Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 November 2021: President Dr Julius Maada Bio today addressed the 26th Conference of Parties, COP26, of the UN Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC), promising a climate-resilient future and making a case for Sierra Leone’s ecosystems, one of the most diverse in the world. “Inland wetlands [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 November 2021: The new Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) will be launched today at COP26 to accelerate investment in green energy transitions and renewable power solutions in developing and emerging economies worldwide. Over the next decade, the Alliance aims to unlock USD100 billion in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2021: Gerald Group subsidiary Marampa Mines Limited – one of the world’s leading metals merchants, has completed loading of its first Capesize and set sail carrying over 175,000 WMT of premium grade iron ore concentrate. The Capesize, M.V. Athenian Phoenix, completed cargo loading and departed [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2021: Ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, the iconic city landmark, will host an exhibition featuring ChangeMakers (https://bit.ly/3baRNnx), a campaign led by Climate Investment Funds. The African Development Bank is a partner of the campaign and implementing agency of Climate [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 October 2021 Global leaders, hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta, spoke at the launch of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) “State and Trends in Adaptation in Africa Report 2021 – How Adaptation Can Make Africa Safer, Greener and More Prosperous in a Warming World” (STA21) to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 October 2021: Last Saturday in Kenema, President Dr Julius Maada Bio was guest of honour at the formal opening of a cocoa processing factory by Capitol Foods in Tissor Village – with an annual production capacity of 4,000 metric tons. Although Sierra Leone has been growing [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2021: Yesterday Friday, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai joined his colleague Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mamadi Gobeh-Kamara, Senior Government officials, United Nations Agencies, members of the Diplomatic community and other stakeholders to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2021 Sierra Leone’s year-on-year inflation stood at 11.63% in September, up from 10.88% in August, according to a press release published on Wednesday by Statistics Sierra Leone. The prices of alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotic (3.97%), housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (0.05%), furniture, [Read More]

Beth Dunford: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 October 2021: More than six out of every 10 people in Sub-Saharan Africa work in the continent’s agriculture sector. We may not realize that what grows from African soil may be connected to some of the world’s most popular foods. Africa produces the world’s [Read More]