Economy & Business

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2021: In a press release issued on Thursday 1st July, 2021 by the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) it was announced that the PRA in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) [Read More]

Abayomi Tejan: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2021: Flooding in Freetown is here to stay; like COVID-19, which assumed the name because the pandemic struck in 2019, so too, “Flash Flood 21” would best describe this year’s. flooding as distinguished from last year’s and the August 14, 2017 ‘Horror at [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 July 2021: A study conducted by Genesis Analytics in eight African countries – Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, the DRC, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, and Kenya – reveals that social media platforms help accelerate economic growth and opportunity across the continent. The African continent is heavily reliant [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2021: The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has today announced the names of the three emerging African leaders, who will participate in its 2021 Ibrahim Leadership Fellows Programme on a one year mentoring at leading multilateral institutions. The incoming Fellows are Fatou Wurie  of Sierra Leone, who [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2021: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Trade and Industry – Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy, last week informed the media that parliament has enacted the Consumer Protection Act, which should now clearly spell out the legal relationship between the buyer and seller in every commercial transaction, as [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2021: Viva Technology, the Conseil Présidentiel pour L’Afrique (CPA) and Seedstars Africa Ventures have announced new public-private partnerships and private investments to support and promote African and diaspora entrepreneurship. These announcements are yet another illustration of the vibrant African entrepreneurship scene, and the rising attractiveness [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2021: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $50 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for Sierra Leone’s Resilient Urban Project. The project will improve integrated urban management, service delivery, and disaster risk management in the Western Area and selected [Read More]

Kandeh Yumkella MP: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2021: After the intense days of working on the Cyber Crime Bill, I hit the road again. Upon the invitation of Ambassador Foday Dabor and other friends, today June 26, I visited Yifin (Nieni Chiefdom), passing through Alkalia (aka Krankoh London). This [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2021: The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with tech giant Huawei that will see African countries and organizations build capacity for ICT transformation. Under the agreement, Huawei will provide training on skills development, including reskilling and upskilling for [Read More]