Economy & Business

Jean-Paul Adam: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 March 2021: Africa has exhibited extraordinary resilience while confronting the triple crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and economic recession. The continent has defied seemingly insurmountable yet diverse unnerving political, socio-economic, health and developmental challenges with notable fortitude. Despite these successes, the continued [Read More]

Zipporah Musau: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 March 2022: Ms. Sanda Ojiambo is the CEO and Executive Director of the UN Global Compact that encourages businesses and companies worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies. She spoke to Africa Renewal’s Zipporah Musau about her top priorities. Here are the excerpts from part 1 [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 March 2022: Cost of living in Sierra Leone has been spiralling out of control in the last few years, fuelling rising poverty and early deaths, despite the government claiming to be doing all it can to turn the economy around. (Photo above – President Julius Maada [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2022: The Smart Africa Alliance has signed an MOU today with NADPA/RAPDP (Network of African Data Protecion Authorities) to provide institutional support and enhance the enforcement capacities of the African National Authorities. Originally started during the first discussions between Smart Africa and NADPA/RAPDP held in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2022: Executive directors from the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank met in Abidjan on Thursday, March 3 to discuss a wide range of issues including the effectiveness of their work and ways of strengthening collaboration between the two institutions. The Dean of [Read More]

Fredrick Mugisha: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 March 2022: Over the past two decades, Africa has remained home to some of the fastest-growing economies globally, despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the year 2000, Africa has accounted each year for anywhere between 3 and 12 of the top [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 March 2022: The World Bank yesterday approved a $40 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support improved access to social safety nets and income generating opportunities for over 176,000 beneficiaries, including women, youth and persons with disabilities in Sierra Leone. The Productive Social Safety Nets [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2022: According to the African Energy Chamber (AEC) Q1 2022 Outlook, “The State of African Energy,” supply from legacy oil and gas fields across Africa is diminishing, resulting in a decline in production by African hydrocarbon producing countries, and creating a dire need for the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2022: In an exclusive interview, Nigerian superstar Davido sits down with the Afroboss DJ Edu  where they discuss his meteoric rise to fame from the age of 18, and how he has maintained his relevance after 11 years of success. Davido has carried the flag [Read More]