The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Ubuntuverse Institute launches field-defining playbook to unlock Africa’s $3 Trillion green industrial opportunity

May 19, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2026: The Ubuntuverse Institute has released The 3 Trillion Corporate Advocacy PlayBook: Africa’s 10× CAMPs Accelerating Just Clean Energy’s Green Industrialisation, a field-defining framework charting how corporate actors can unlock the continent’s $3 trillion clean energy opportunity. Drawing on evidence from the IEA, IRENA, the [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s President Bio in another vanity trip to London

May 18, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2026: While Many in Sierra Leone are struggling to put food on their table and cope with the daily grind of electricity power cuts that is crippling the nation’s hospitals and small businesses, President Julius Maada Bio has once again arrived in London, this time [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s president Bio’s frequent overseas travels – a waste of public funds

May 18, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Yankuba Gbassa Kai-Samba: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2026: Given the unprecedented frequency of President Bio’s overseas trips to attend meetings, there is significant public concern that public funds are being wasted. Critics accuse him of seeking validation abroad while failing to deliver for the people at home. Why not [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Auditor General’s Report – A nation’s tragic mirror

May 18, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2026: The numbers are staggering. (Photo above: President Julius Maada Bio). The silence is deafening. The 2024 Auditor General’s report being the latest release, does not merely point out errors, it reflects a national tragedy. According to the findings, over 243.9 million [Read More]

Bolle Jos presence in Sierra Leone has generated enormous international embarrassment and concern – says parliamentary opposition leader

May 16, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 May 2026: Sunday, 10th May 2026. Your Excellency President Julius Maada Bio President of the Republic of Sierra Leone State House, Freetown. Dear Mr. President, AN OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO ON THE GROWING INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING LINKS TO SIERRA LEONE As [Read More]

FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund awards grants to first group of community-based organizations

May 13, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2026: Global Citizen and FIFA today announced the first round of grant recipients from the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. 27 grassroots organizations from 10 countries around the world have been selected to receive awards ranging from USD $50,000–$250,000 to further their vital work providing [Read More]

Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister’s Leicester delegation and the visa question nobody is answering

May 13, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Mohammed Kroma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2026: On 12 May 2026, the British High Commission in Freetown issued a public statement distancing itself from a report in Sierra Leone’s Global Times newspaper. The report had alleged that unnamed UK diplomats warned that visa applications from twenty-three Sierra Leoneans — [Read More]

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development strengthens commitment to private sector

May 13, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2026: As part of its GRO Strategy, the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) is strengthening its commitment to private sector and SME financing, key drivers of economic growth in West Africa. In this context, EBID is organising a high-level webinar on: “Navigating a [Read More]

African Mining Week 2026 to spotlight domestic funding avenues as Sovereign Wealth Funds hit $164 Billion

May 12, 2026 Abdul Rashid Thomas 0

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2026: Africa’s sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are increasingly being positioned as active financiers of the continent’s mining sector and a vital tool for unlocking its over $8.5 trillion in untapped mineral resources. With combined assets now exceeding $164 billion, SWFs are emerging as a potential [Read More]

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