Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 July 2019: Yesterday’s decision by fuel companies in Sierra Leone to increase the pump price of petrol by more than 21%, has sparked fears of further rise in inflation which currently stands at about 17%. The price of petrol has gone up from Seven Thousand Leones [Read More]

Puawui – Dr. Sama Banya: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2019: “I am delighted to open this investors’ conference on the Tender process for the proposed Lungi Bridge. It is one of our priority areas for investment leading to economic diversification. “We believe infrastructural investment should not burden the country [Read More]

Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2019: There is no doubt that the world we live in today is full of complexities. But more to this, is the irrefutable fact that the world is increasingly becoming divided along several layers of the socio-economic strata – thanks to our political [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2019: President Julius Maada Bio is in Abuja, Nigeria where he is attending the 55th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The 55th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2019: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that it has today, 28 June 2019, completed its review of Sierra Leone’s economic performance. And as a result of this review, it has agreed to disburse the sum of $21.62 million to the government of Sierra [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2019: A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mika Saito, visited Monrovia June 12 – 24, 2019 to discuss possible financial support under the Extended Credit Facility. According to the IMF, the mission supports the authorities’ objectives of restoring macroeconomic balance in [Read More]

James Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 June 2019: Sierra Leone’s newly appointed minister of planning and economic development – Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, has vowed to go all out to ensure that, under his leadership, national planning and economic development processes follow a ‘people-centred’ approach. Speaking in an exclusive interview, he [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 June 2019: Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister – Professor David Francis led a high powered government delegation to Russia last week, where they attended a three-day Afreximbank Annual conference, taking place in Moscow. The theme of the conference was ‘Harnessing Emerging Partnership in an Era of Rising [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2019: The government of Sierra Leone can once again begin to breathe a sigh of relief, following the announcement by SL Mining Limited – a wholly owned subsidiary of Gerald Group, that its first shipment of iron ore concentrate – branded ‘Marampa Blue’ to China, [Read More]