Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 January 2022: Mayor of Freetown – Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr spoke yesterday at the launch of the Waste Collection Management Association. Tricycle groups have organised themselves into an association, to support the growth of their businesses and ensure sustainability of this model of household waste collection in Sierra [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2022: Baroness Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth was in Freetown yesterday, where she held discussions with Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr about the outstanding work of the Mayor and staff at the Freetown City Council in transforming the City. Speaking after her meeting with the Commonwealth Secretary-General, [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 January 2022: Despite being blessed with abundant oil and gas resources, Africa’s production has been on the decline, representing a challenge for the continent as moves to initiate a COVID-19 economic recovery and address energy poverty. With exploration restricted due to reduced capital for fossil fuel [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 January 2022: EU Ambassador to Sierra Leone – Manuel Müller and the Head of Cooperation, Gerald Hatler early this week presented the European Union – Sierra Leone cooperation strategy 2021-2027 to the country’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr Francis Kaikai and a host of [Read More]

Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2022: When Fidelis Adele, the CEO of Freetown-based Solid Graphics, a printing and communications company, needed to order some printing equipment from Nigeria in September, he paid an extra $165 on top of a $10,000 bank transfer to the seller. Yet it took three [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 06 January 2022: The government of Sierra Leone is in panic mode as reports of fuel shortage caused prices in some filling stations to rise sharply.  But the government says there is no fuel shortage in the country and warns fuel retailers of serious consequences, accusing them [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 January 2022: The frequency of thunderstorms in some fast-growing African coastal cities has doubled over the past 30 years, with much of this increase linked to the impact of deforestation on the local climate, a study has found. It is widely known that removal of vegetation [Read More]

NJ Ayuk: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 January 2022: For more than a year, the African Energy Chamber has been pushing back against steadily building pressure to halt new foreign investments in Africa’s oil and gas industry. To prevent catastrophic climate change, environmental organizations, financial organizations, and governments across Europe and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2021: Yesterday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio officially switched on the Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea electricity interconnection line at Teloma, bringing power to his political heartland in the south and east of the country. Approximately 530km, 225 kV power line now serves seven districts across Sierra [Read More]