The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 May 2014 This year’s West African Mining and Power Expo (WAMPEX) will feature a packed Indian Pavilion, with over twenty-five highly innovative companies, set to arrive in Ghana from the Asian powerhouse. The West African Mining and Power Exhibition (WAMPEX) and Conference 2014 is an [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2014 One of the hottest contenders for the presidency in Sierra Leone at the 2017 elections, is Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, who is currently serving as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Chief Executive for the Sustainable Energy for All initiative. Kandeh’s job [Read More]
Dr. Sama Banya (Puawui) The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 May 2014 I listened to Sierra Leone’s Chief Electoral Commissioner – Christiana Thorpe (Photo) the other evening, as she was being interviewed on the Society for Radio Democracy FM 98.1, about her recently published memoirs – “REACH FOR THE STARS “ [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 May 2014 World Bank’s Country Manager in Freetown – Francis Ato Brown, yesterday launched the country’s first Development and Economic Journalists Association-Sierra Leone (DEJA-SL). This is the first ever development focused media association representing both print and electronic media, and from across all regions in [Read More]
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]
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