The Sierra Leone Telegraph

REUTERS: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024: The World Bank said on Monday it had lowered its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa this year to 3% from 3.4%, mainly due to the destruction of Sudan’s economy in a civil war, according to Reuters. However, growth is expected to remain [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: A high-level Policy Dialogue for building consensus and political will for policy, legal and institutional reforms and the development of strategies to strengthen land administration institutions has kicked off in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “The dialogue includes the preparation of a strategy/roadmap to ensure [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: Sierra Leone’s economy grew by 5.7% in 2023, exceeding expectations, driven by strong performance in the mining sector, according to the World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update 2024, published last Thursday in Freetown. The report into the country’s economy says however, that growth is [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: Expert intelligence on Sierra Leone’s impact investment market, first-hand insights from successful investors and the launch of a deal book containing 15 viable impact investment opportunities are the highlights of the Sierra Leone Investment Summit, which is taking place on Monday 7 to Wednesday [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), at its 89th Ordinary Session, approved investments totalling EUR 61 million and USD 100 million to stimulate the infrastructure, trade and sustainable development sectors in West Africa. The session was held [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, today announced a $25 million risk sharing facility with Ecobank Sierra Leone to boost private sector growth in high-impact sectors of the economy. The risk sharing facility, which includes a comprehensive technical assistance programme, will support Ecobank [Read More]

Murtala Mohamed Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone Bryant Hunt has said that Sierra Leone must meet all prerequisites for implementing the $480 million MCC Compact. During an appearance on Radio Democracy 98.1’s ‘Good Morning Salone’ program, Hunt said that failure to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 October 2024: “One day, in the operating theatre, there was a power cut́ in the middle of a laparotomy [opening of the abdomen] for a case of pelvic peritonitis. We had to finish the operation using a torch. It was very hard.” Dr Franck Arnaud Ndorukwigira, [Read More]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 October 2024: The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) announced yesterday, what it described as a “decrease” in fuel prices for petrol, diesel, kerosene, and fuel oil. However, despite these claims, many Sierra Leoneans remain unconvinced, arguing that the so-called price cuts have failed to [Read More]

Mackie M Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2024: As the world prepares to celebrate World Food Day (WFD), Sierra Leone’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka and senior officials of his ministry departed Freetown for the provinces on Monday 30th September 2023 on a nationwide [Read More]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2024: In light of the recent award of $480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant funding to the government of Sierra Leone, the country’s former Attorney General and Head of Anti-Corruption Commission – Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, widely known as JFK, has emerged [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 October 2024: In a significant move towards greater youth participation and empowerment, the African Union (AU) adopted a decision to institutionalize the Office of the Chairperson’s Special Envoy on Youth. The decision was adopted during the 45th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council convened on the 18th- 19th July 2024 [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 October 2024: President Julius Maada Bio has hailed the signing of the USD $480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Energy Compact as a “significant milestone” for Sierra Leone, committing to the successful implementation of this historic investment aimed at overhauling the country’s energy sector. The signing [Read More]