Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 April 2017 Sierra Leone’s economy is in serious trouble, after the ruling APC government of President Ernest Bai Koroma jettisoned its own fiscal ‘good house-keeping’ policies, amid rising borrowing and falling tax receipts in anticipation of general and presidential elections set for March 2018. Ministers and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 April 2017 An article published last week by Africa Confidential (AC Vol 56 No 23) reported that despite promises made to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, not to go ahead with the construction of a new international airport, president Ernest Bai Koroma is [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 March 2017 The recent finding of Sierra Leone’s second largest diamond (Photo: Above – President Koroma showing the diamond to the world) in the Kono district by pastor Emmanuel Momoh  and the involvement of the Koroma government, in what will soon become a bonanza sale of [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 2 March 2017 Much is expected of Sierra Leone’s National Revenue Authority (NRA), with regards the Koroma government’s objective of closing the massive gap between government spending and the revenue it generates to pay for public service delivery. The blatant and unlawful reluctance of big companies to [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 January 2017 Report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that Sierra Leone has implemented the recommendations of the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS), endorsed by the IMF Executive Board in May 2015. A National Summary Data Page (NSDP) has been published. (Photo: Screen shot). [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2017 President Koroma has made his first visit to Israel since becoming president in 2007, and in less than fifteen months before leaving office. (Photo: Courtesy of epa). His visit to Israel is as symbolic as it is historic. But policy analysts are questioning why [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2016 Two weeks ago – 6th of December, 2016, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its sixth review of Sierra Leone’s performance, under the economic program supported by an Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement it had signed with the government. Its [Read More]

Jamie Hitchen (Africa Research Institute) Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 December 2016 As Sierra Leone struggles with the aftermath of the devastating Ebola epidemic, it must fight fires on several fronts: as well as being one of the most corrupt countries in Africa, it is facing an acute cash shortage and [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 December 2016 Sierra Leone’s social media went viral last week, when a story about alleged government’s plans to impose a 25% tax on all remittances sent to families and friends in Sierra Leone by Sierra Leoneans living abroad, was published. (Photo: Can the hand of the [Read More]