Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2022: According to a new report published yesterday by the World Bank, around 2.4 billion women of working age are not afforded equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation. The World Bank’s “Women, Business and the Law [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 March 2022: IFC has appointed Kyle Kelhofer as Senior Country Manager for Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Kelhofer, who previously worked for IFC in Ghana, brings almost 30 years of global development experience to his new role supporting private sector growth, job creation, and [Read More]
James Fallah-Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 February 2022: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Dr. Abu Bakarr Karim, is personally benefiting from the horrific and most ruinous illegal logging Sierra Leone has ever seen. The ministry is one of the most corrupt in the country, and it [Read More]
African Energy Chamber: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 February 2022: With recent sanctions on Russia by western nations threatening the critical supply of Russian gas to European markets, an opportunity has emerged for African gas producers to step up, enhancing hydrocarbon production and exports to meet international supply gaps. Significant progress [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 February 2022: Africa’s leading independent telecommunications services provider, Phase3 Telecom strengthens the call for efforts targeted at stimulating ICT infrastructure development on the continent Phase3 Telecom, Africa’s leading independent aerial fibre optic network infrastructure and telecommunications services provider, has called for enhanced partnership of stakeholders in [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2022: The European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Pauliina Urpilainen, has confirmed that European Union (EU), will support Sierra Leone with €245 million grant for four years, according to State House Media and Communications Unit in Freetown. The confirmation of Grant support was made [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2022: Yesterday, Thursday 17 February, President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone spoke about sustainable ways of achieving long term development in his country, as one of four keynote speakers at this year’s EU-AU Summit. Other speakers were President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, Prime [Read More]
Mohamed Amara Gando: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2022: While the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) government has been making efforts to chase out blackout from some parts of the country, one area that is still plunged in pitch darkness is the Lungi International Airport area where some residents, including [Read More]
Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 February 2022: While digital media continues to find new consumers all over the world, in many parts of the African continent, radio still dominates. It is certainly Africa’s most accessible source of news, particularly for those living in remote areas. According to an Afrobarometer [Read More]
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