John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: This week, Freetown Mayor and C40 Cities Global Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, championed the vital role of cities in delivering climate solutions at the London Climate Action Week 2026. Key engagements included a closed-door roundtable with the United Nations Secretary-General António [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda has been announced as the 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year at the 2026 Commonwealth Youth Awards ceremony in London on 25 June. Government representatives, high commissioners, youth leaders, and other stakeholders attended the award ceremony to celebrate young [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 June 2026: Experts and industry stakeholders, including policy analysts, believe that rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will significantly improve service delivery for the telecoms operators in West Africa, just as it is already doing in the developed economy. They all spoke at the fourth edition [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s infrastructure solutions provider, received a record 13 industry honours at the recent EMEA Finance Awards, recognising transactions advancing energy security, connectivity, industrialisation and long-term capital mobilisation across Africa. Among the award-winning transactions was AFC’s financing for the Dangote [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Subregional Office for Central Africa and the African Centre for Statistics, is providing technical support to Cameroon in the development of energy accounts. In partnership with the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of Cameroon [Read More]
Target Mosquito: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: Despite weighing only a few milligrams, mosquitoes have proven that some of the world’s biggest challenges can come in very small packages. This week (22-28 June) is Insect Week, and scientists are answering why mosquitoes are one of the most researched, and [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 June 2026: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, together with the Ministry of Technical and Vocational Education, Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, the European Union, and Expertise France, officially announced the completion of the National Framework for Enhancing Graduates’ Employability in Libya, establishing a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2026: The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) is pleased to announce the entry of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) into its shareholding, marking a major milestone in the Bank’s history and a significant step in the implementation of its transformation agenda. Following [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2026: “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which”. This excerpt from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was published on 17 August 1945. One [Read More]
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