The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 April 2025: Two African Development Bank Group (AfDB) supported projects have garnered top honours at the 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards conference. A $500 million sustainable term loan facility in Senegal was named Sovereign Syndicated Loan Deal of the Year, while Rwanda’s [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 April 2025: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)  has approved over US$600 million in new development financing to support sustainable infrastructure, private sector development, food security and human capital in partner countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The new projects were [Read More]

John Baimba Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 April 2025: Air pollution costs the global economy $225 billion annually in lost labour, with experts warning that without urgent action, outdoor air pollution could lead to 930,000 premature deaths per year by 2030. Climate advocates are urging African leaders to prioritise air [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 April 2025: Speaking at the High-Level Panel on Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Global AI Summit on Africa, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, emphasized the AU’s commitment to positioning Africa as a leader in the global [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 April 2025: In a significant development for Africa’s energy sector, Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fulfilled their capital commitments toward establishing the Africa Energy Bank (AEB). This milestone represents 44% of the minimum required funding from African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) members to initiate the bank’s [Read More]

FCC: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 March 2025: The Freetown City Council (FCC) is pleased to share the progress it has made in expanding access to safe and reliable water for thousands of residents across the city. Over the past six years, FCC has led sustainable, inclusive, and community-focused water initiatives [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 March 2025: The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) launched a year-long celebration marking the 25th anniversary of their enduring and unique partnership, since the first Africa-Europe Summit on 3-4 April 2000 in Cairo. This milestone, aligned with the Africa Agenda 2063 and the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 March 2025: Tech entrepreneur and business leader Tom Adeyoola who is of Nigerian descent, will head up Innovate UK to unlock the potential of British business and turbocharge growth through the British government’s  Plan for Change. Once confirmed by parliament, Tom will act as Chair of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 March 2025: This year, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is set to mobilize stakeholders in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe to improve urban living conditions through UN-Habitat’s Quality of Life Initiative. As African cities grow rapidly, ensuring that urbanization leads to better living [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2025: In a significant step towards modernizing its tourism sector, Liberia has unveiled its new electronic Visa on Arrival (e-Visa) system, effective March 11, 2025. This digital initiative, spearheaded by the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), promises to simplify and expedite the visa application process for [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2025: Ghana’s  Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to deepening economic cooperation with the United Kingdom, following a high-level meeting with the UK Trade Envoy to Ghana, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, and Akosua Dentaa Amoateng MBE. During the discussions, Dr. Ato Forson [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2025: The African Development Bank Group has given the green light to a loan of €330.48 million to Cameroon to redevelop and widen a key section of the Douala-Ndjamena economic corridor, a vital part of plans promoting strengthened regional integration. The financing agreement for the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2025: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has successfully concluded a five-day high-level regional training workshop on responsible tourism and the free movement of persons, held in Banjul, The Gambia. This strategic event represented a significant milestone in the implementation of the ECOTOUR [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2025: The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) is set to take place in Kampala, Uganda, from April 9 to April 11, 2025, preceded by pre-events, such as the Africa Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Forum. This multi-stakeholder forum will [Read More]