Alhaji Kanja Sesay, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, has stated that electricity and energy are significant driving forces in any country’s socio-economic development and has implored the House of Parliament to ratify a Power Purchase Agreement relating to the 148.5MW Freetown Generation Project, which was laid before the Honorable House on December 16, 2021. President
The Sierra Leone Squash Racket Association Annual Squash Tournament for all categories began on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at the YSC Squash Complex, Wilkinson Road.Students from several Senior Secondary Schools are competing, including intermediate, senior, and veteran squash players.Biaco, the tournament’s head coach, greeted all participants and umpires. He provided a summary of the event
I am aware that some of us may have forgotten or in fact are not familiar with the enviable designation of Sierra Leone as the Athens of West Africa, for its role as the epicentre of higher learning in both its African and International context. Today however, not only have we lost that pivotal role,
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation’s (MoHS) Burial Team has laid to rest 86 unidentified corpses from the November 5, 2021, fire accident at the SLPMB Junction in Wellington, east end of Freetown. These remains have been stored at the Connaught Hospital morgue since the disaster occurred, revealed Sinneh Kamara, the Administrative Assistant at the
Squatters at the Kissy Fuel Terminal Depot are a recipe for catastrophe. The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has taken a proactive approach to address the issue by involving stakeholders from the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), Ministry of Lands, Office of National Security (ONS), and Oil Marketing Companies. The NDMA has been very active in
Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, over the weekend, officially opened Archie Family Investments in the diamond-rich town of Tongo Fields in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom in Kenema District and appreciated the effort of the family in their business venture. The Archie Family Investments have established a modern filling
The Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Seed Certification Agency, Robert T.M. Chakanda, and his technical team cheated death, by surviving a horrific road accident along the Pujehun highway. The Executive Director was on a nationwide Seed Data Collection and Mapping of potential in-country seed growers and/or suppliers. In line with the Mid-Term plan (2021-2022)
Ing. James Rogers, Acting Director-General of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority, EDSA, has formally signed the Transmission Service Agreement, TSA, of the regional power pool project with the TRANSCO CLSG energy firm on behalf of the Government of Sierra Leone in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. It could be recalled that on December 1, 2021, Sierra Leone’s
President Julius Maada Bio has made a compelling argument for investment potential in Sierra Leone during the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, a two-day conference organised by President Recep Tayyip Erdoan to usher in a new era in Turkey’s relations with the African Union and African countries. “We have put in place investment-friendly tax incentives and
Dennis K. Vandi, Minister of Finance, has signed the release of $75 million in World Bank Budget Support under the First Sustainable and Growth Facility funding program on Friday, December 17, 2021.The event, which was attended by other government officials and dignitaries, was held in the conference room of the Ministry of Finance.Dennis K. Vandi, Minister of