Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 July 2014 The last time that the APC won what could properly be described as a free election, was in March 1967, when the late Brigadier David Lansana later played into their hands, by staging an unnecessary military coup. The [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2014 Viettel has become the only mobile phone operator in Africa to win three prestigious international awards in three consecutive years. Movitel, SA – a joint venture between Vietnamese telecommunications group Viettel and Mozambique’s SPI company – has won the “Best Mobile Innovation Award” [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2014 Orange has today commenced West Africa’s first very large-capacity IP Point of Presence (PoP). The operational launch of this facility, which is located in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, is set to enhance Internet connectivity in the sub-region. The service will offer faster connection speeds [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2014 Gemalto – the world leader in digital security, has said it will provide its support to the GSMA Pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI), a mobile ecosystem that aims to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. Acting as one of the [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay – China The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2014 The embassies of the three sister Mano River Union countries in China – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, currently plagued by the deadly Ebola epidemic, met on Friday, July 11, at the Sierra Leone embassy in Beijing. They [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2014 Sierra Leone is set to become home country of the West Africa Regional Office of the Confucius Institute of the People’s Republic of China. (Photo: John Baimba Sesay). This follows fruitful discussions held recently in Beijing, between representatives of the [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay – China The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 July 2014 Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China – Victor Bockarie Foh has said that an improved, well reconstructed and properly managed national sea port, would encourage Sierra Leone’s international trade. It will also open up the [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2014 The World Bank Group says that it has committed a record-breaking $15.3 billion to Sub Saharan Africa’s development, this fiscal year – July 2013 to June 2014 – alone. According to latest report from the Bank, this staggering sum is supporting shared prosperity [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 July 2014 The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Council of Ministers has re-appointed Mr. Chistian Adovelande as President of the Bank for another term of six years, at their meeting held on 28 June 2014 in Dakar. The West African Development Bank (BOAD) [Read More]
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