The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2014 IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a collaboration with the Zambian Ministry of Health to provide citizens with improved access to 200 lifesaving drugs. Supported by the World Bank, the Department for International Development, UNICEF and London Business School, Zambia’s Medical Stores Limited (MSL) will [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2014 Last weekend’s torrential rain and heavy winds, which struck Sierra Leone’s capital – Freetown, has been described by many as unprecedented for this time of the year, with what should have been the total rainfall normally expected in May, falling in one [Read More]
The sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 May 2014 Growing numbers of large oil discoveries in low-income countries could reduce the need for foreign aid. Foreign aid has long been a sizable source of funding for developing economies. In 2012, major donors disbursed $127 billion, two-thirds of it to low-income countries in [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2014 Julius Maada Bio has called on all SLPP party members to open up dialogue within the party, in the interest of peace and unity. He made this appeal during a radio interview on the popular good governance programme – ‘Monologue’, [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2014 This year’s West African Mining and Power Expo (WAMPEX) will feature a packed Indian Pavilion, with over twenty-five highly innovative companies, set to arrive in Ghana from the Asian powerhouse. The West African Mining and Power Exhibition (WAMPEX) and Conference 2014 is an [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2014 World Bank’s Country Manager in Freetown – Francis Ato Brown, yesterday launched the country’s first Development and Economic Journalists Association-Sierra Leone (DEJA-SL). This is the first ever development focused media association representing both print and electronic media, and from across all regions in [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2014 Africa’s share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) projects has reached the highest level in a decade, according to ‘Executing Growth’, EY’s 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey. The report combines an analysis of international investment into Africa since 2003, with a 2014 survey of [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2014 A key topic of discussion among global leaders at the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa was the need for free movement of talent and goods across Africa, in order to significantly strengthen businesses and boost intra-Africa trade on the continent. This sentiment [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2014 After launching his ambitious $217 million youth development programme in Freetown last month, the question many analysts are asking is whether the government has the capacity and capability to achieve such an ambitious and challenging programme, before leaving office in 2017. Recent reports [Read More]
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