Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 June 2012: The growing call for more and better decentralised public services in Sierra Leone has received a financial boost. The European Union has released $6 million it had approved in December last year, in support of the World Bank’s funded project costing $32 million. The government [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 June 2012 Bio’s international stature and statesmanship had a significant boost yesterday, when he spoke to global financial and industrial leaders at the 18th Conference of Montreal, organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas, in Canada. Julius Maada Bio – is a former president [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 June 2012: The crucial debate initiated by the series of articles published by the Sierra Leone Telegraph on the state of Sierra Leone’s civil service, received a significant boost last week. The World Bank announced that it has decided to provide a whopping $17 Million funding to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 June 2012 When the African Development Bank – Africa’s premier bank for investment in the development of infrastructure and industrialisation, announced the launch of its 2012 Report on the continent’s economic progress last week in Arusha, Tanzania, few expected the flurry of initiatives that came pouring [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 May 2012 The African Development Bank (AfDB) yesterday, Monday, 28 May, in Arusha – Tanzania, launched its ‘African Economic Outlook (AEO)’ Report, in collaboration with the OECD Development Centre, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says the [Read More]
13 May 2012 For a continent deep in cultural traditions and chauvinism that are holding back the life changing aspirations of far too many young girls and women, it is quite refreshing and encouraging, each time we come across stories of African girls that have broken that glass ceiling. Growing [Read More]
5 May 2012 A report published by Ernst & Young says that international investors’ perceptions of the continent of Africa are beginning to shift positively. But what is even more encouraging for the continent and its people are the key findings, suggesting that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects into Africa [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 April, 2012: Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains strong and is poised for lift-off after growing at 4.9 percent in 2011, just shy of the pre-crisis average of 5 percent. But the region remains vulnerable, with drought in the Sahel and high governments spending on fuel [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 April 2012: President Koroma’s government has run out of cash. Bills and salaries remain unpaid, as it tries to honour its higher than expected spending budget. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) told reporters today, that; “The authorities agreed with the mission on the need to enhance fiscal [Read More]
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