Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 September 2020: This collaborative songwriting opportunity is presented by The African Export- Import Bank (Afreximbank) and multi-Grammy Award nominated composer and producer Vincent Le Carl Berry II. The third edition is headed to Anglophone Western Africa on Wednesday September 23rd at 18:00 WAT – open to [Read More]
Abdul Rashid Thomas & Pauline Pratt: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2020: The arrival of the first freed slaves to Sierra Leone in 1787 after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade which led to the creation of what became known as Freetown – the capital city of Sierra Leone, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2020: Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) yesterday Monday, launched new national motor vehicle number plates at its headquarters on Kissy Road in Freetown, to help curb rising vehicle crime in the country and to make it much easier to manage vehicle data electronically. Launching [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 September 2020: The corruption case against former vice president, Victor Bockarie Foh and five others, brought by the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2017, has gained traction again after the proceedings were stalled due to the Corona virus pandemic and the flight of one of the accused – [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 September 2020: The latest Corruption Perception Report published by the DFID-Funded PFM Consortium in partnership with the Center for Accountability and the Rule of Law in Sierra Leone, says that the most corrupt institution in Sierra Leone is the Police, followed by Parliament and the Ministry [Read More]
Alan Luke: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2020: Why is the Ministry of Local Government holding up the tax reform proposals – and by implication local taxes which are due for the Freetown City Council (FCC), thus preventing the council from collecting the revenue it urgently needs to deliver basic [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2020: Dr. K.Y. Amoako spent two decades as a leading economist at the World Bank. He was also an Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). He is the founder and President of the African Center for [Read More]
Kingsley Ighobor: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2020: Evelyn Lewis, a Sierra Leonean social entrepreneur and technologist, has developed an application to aid the fight against COVID-19. His software company, SBTS Group, developed the Health Outbreak Manager (HOM) software which consists of an app and a comprehensive suite of tools [Read More]
Prof Joachim Osur, Lolem B. Ngong and Dr George Kimathi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 September 2020: In an ideal world, ‘communities should not be mere spectators’ but co-architects of health decisions impacting their well-being. Concerns around vaccine trials should be addressed and researchers should prioritize community engagement. What then does a vaccine [Read More]
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