Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2022: In 2020 Mayor Giuseppe Sala of Milan and Mayor of Freetown Aki-Sawyerr, co-founded the Mayors’ Dialogue – a city-led platform for Africa & Europe that aims to create opportunities and improve the lives of citizens, especially addressing the high levels of youth unemployment in [Read More]
Alan Luke (NGC Diaspora Co-ordinator): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 December 2023 Speaking at the national delegates conference of his party – the National Grand Coalition (NGC) in Freetown last week, the Parliamentary Leader of the NGC – Dr Kandeh Yumkella said that: “For too many Sierra Leoneans, governments change, but [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 December 2022: You don’t need to be a genius to feel the economic strangulation our country – Sierra Leone is currently experiencing. If the Leone and the Dollar were running in a marathon race, the dollar would complete its race a week earlier. It [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2022: Sierra Leone’s Electoral Commission’s preparation for the forthcoming presidential, general and local elections which are due in June 2023 is seriously flawed, and there are calls for transparent disclosure of all disaggregated voter registration data, as well as an independent audit of the registration [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2022: An additional 516,700 people in Sierra Leone will benefit from a $50 million International Development Association (IDA) additional financing approved this week by the World Bank, under the second phase of the West Africa regional Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP-2). According to the World [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2022: Sierra Leone faces many challenges in improving the welfare of the population, but increased investment in education provision and quality skills, can help more Sierra Leoneans access formal opportunities which could lead to improvement in living standards and reduction of poverty, according to the [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2022: Last Thursday, 15th December 2022, President Bio of Sierra Leone met with US President Joe Biden in the Wite House as part of the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit organised by the US Government. The visit comes despite critics of President Bio calling on President Biden [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 December 2022: Thanks to UK-government funded initiative – Invest Salone, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sierra Leone are receiving invaluable support, aimed at improving investment and export readiness, productivity and competitiveness. Following initial assessments conducted earlier this summer, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 December 2022: Last week, 14 companies from Sierra Leone’s fashion and textiles industry took part in an introductory workshop on international marketing. Some of the topics covered included – the creation of lookbooks, pricing strategies for export, as well as harnessing their collective purchasing power to [Read More]
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