By EnergyPortal Sierra Leone, a small West African nation, has been making strides in recent years to improve its energy market and expand access to electricity for its citizens. This is a critical step for the country, as access to reliable and affordable energy is essential for economic growth, job creation, and improved living standards. […]
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Monday 12 December 2022 announced the approval of $12.16 million in additional grant funding for the Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster Project in Sierra Leone. The project was first approved in November 2021. The Sierra Leone Rice Agro-Industrial Cluster (SL RAIC) Project, in the rural floodplain areas
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Sierra Leone and many African countries at the Cop27 in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh have called on developed nations to stop talking and start acting on promises of financial support to help them tackle the fallout from climate change. Read the original story here The continent, which is home to
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Written by Babatunde A. Ahonsi, UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone is among the 10 percent of countries in the world that are most vulnerable to the adverse consequences of climate change, and presently one of the least able to cope with the effects. Unpredictable weather patterns, severe flooding, mudslides, and associated crop
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The outbreak of the Coronavirus Pandemic exposed most African Countries interms of food insecurity, but the Russian-Ukraine Conflict even worsen the situation as we are expriencing a hike in the price of foodstuffs. So in a way to have food self-sufficiency,encourage export and job creation, the Government of Sierra Leone entered partnership with Pee Cee and
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Sierra Leone faces many challenges in improving the welfare of the population, but increased investment in education provision and quality skills can help more Sierra Leoneans access formal opportunities which could lead to improvement in living standards and reduction of poverty, according to the new World Bank Sierra Leone Poverty Assessment launched today 5 December 2022
