Economy & Business

Deogracias Kalima: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2022: Chipata city in eastern Zambia, on the border with Malawi, is loosely referred to as “Amsterdam” because, as in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, bicycles are Chipata’s transportation mainstay. Thousands of human-powered bicycles crisscross Chipata traffic lights daily, ferrying groceries, passengers, civil servants, [Read More]

Gloria Michael: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2022: The waves are bigger and stronger, pressure is piling on fish stocks. Rashid Maneno, 56, sat alone, watching the sea pensively. It’s a fine, warm morning on the sandy beach in Bagamoyo some 79 kilometers north-west of Dar-es-Salaam, the port city of [Read More]

Elham M. Ali: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2022: We need to mitigate the effects of climate change, transition to clean, renewable energy, close research gap, and seek intra-governmental and regional collaboration. Oceans make life possible. They produce more than half of the world’s oxygen and capture 50 times more [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2022: Almost two weeks after the redenominated currency came into force, some commercial banks in the country are experiencing cash shortages. Last week saw new restrictions imposed on the amount of money individuals are permitted to withdraw from their bank accounts. Many banks, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2022: Following the Ibrahim Governance Forum held on 25-27th May, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation releases the comprehensive 2022 Ibrahim Forum Report which now includes the main takeaways and recommendations from the debates. The final 2022 Ibrahim Forum Report, ‘The Road to COP27: Making Africa’s Case [Read More]

Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2022: Friday, 8th of July 2022 was another significant milestone in the process of the design, financing and implementation of the Freetown Cable Car system, an innovative and sustainable transport intervention captured in the Urban Mobility Cluster of #TransformFreetown. We are [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2022: African Heads of State and Government have reaffirmed their commitment to seize key opportunities to respond to multiple crises and steer their economies to transformative paths, in partnership with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA). The leaders convened at the IDA for Africa [Read More]

Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 July 2022: Last Friday, 1st July 2022, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio launched the much talked about redenominated Leone notes. “The technical experts have made a strong case. There will be a simplification of accounting records and a significant reduction in cash volumes [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 July 2022: Despite the challenges posed by the lack of infrastructure and support services, fish farming in Sierra Leone has the potential to provide the population with a sustainable source of protein, improve livelihoods and generate export earnings, according to a new overview study of the [Read More]