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]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: Expert intelligence on Sierra Leone’s impact investment market, first-hand insights from successful investors and the launch of a deal book containing 15 viable impact investment opportunities are the highlights of the Sierra Leone Investment Summit, which is taking place on Monday 7 to Wednesday [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), at its 89th Ordinary Session, approved investments totalling EUR 61 million and USD 100 million to stimulate the infrastructure, trade and sustainable development sectors in West Africa. The session was held [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, today announced a $25 million risk sharing facility with Ecobank Sierra Leone to boost private sector growth in high-impact sectors of the economy. The risk sharing facility, which includes a comprehensive technical assistance programme, will support Ecobank [Read More]
Murtala Mohamed Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone Bryant Hunt has said that Sierra Leone must meet all prerequisites for implementing the $480 million MCC Compact. During an appearance on Radio Democracy 98.1’s ‘Good Morning Salone’ program, Hunt said that failure to [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2024: The World Bank yesterday launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing gender inequalities and promoting gender equality across various sectors in the country. This initiative the Bank says is aligned with its Sierra Leone Country Partnership [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 October 2024: “One day, in the operating theatre, there was a power cut́ in the middle of a laparotomy [opening of the abdomen] for a case of pelvic peritonitis. We had to finish the operation using a torch. It was very hard.” Dr Franck Arnaud Ndorukwigira, [Read More]
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