Yusuf Keketoma Sandi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2014 In an editorial published by the Awareness Times of 16th July 2014, the newspaper praised the alacrity of Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio in the manner he reacted to the Ebola outbreak. The editorial particularly commended Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2014 In July 2008, the International Crisis Group (ICG) based in Brussels, published a report – ‘Sierra Leone: A New Era of Reform?’ The report was full of much promise and hope, for a country that has been battered by decades of poor governance, [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2014 On Saturday July 12, I could not make any calls nor send any text message through one of my service providers until early afternoon. As usual they provided no excuse for their failure, let alone offer apologies to users. When [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2014 Viettel has become the only mobile phone operator in Africa to win three prestigious international awards in three consecutive years. Movitel, SA – a joint venture between Vietnamese telecommunications group Viettel and Mozambique’s SPI company – has won the “Best Mobile Innovation Award” [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2014 Orange has today commenced West Africa’s first very large-capacity IP Point of Presence (PoP). The operational launch of this facility, which is located in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, is set to enhance Internet connectivity in the sub-region. The service will offer faster connection speeds [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2014 Gemalto – the world leader in digital security, has said it will provide its support to the GSMA Pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI), a mobile ecosystem that aims to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. Acting as one of the [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya – Puawui The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2014 Some years back, there appeared in this column an article with the title; “when will they ever learn?” Today’s heading is a rearrangement of those words, because the question is now directed at all of us, and not [Read More]
John Baimba Sesay – China The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 July 2014 The embassies of the three sister Mano River Union countries in China – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, currently plagued by the deadly Ebola epidemic, met on Friday, July 11, at the Sierra Leone embassy in Beijing. They [Read More]
Yankuba Kai-Samba The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 July 2014 The last twenty-four hours has been a roller coaster for the pa-o-pas in the SLPP. All because a leading SLPP flag bearer front runner, has accepted an offer to sit on the Koroma government’s Commission for Electricity and Water. Various professional [Read More]
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