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Decade of Action – Fixing Africa’s development deficit

March 14, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

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]

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World Bank approves new grant for Sierra Leone to strengthen social safety

March 9, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 1

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]

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Oil and gas exploration is on the rise in Africa

March 8, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

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]

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Afrobeat artist Davido reveals plans to launch game show and documentary with Netflix

March 8, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

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]

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ACC  invokes reward scheme for whistle-blowers in the fight against corruption in Sierra Leone

March 8, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 2

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 March 2022: The fight against corruption in Sierra Leone will not end anytime soon. Criminals and those seeking to bribe their way to achieve their goal are becoming ever more creative and brazen, despite the introduction of tougher penalties by the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The [Read More]

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UNECA, African Energy Chamber, SEforALL launch Team-Energy Africa Initiative

March 4, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 March 2022: The African Energy Chamber (AEC) in partnership with the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Secretariat of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), held a soft launch yesterday of the Team-Energy Africa initiative, aimed at mobilizing private sector financing for accelerated [Read More]

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Ecowas Bank invests $397 million in Ivory Coast

March 2, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2022: The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has so far invested an amount of USD 397 million in critical sectors of the Côte d’Ivoire economy. This figure is expected to increase significantly following the implementation of additional pipeline projects which have gone through [Read More]

Economy & Business

Africa is the place to invest – says visiting US congressional delegation

March 2, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2022: United States Congressman Gregory Meeks (Photo) has warned that the United States will only be part of the future if it invests in Africa now. The congressman from New York and Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee was speaking during a visit [Read More]

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Nearly 2.4 billion women globally don’t have same economic rights as men – says new report

March 2, 2022 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

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]

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