The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2024: The Government of Sierra Leone has prioritized energy development in key national strategies to meet the growing demand for electricity and to address the need for new generation capacity. To meet the growing demand for electricity in rural communities, the Government is adopting a [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2024: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors last Friday, approved an $80 million financing package to support Sierra Leone’s efforts to restore macro-fiscal stability and strengthen economic resilience. This financing includes a $60 million International Development Association (IDA) grant as budget support, and an [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2924: The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) has approved close to US$1 billion in new development financing over the last quarter of 2024, including during its 190th Governing Board meeting in Vienna on Tuesday. These projects will benefit countries across the globe [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2024: The African Development Bank Group has facilitated $2.2 billion in capital mobilization for its transformative Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Nigeria Phase II project during the Africa Investment Forum. At a packed presidential boardroom on Wednesday 4th December, governors from Nigerian States, leaders from multilateral [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 December 2024: The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) on Tuesday, announced the first disbursement out of a $292 million loan to support CECA SL Generation Limited, an entity that will construct and operate a 105MW combined-cycle power plant in Freetown, Sierra Leone through a project [Read More]

Gbenga Oyebode: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 December 2024: For decades, Africa has grappled with a legacy of colonialism, political instability, and uneven economic development, leading to perceptions of the continent as one in need of external assistance and causing the label ‘the Dark Continent’ to take on a new connotation. [Read More]

Paul van Zijl: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 December 2024: Paul van Zijl, Group CEO at Starsight Energy believes it is. He maintains that we must apply a contextual lens and move away from all-or-nothing thinking, employing a holistic, phased and sustainable approach to the continent’s energy mix. This is what [Read More]

Siera Leone Telegraph: 09 December 2024: Africa’s urban population will triple in the next 25 years and African countries will need to invest up to 5.5 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) in urban development if they are to avoid rapid growth of shanty towns. This was the conclusion [Read More]

Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 09 December 2024: Africa, the world’s youngest continent is brimming with creativity, talent and innovation. With more than 60% of its population under the age of 25, Africa’s youth are fueling entrepreneurship and job creation across the region. Over the past five years, the number [Read More]