Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 January 2021: Sierra Leone’s Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) yesterday Wednesday, published its Annual Road Crash Data for the year 2020 at its headquarters in Freetown. Presenting the alarming data on the number of people who died last year in road accidents, Research and Development Manager – [Read More]

John Mannah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 January 2021: In his article on the urgent need to disassemble the SLPP government’s economic governance structure and reconstitute it with committees composed of technocrats from an eclectic mix of talents – corporate, civil society and others, Mr. Suma is suggesting that his proposal [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13th January 2021: Yesterday, the National Director of NGO Affairs in the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Eric Masallay along with World Vision International conducted field monitoring visit of the  Sustainable Water Project in the East of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The site visit was to inspect [Read More]

Jesmed F Suma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 January 2021: Please note that, despite being a member of the NGC party (National Grand Coalition), the opinions offered here do not represent those of the NGC party. They are entirely mine and not that of the party or any member of its [Read More]

Dr. Emmanuel Johnson: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 January 2021: Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities at a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, as the continent becomes one of the last frontiers of the fourth industrial [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2021: There is high possibility that the National Revenue Authority of Sierra Leone has lost tax revenue amounting to 11 billion Leones, audit reports revealed. The 2019 Annual Audit Report shows that MDAs, Public Enterprises and Local Councils deducted withholding taxes amounting to [Read More]

Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2021: The 2019 Audit Report uncovers egregious flaws in the handling of Constituency Development Funds (CDF) by MPs, amounting to 22 billion Leones. Schedules to the financial statements for Constituency Development Funds examined by the auditors revealed that Le10.1 billion and Le12.2 billion [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: As Sierra Leone struggles with its money supply, last month – December 21, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first and second reviews of Liberia’s economic performance, under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF). “Priority should be given to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 January 2021: Yesterday, the management of Kingho Investment Company Limited signed a lease agreement with officials of the mining and minerals sector of Sierra Leone for the use of railway and port facilities that will ensure the company’s subsidiary – Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited [Read More]