Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2021: Viva Technology, the Conseil Présidentiel pour L’Afrique (CPA) and Seedstars Africa Ventures have announced new public-private partnerships and private investments to support and promote African and diaspora entrepreneurship. These announcements are yet another illustration of the vibrant African entrepreneurship scene, and the rising attractiveness [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2021: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $50 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for Sierra Leone’s Resilient Urban Project. The project will improve integrated urban management, service delivery, and disaster risk management in the Western Area and selected [Read More]

Kandeh Yumkella MP: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2021: After the intense days of working on the Cyber Crime Bill, I hit the road again. Upon the invitation of Ambassador Foday Dabor and other friends, today June 26, I visited Yifin (Nieni Chiefdom), passing through Alkalia (aka Krankoh London). This [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2021: The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with tech giant Huawei that will see African countries and organizations build capacity for ICT transformation. Under the agreement, Huawei will provide training on skills development, including reskilling and upskilling for [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2021: Healthcare, especially women’s health is a critical issue in Sierra Leone, and Orange Sierra Leone’s intervention is going a long way in saving lives. Orange is supporting the government’s Free Quality Education programme with a $1.5 million pledged for a period of five years. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2021: The suspension of Twitter in Nigeria has generated reactions from local and international stakeholders, as the action tells on both the economic and social life of Nigerians who use the micro-blogging platform for business and information. On June 5 2021, the Nigerian government suspended [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2021: Yesterday, authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said they will suspend travellers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Namibia from entering the country on national and foreign flights from tomorrow Monday, June 21, Dubai State news agency WAM reported, citing a statement by the [Read More]

James Fallah-Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2021: Hot on the heels of the corrupt $55m Chinese fishmeal factory deal at Black Johnson in Freetown, Western Sierra Leone, as well as the attempted impalement of a Sierra Leonean worker by a Chinese manager at the Tonkolili mine in Northern Sierra [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 June 2021: The Africa Renewable Energy Fund II has achieved its first close at €130 million, following a joint investment of €17.5 million from The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa and the Climate Technology Fund through the African Development Bank. AREF II, a successor to the [Read More]