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GIZ encourages youth to produce for growth, not for survival trade

The recently concluded business for growth, not for survival trade fair in Bo, according to German International Corporation’s deputy program coordinator for the employment promotion program, Rudolfr Schneider, aims to transform survival-oriented businesses into market-oriented growth enterprises that will then achieve micro industrial status for increased job and income generation.The private sector component is one

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Cop27: Africa Says Time for Talk Is Over

Agriculture, Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Gender, Health, Politics / SL News

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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‘Economic emancipation of women breeds development ’- Bank Governor

Economy / SL News

“For you to have sustained economic development, you have to promote the economic emancipation of women,” said Sierra Leone’s Bank Governor, Professor Kaifala Kallon. Delivering a keynote address at the launching of the public relations roll out of the upgraded Sierra Leone Collateral Registry, yesterday Thursday 3 November at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Aberdeen the

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Shak D Unstoppable zoom on Bad Heart in new song

Entertainment / SL News

Shak D Unstoppable aka Mr. Fitness has reached new heights with his brand new single #LefBadHeart. The rapper summarized his life experience in the music industry, which is riddled with envy and hatred, in this new song ‘Lef Bad Heart’ Shak uses himself as a microcosm that mirrors society at large. A society entwined with

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Potential for Crude Oil In Sierra Leone

Business, Economy / SL News

Wildcat Petroleum Monday announced that it has completed a study of the petroleum potential of deepwater blocks offshore in Sierra Leone following an agreement with the country’s Petroleum Directorate, which also accepted the finds. The company says that “the work confirmed our initial ideas regarding the good hydrocarbon potential of the deep offshore [Sierra

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Why COP27 matters to Sierra Leone

Agriculture, Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Gender, Health, Politics / SL News

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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Inside Sierra Leone’s Worrying Debt Situation

Business, Economy / SL News

Sierra Leone’s debt-to-GDP is projected to trend around 72 per cent in 2023 and 71 per cent in 2024 by JAMES NDWARU Whereas a complexity of concerns presages a landscape beset with considerable difficulties in the year ahead, Sierra Leone’s debt-to-GDP burden should be of particular concern to leaders and key stakeholders. Sierra Leone stands among

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Sierra Leone Passes MCC Scorecard Again

Business, Economy, Politics / SL News

Sierra Leone has passed 11 out of the 20 indicators on the Millennium Challenge Corporation, MCC, the scorecard for 2023, making it the country’s fourth consecutive pass since the government of President Julius Maada Bio in 2018. The compacts are five-year agreements through which the United States Government provides grants to partner countries, Sierra

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Office of the VP Hosts National Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Fair

Business, Economy, Education / SL News

The Government of Sierra Leone is organising its first National Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Fair, NYEEF, that will create a space for networking and learning for over 500 young women and men aged 18-35, drawn from across the country. This three-day event, which will be held from 15-17 November 2022, at the Freetown International

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CID boss refutes Facebook post claiming AGs interference in sexual harassment case

Uncategorized / SL News

On 22nd October 2022, a Facebook post by Dr John Idriss Lahai prompted a discourse on social media platforms on whether the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Mohamed Lamin Tarawalley, Esq obstructed the arrest and detention of Ekundayoh Walton Gilpin, the General Manager of Rokel Commercial Bank. Mr. Gilpin has been in the news recently

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