Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 May 2023: The 2023 Ibrahim Governance Weekend (IGW), hosted by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, from the 28th to the 30th of April, gathered African leaders, politicians, thought leaders, private sector and civil society representatives to discuss the key role that the continent has, the potential to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2023: The government of Sierra Leone is fast running out of cash to meet its monthly financial obligations, as revenue from export earnings and general taxation continue to fall dramatically. On 4th April 2023, the President wrote this memo to ministers, telling them to stop [Read More]

Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April 2023: Successive governments in Sierra Leone have made education a national development strategy priority but year after year, graduates face an uncertain and bleak future. Last week marked another year of graduation for students who have successfully completed their studies in various [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 April 2023: Growth across Sub-Saharan Africa remains sluggish, dragged down by uncertainty in the global economy, the underperformance of the continent’s largest economies, high inflation, and a sharp deceleration of investment growth, according to the regional economic outlook, Africa’s Pulse Vol. 27 – 2023 published last [Read More]

Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 April 2023: In a bid to transform Freetown into  a more inclusive city, which will be easily accessible and visibly attractive to investors, tourists and residents, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr had engaged international Consultants, Markus Hagspiel, a ropeway/Cable Car expert, Teferra Sileshi of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2023: In June 2022, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr launched  a two-year feasibility study into the Freetown Cable Car Project. Ten months on, she said yesterday that she is thrilled with the progress that is being made. Last Wednesday, she met with international consultants – Markus Hagspiel, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2023: Freetown’s Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr this week attended the United Nations 2023 Water Conference in New York, in her capacity as one of the Commissioners of the 12 Persons Global Commission on the Economics of Water. The Commission presented its preliminary report – “Turning the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2023: International Finance Corporation (IFC) last week brought together local and international experts from Sierra Leone’s cocoa sector for a two-day workshop, to examine the business potential of the sector and discuss how IFC can work with existing stakeholders to unlock opportunities for sustainable growth. [Read More]

Ibrahim B. Koroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2023: The SLPP government of  President Bio has been telling citizens, particularly in the provinces, that the current economic hardship is caused by the Russian-Ukraine War. They say global price increase of fuel is hugely responsible for commodity price inflation in Sierra [Read More]