Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 December 2023: C40 Co-Chair and Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, delivered a powerful statement at the UN Secretary-General’s event on Non-State Actor Ambition: Implementation of the High-Level Expert Group report Integrity Matters at COP28. This is what she said: “Dear Excellencies, “Mayors are at the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 November 2023: Freetown Mayor Aki-Sawyerr, one of Sierra Leone’s most outstanding politicians and climate change action campaigners, championing efforts in Sierra Leone to mitigate the impact of climate change and deforestation in the capital Freetown, will take centre stage in Dubai today, where the COP28 UN [Read More]

Lansana Gberie: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights abuse had dramatically [Read More]

Funmi Adewara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: Founder and CEO of Mobihealth International, Funmi Adewara, leverages the diaspora and local doctors to deliver telemedicine and digital health services to underserved populations. My name is Funmi Adewara, a Nigerian-British medical doctor. I was born and brought up in the northern [Read More]

Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: Antonio Pedro, the acting executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, recently discussed Africa’s development with Africa Renewal’s Kingsley Ighobor. Mr. Pedro highlights the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for African economies, the promise of carbon credits [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 November 2023: Within just two years, the largest clean energy power plant of South Africa has emerged out of nothing on the vast wilderness in Northern Cape. It is the 100MW Redstone concentrated solar thermal power plant constructed by POWERCHINA in South Africa, a country thousands [Read More]

Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2023: Amidst Sierra Leone’s wild economic changes, where taxes have skyrocketed faster than a caffeinated monkey climbing a tree, there’s a new comedy act in town – the government’s overseas travel expenses. Forget stand-up comedians; our leaders are taking centre stage with a [Read More]

Global Witness: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 November 2023: Efforts to address the global climate emergency are leading to an increased demand for renewable energy technology, particularly in the Global North, including electric vehicles and the batteries required to power them. Africa is one of the new frontiers in a race [Read More]

Dr. Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 November 2023: The government of Sierra Leone has run out of cash and the stomachs of every Sierra Leonean is about to feel the pinch, as the country’s economy continues to falter. The government’s proposed Finance Bill 2024 reads like a recipe for financial [Read More]