Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 June 2021: Germany’s Federal Development Ministry (BMZ) has launched its DeveloPPP Ventures that aims to empower local Kenayn start-ups by providing grant support of up to €100,000 for each qualifying entrepreneur. The programme is being delivered through a match funding model, whereby DEG – Deutsche Investitions- [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2021: Diana Konomanyi, a former minister of lands and later minister of local government in the Ernest Bai Koroma APC government, who was accused and found guilty of corruption by a Commission of Inquiry established by President Julius Maada Bio to investigate the affairs of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 June 2021: The 2021 Ibrahim Forum Report, COVID-19 in Africa One Year On: Impact and Prospects, outlines how recovery from the pandemic provides an opportunity to define and drive a new growth model for the African continent. Launched by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation ahead of the 2021 [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday said it has filed corruption indictment against Paul Sobba Massaquoi, Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA); Peter Joseph Menjor, Acting Director of Procurement, SLMA; Fodie U.K Dabor, the Acting Director of Finance, SLMA; Hartwell Williams, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: The IMF Executive Board has approved an immediate disbursement of about US$ 14.4 million to The Gambia to help meet the country’s financing needs and support the post-pandemic recovery. According to the IMF, “The authorities deserve praise for the strong performance under the IMF-supported [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 June 2021: The African Development Bank Group and the Government of Tanzania have signed loan agreements totalling $140 million to finance the construction of the 50-megawatt Malagarasi hydropower plant in Western Tanzania. The agreements cover a $120 million sovereign loan from the Bank and $20 million [Read More]
The Group of Ten: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2021: Whilst the month of May is celebrated in Africa as Liberation Day (liberation from injustice and other prejudices), a significant small number of people in Sierra Leone cannot do the same. On May 31, 2019, the High Court of Sierra [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2021: Yesterday in Accra, Ghana, where leaders of ECOWAS held an Extraordinary meeting on the political situation in Mali, chaired by President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio called for consultations and wider communications with stakeholders in Mali, following a [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 May 2021: An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has found new evidence that, in November 2020, Ugandan security forces fired live ammunition indiscriminately at people on the streets of the capital, Kampala, killing and injuring ordinary citizens including women and children. The killings happened in the [Read More]
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