Economy & Business

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 December 2021: Yesterday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio officially switched on the Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea electricity interconnection line at Teloma, bringing power to his political heartland in the south and east of the country. Approximately 530km, 225 kV power line now serves seven districts across Sierra [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2021: President Bio last weekend presented a strong case for investment opportunities in Sierra Leone at the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, a two-day conference, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to launch a new stage in Turkey’s relations with the African Union and African countries. [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2021: The transition to a green economy is expected to create many new jobs around the world, including in sub-Saharan Africa. But will the economic transformation offer women access to higher-paying, more stable jobs? According to a new report released by UN Women and the [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: Speaking on the second day of the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2021 Conference & Exhibition, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima – Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, stressed the importance of addressing energy poverty in Africa. “Africa first needs to address energy poverty [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: Marampa Mines Limited has announced the ratification of its Large-Scale Mining Agreement by Sierra Leone’s Parliament yesterday, and the final payment of US$10 million by the company to the Government of Sierra Leone. This is what Marampa Mines Limited said today in a statement: [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2021: The World Bank Board has approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant of $75 million to improve natural resources governance, enhance inclusiveness and promote sustainability of development financing in Sierra Leone. According to the World Bank, this Development Policy Operation (DPO) is the first [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 December 2021: On Friday 3 December 2021, Absolute Barrkee Industries – a Sierra Leonean business, manufacturing common wire nails and sanitary paper products, was awarded a $10,000 prize at the Impact Investment Deal Summit organised by Acumen West Africa and Invest Salone (ISL), demonstrating the promise [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2021: President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana today visited the Luxembourg headquarters of the European Investment Bank and welcomed EUR 82.5 million Team Europe support for new investment to strengthen healthcare, provision of specialist medical equipment and medicines across Ghana under the national COVID-19 Health Response [Read More]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 December 2021: Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated tech company of continental scale, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., Ltd (Mitsui), one of Japan’s largest global conglomerates. Cassava Technologies and Mitsui share a common vision of facilitating [Read More]