The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2014 Africa’s share of global foreign direct investment (FDI) projects has reached the highest level in a decade, according to ‘Executing Growth’, EY’s 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey. The report combines an analysis of international investment into Africa since 2003, with a 2014 survey of [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2014 A key topic of discussion among global leaders at the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa was the need for free movement of talent and goods across Africa, in order to significantly strengthen businesses and boost intra-Africa trade on the continent. This sentiment [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 May 2014 After launching his ambitious $217 million youth development programme in Freetown last month, the question many analysts are asking is whether the government has the capacity and capability to achieve such an ambitious and challenging programme, before leaving office in 2017. Recent reports [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (PUAWUI) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2014 After the Mafanta affair, Siaka Stevens (Photo) was anxious to establish a foothold in the eastern province. In his first cabinet reshuffle, he appointed the eminent teacher and Agriculture graduate – Frank Anthony as his Resident Minister. Mr. Anthony [Read More]
Francisco Javier Arze del Granado and Wendell Daal IMF African Department The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2014 Having been the fastest-growing economy in sub-Saharan Africa in 2011, Ghana is heading for a third successive year of slower growth, as large current account and budget deficits expose the economy to [Read More]
Yusuf Keketoma Sandi The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 May 2014 The former head of state of the Republic of Sierra Leone and 2012 Presidential Candidate of the SLPP – Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, met members of the Kono District Development Association (KDDA) in London last Saturday, 10th May. The [Read More]
Yankuba G Kai-Samba The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 May 2014 The third term presidency campaign in Sierra Leone is no longer necessary, and pressing ahead with it will raise political tensions. President Koroma has affirmed his support for the ongoing national debate on the idea of a third term as [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 May 2014 The US government yesterday issued a press and public statement, announcing fraud warning and fake Kimberley process certificates, suspected of being issued by corrupt government officials and diamond dealers in Sierra Leone and Guinea. Sierra Leone’s brutal ten year civil war, which saw [Read More]
Josephine Koroma The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 May 2014 The President of France – Francois Hollande uses public transport in Paris; the United Kingdom Prime Minister – David Cameron (Photo), uses public transport in London; the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – Nick Clegg, uses Public Transport; the [Read More]
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