Economy & Business

Empowering Ghana’s SMEs – President Akufo-Addo highlights successes and challenges

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2024: At the SME Growth and Opportunity Summit held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra, President Nana Addo Dankwa Empowering Ghana’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) – President Akufo-Addo highlights successes and challenges addressed the gathering, celebrating the remarkable achievements of Ghanaian small and medium-sized [Read More]

Economy & Business

New Africa Sustainable Development Report shows critical importance of scaled-Up development financing

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2024: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB), presented today the 2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report (ASDR), at an event held on the margins of the UN High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable [Read More]

Economy & Business

Afreximbank invests $1.86 million to rejuvenate Afri-Caribbean trade and cultural ties

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2024: African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement to avail a Project Preparation Facility in favour of the of Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to develop and implement an Afro-Caribbean Marketplace. Once implemented, the Afro-Caribbean Marketplace will comprise 90 outlets dedicated to [Read More]

Economy & Business

MCC Board finally approves $480 million grant to develop Sierra Leone’s energy sector

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2024: The U.S. government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation – an independent agency working to reduce global poverty through economic growth by providing grants and assistance to countries that meet rigorous standards for good governance, fighting corruption and respecting democratic rights, has announced its decision to fund [Read More]