Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 December 2019: Guinea has launched a National Summary Data Page (NSDP), implementing the recommendations of the IMF’s enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS). The NSDP serves as a one-stop dissemination vehicle for essential macroeconomic and financial data in both human and machine-readable formats. The e‑GDDS was [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 December 2019: As Sierra Leone prepares to step up its crude oil exploration, the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) has organized a policy dialogue forum for key stakeholders to examine and discuss the government’s Petroleum Policy, with a specific focus on health, safety, environment, and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 December 2019: Last Thursday, the executive director of the World Bank Group for Africa – Group 1 Constituency, Anne Kabagambe, told President Dr Julius Maada Bio that his government’s vision of constructing a bridge across Lungi to mainland Freetown, will be one of his greatest achievements [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 November 2019: Yesterday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio launched the $50 million World Bank funded Sierra Leone Integrated Resilient Urban Mobility Project, at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown, where he spoke about the huge financial, environmental and health costs of congestion in Freetown. “There is [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: The government of Sierra Leone in collaboration with the World Bank, today launched the Integrated and Resilient Urban Mobility Project, supported by a US$50 million grant to improve access and quality of public transport, address climate resilience and road safety in selected areas in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 November 2019: Yesterday, Wednesday 27th November 2019, the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), signed a Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) Agreement, for the establishment of a single standard interface for invoicing and payment [Read More]

Christian Wessels: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 November 2019: Limiting global warming to below two degrees will be the focus of the World Climate Conference to be held in Madrid from 2nd to 13th December 2019. A possible solution to be discussed in Madrid is the global establishment of trade in [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 November 2019: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments and industry in Africa to focus on four priorities to allow aviation to drive economic and social development on the continent, enrich people’s lives and enable the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG’s). The [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 November 2019: Easy Solar, Sierra Leone’s leading provider of accessible and affordable solar products announced today that it has reached a new milestone of 300,000 users nationwide. “We are thrilled to be making life easier for so many individuals who do not have access to reliable [Read More]