Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 February 2022: The European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Pauliina Urpilainen, has confirmed that European Union (EU), will support Sierra Leone with €245 million grant for four years, according to State House Media and Communications Unit in Freetown. The confirmation of Grant support was made [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2022: Yesterday, Thursday 17 February, President Dr Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone spoke about sustainable ways of achieving long term development in his country, as one of four keynote speakers at this year’s EU-AU Summit. Other speakers were President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, Prime [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2022: Sierra Leone’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Dr. Memunatu Pratt and World Monuments Fund (WMF) yesterday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for a preservation project to save Old Fourah Bay College in the Cline Town district of Freetown, Sierra Leone, funded [Read More]
Mohamed Amara Gando: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2022: While the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) government has been making efforts to chase out blackout from some parts of the country, one area that is still plunged in pitch darkness is the Lungi International Airport area where some residents, including [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 February 2022: The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, ended his three-day official visit to Tanzania with a moving tribute to the late President John Magufuli (Photo above), who died in office last March. Adesina last Thursday travelled to the north-western [Read More]
Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 February 2022: While digital media continues to find new consumers all over the world, in many parts of the African continent, radio still dominates. It is certainly Africa’s most accessible source of news, particularly for those living in remote areas. According to an Afrobarometer [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 February 2022 Merck Foundation has launched its annual “MARS Best African Woman Researcher Awards” to acknowledge women in science. Merck Foundation works closely with African policy makers to empower girls in education and women in STEM. Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, Most Influential [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 February 2022: The coalition for a sustainable and inclusive recovery of the private sector, an international group of 20 development finance institutions that came together in 2020, today announced commitments of over $5.55 billion of financing to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa between [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 February 2022: The African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and their partners in the Harmonization for Health in Africa Initiative have published A Practical Guide to Value for Money in the Health Sector in Africa. Global public health is increasingly [Read More]
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