses. [Read More]
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