John Baimba Sesay – China The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 August 2013 Sierra Leone’s development is now at a major transformational stage, thanks to our readiness for change, as a people. From once a country in an era of war, political instability, corruption-ridden, to one that pushed towards change some [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 August 2013 Sierra Leone has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in sub-saharan Africa. Despite the implementation of various initiatives costing millions of dollars, aimed at the rehabilitation and training of young people into employment, unemployment in Sierra Leone remains intractably high, at over [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 July 2013 Many Sierra Leoneans are perplexed by the preponderance of government ministers managing the affairs of state, yet unable to solve the myriad of economic and social problems facing the country. They say that ministers lack direction. But many also believe that there is [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 June 2013 Sierra Leone’s electricity problem could become a thing of the past, if the newly announced World Bank and DFID’s $16 million funded project succeeds. But where did it all go so badly wrong? Many in Sierra Leone believe that the hosting of the [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 June 2013 The government of Sierra Leone has set itself an ambitious, though necessary goal of attracting significantly more foreign direct investments and to increase economic growth and employment opportunities. But this cannot be achieved by putting out misleading and exaggerated statistics and economic indicators. While [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 14 June 2013 It is not very often that Arabian Princes visit Sub-saharan Africa, and when they do, expectations are very high. Saudi Arabia is the richest Arab country in the world. It has huge potential to help Africa out of economic decay and poverty. So [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 June 2013 Sierra Leone’s potential to become a major economic hub in the West African sub-region has never been in doubt. But what is often contested is the government’s hyperbole about the pace of development in the country and its international competitiveness. Much more needs [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 May 2013: The latest report of the IMF on Sierra Leone’s economic performance, says that the economy rose to 15% last year as widely expected, contrary to the government’s 30% forecast. But there are serious concerns that despite rising economic growth – fuelled largely by [Read More]
The Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 April 2013 On 2 April 2013, World Bank Group President – Jim Yong Kim outlined his ambitious agenda for ending poverty and increasing inclusive growth, as he called for ambitious new goals to help the most vulnerable. Speaking at Georgetown University in the US, Kim [Read More]
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