Amin Kef Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 June 2021: While what is called free-market economy has many advantages; such as fostering innovation, variety, and individual choice, it also has disadvantages, such as a tendency for an inequitable distribution of wealth, poorer work conditions, and environmental degradation. We have heard people [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 June 2021: The Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development (MoPED), and the United Nations Systems in Sierra Leone, is hosting a High-Level Dialogue on the “Sierra Leone Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF)” at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown tomorrow, [Read More]
James Fallah-Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 June 2021: Sierra Leone government’s advanced plan to build a $55m Chinese-funded fishmeal processing factory on Black Johnson estuary in Freetown will deliver a catastrophic blow to the quest for national food security, devastate pristine fish-breeding sites and destroy the already humbled artisanal fishing [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2021: Germany’s Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) has launched its DeveloPPP Ventures that aims to empower local Kenayn start-ups by providing grant support of up to €100,000 for each qualifying entrepreneur. The programme is being delivered through a match funding model, whereby DEG – Deutsche Investitions- [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2021: The 2021 Ibrahim Forum Report, COVID-19 in Africa One Year On: Impact and Prospects, outlines how recovery from the pandemic provides an opportunity to define and drive a new growth model for the African continent. Launched by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation ahead of the 2021 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: The IMF Executive Board has approved an immediate disbursement of about US$ 14.4 million to The Gambia to help meet the country’s financing needs and support the post-pandemic recovery. According to the IMF, “The authorities deserve praise for the strong performance under the IMF-supported [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: The African Development Bank Group and the Government of Tanzania have signed loan agreements totalling $140 million to finance the construction of the 50-megawatt Malagarasi hydropower plant in Western Tanzania. The agreements cover a $120 million sovereign loan from the Bank and $20 million [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 May 2021: Sierra Leone, one of the poorest nations in the World despite an abundance of mineral resources valued at Trillions of Dollars, has announced new discovery of massive deposits of kimberlite diamond, iron ore, gold, bauxite, rutile and nickel. This was revealed in a speech [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 May 2021: Last Monday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio presided over the launching of the GeoData commissioned by the National Minerals Agency (NMA) and financed by the World Bank. The GeoData maps the vast mineral wealth potential of Sierra Leone. Welcoming participants to the event, Director [Read More]
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