Economy

$412 Million to Promote Access to Reliable Energy in Sierra Leone

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“Sierra Leone’s vision for a sustainable energy future is becoming a reality,” said DCEO Biswal. “DFC is proud to support the country’s first, large, utility-scale, independent power project and lay the foundation for reliable and affordable electricity in Sierra Leone.” The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) Nisha Biswal and Chief […]

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Russia Mulls Nuclear Project in Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister said his country has been experiencing an energy crisis and welcomed Russia’s investments in the energy sector. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow and Sierra Leone were mulling cooperation in peaceful nuclear energy, including the possibility of the construction of a nuclear power plant in the West African

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Government Instructs Sierra Rutile to Resume Operations

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The government of Sierra Leone has instructed ASX-listed Sierra Rutile to recommence mining activities in Area 1 by the end of the month. The government of Sierra Leone has instructed ASX-listed Sierra Rutile to recommence mining activities in Area 1 by the end of the month. The government views Sierra Rutile’s suspension of mining at Area 1 as a violation of

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Sierra Leone Launches National Strategic Plan to Grow Tourism

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Sierra Leone has launched the country’s first-ever National Strategic Tourism Plan. The landmark project, in collaboration with the World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Diversification Project (SLEDP), was launched by Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, vice president, on behalf of Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone. The event drew government officials, parliamentarians, the mayor, and international partners, underscoring

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Africa World Airlines Partners Travelport in Strategic Move

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Africa World Airlines also plans to resume flights to Freetown in Sierra Leone and Monrovia in Liberia later this year, says Head of Commercials, Jonathan Appiah, who emphasises that this partnership aligns with the airline’s strategic goals of increasing passenger traffic and expanding its operational reach. Africa World Airlines has entered into a strategic partnership

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MCC To Negotiate for Proposed $480M Sierra Leone Compact

Economy, Politics /

Vice President in charge of Congressional and Public Affairs in the United States of America, Aysha House, on Friday 12 April 2024 sent a Congressional Notification outlining the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s intent to negotiate a $480,669,000 Millennium Challenge Compact with the Government of Sierra Leone. The proposed compact will assist the Government of Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone on Digital ID, Digital Transformation

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Sierra Leone, a small but ambitious nation in West Africa, is at full throttle with its digital transformation efforts, and its Modular Open Source Identity Platform or MOSIP-based foundational identity system is the nucleus of this undertaking, according to an official with the country’s ID authority. The Deputy Director of ICT at the National Civil Registration Authority

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New Alliance With UNICEF to Reduce Infant Mortality in Sierra Leone

Economy, Health, Politics /

Despite the important advances in recent decades in terms of child mortality – the global rate has decreased by 51% since 2000 –, still today a child dies every 6 seconds before reaching the age of five, or in other words, 4, 9 million every year. Most of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan African countries. Given

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AfDB to Transform Water Management, Sanitation in Sierra Leone

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A delegation of seven executive directors from the African Development Bank Group has visited a key water revamping project site in Sierra Leone designed to transform water management and sanitation in Freetown, the capital city and beyond. The directors, on a five-day consultation mission to strengthen the Bank’s partnership, visited project sites of the Freetown WASH

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