Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 March 2021: With many countries continuing to struggle to overcome the human and economic devastation from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres convened a meeting of world leaders yesterday, Monday, 29 March 2021, urging the international community to take additional and urgent action to ensure a robust [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio today called for the formation of a sustainable partnership to address the country’s perennial energy shortage, which he said is costing the government over Le140 Billion in subsidy to provide electricity. Addressed a roundtable of energy sector stakeholders, he [Read More]

National Minerals Agency (SL): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2021: In April 2018, His Excellency, Retired Brigadier Dr Julius Maada Bio became President of Sierra Leone, and, among other things, he promised to transform the minerals sector. The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources (MMMR) and the National Minerals Agency [Read More]

Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 March 2021: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingho Investment Company Limited, Gilbert Zhao last Saturday disclosed that the vision of his company is to build an internationally respected iron ore industry in Sierra Leone. Mr Zhao made this disclosure during the official opening [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Musa Timothy Kabbah, yesterday officially reopened the Tonkolili Iron Ore Mines, at a well-attended ceremony at Ferengbeya Village in Tonkolili District. The ceremony, which attracted senior Government officials, the local community, Chinese Government representatives in Sierra [Read More]

Lamin Costo Daramy: 18 March 2021: President Julius Maada Bio has made history as the first President in the Republic of Sierra Leone to appoint someone from the entertainment industry to a top diplomatic position. Amara Dennis Turay Jalloh, whose stage name is Kao Dennero has been appointed by HE [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 March 2021: The IMF Executive Board yesterday announced that is has approved a US$50.37 million disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility “to help meet the authorities’ urgent financing needs and support their continued response to the pandemic”, and address “the urgent balance of payments and fiscal [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2021: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, yesterday expressed indignation and outrage at the rising number of incidents involving the vandalising and stealing of electricity cables and equipment at installations and networks across the country by criminals. Less than 20% of households in [Read More]

John OMO: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2021: Today the World celebrates the International Women’s Day, a day traditionally set aside for celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. (Photo above: Courtesy of Devdiscourse). For Africa, and for the ICT community in the continent, this day provides [Read More]