February 2023

Maritime Boss To Make Salone White-Listed For Maritime Industry

Sierra Leone’s reinstated Executive Director of the Maritime Administration, Paul Sobba Massaquoi, has hit the ground running by attending the International Maritime Organization (IMO) general assembly. Massaquoi submitted Sierra Leone’s ratified and domesticated Maritime STCW statutory instrument to the IMO Secretary General, which prompted an IMO visit to Sierra Leone in April to assess the […]

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Sierra Leone Achieves Record-Breaking Connectivity Expansion

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Rahman Swaray, delivered an update on President Julius Maada Bio’s 2018 manifesto promises at the Sierra Leone People’s Party’s 13th National Delegates’ Conference. The government has made strides in expanding broadband and voice connectivity, enacted the Cyber Security and Crime Act 2021 to protect citizens’ privacy, received

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David Sengeh Is Best Minister At Global Government Summit 2023

Dr David Moinina Sengeh, Minister of Education, Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Republic of Sierra Leone, is the ‘Best Minister’ in the world. The announcement came at the World Government Summit 2023 in Dubai where he received an award in his honour from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime

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Narnia’s Kiddies Career Fair unleashes genius potential in every child

By ophaniel.gooding A kaleidoscope of colors was seen at the Young Sportsmen Club (YSC) in Freetown’s Wilkinson Road as parents and children gathered in a jubilant display of excitement for the first-ever Kiddies Career Fair on Thursday 9 February 2023.Ariana Oluwole, the founder of the Narnia Educational Group, a haven of holistic learning and child

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Sierra Leone: Orange, GIZ Inaugurate 14th Orange Digital Center in Africa, Middle East

Orange and the German Development Cooperation on Friday 10 February 2023 inaugurated the 14th “Orange Digital Center (ODC)”, in Sierra Leone, a digital ecosystem entirely dedicated to the development of digital skills and innovation. Government and regulatory authorities attended the inauguration in the country, among them the German Ambassador, members of the board of Orange Sierra

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ARISE IIP Agreement Revolutionizes Salone Mining, Industrial Development

By Ophaniel Gooding The signing of the Pepel Port and Pepel-Tonkolili Railway Development, Expansion, and Management Lease Agreement between the Sierra Leonean government and ARISE Integrated Industrial Platform Ltd (ARISE IIP) has generated significant interest and controversy. The agreement, which is worth US$476 million, aims to provide services to mining companies and other investors and

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