Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 October 2024: Last month, world leaders gathered at the time of the UN General Assembly in New York and agreed on a pioneering Pact for the Future. This global accord has implications across a broad range of issues that affect every country. It offers [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024: Despite signs of a fragile economic recovery, Sub-Saharan Africa, remains stuck in “low gear” with a large youth population at risk of being left behind. According to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly regional economic update released on October 14, [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024: The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), part of World Bank Group Guarantees, have signed a three-year partnership to accelerate foreign direct investment across Africa. This is the second agreement between the two organizations aimed at [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024: Christine Krapiwan’s backyard is alive with the clucking of chickens, a testament to her transformation from a struggling farmer to a thriving entrepreneur. “I will never be the same again; my life has been changed in all dimensions,” she says as she feeds her [Read More]
REUTERS: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024: The World Bank said on Monday it had lowered its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa this year to 3% from 3.4%, mainly due to the destruction of Sudan’s economy in a civil war, according to Reuters. However, growth is expected to remain [Read More]
Sightsavers: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: At this year’s World Sight Day, commemorated last Thursday 10 October, international development organisation Sightsavers called for better access to eye health services for everyone from children to the elderly and for the implementation of policies that ensure eye care services are integrated [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: A high-level Policy Dialogue for building consensus and political will for policy, legal and institutional reforms and the development of strategies to strengthen land administration institutions has kicked off in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “The dialogue includes the preparation of a strategy/roadmap to ensure [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: Sierra Leone’s economy grew by 5.7% in 2023, exceeding expectations, driven by strong performance in the mining sector, according to the World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update 2024, published last Thursday in Freetown. The report into the country’s economy says however, that growth is [Read More]
Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2024: Sierra Leone’s government has prided itself on leading a global charge against sexual violence, with initiatives that span from the local to the international stage. With groundbreaking campaigns including its “Hands Off Our Girls”, and other bold moves such as the [Read More]
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