economy

Sierra Leone’s Vice President Participates In AU’s High-Level Round Table on Addressing Malnutrition

Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has participated in the African Union high-level round table discussions on ‘Addressing Malnutrition: Catalysing Africa’s Transformation Through Enhanced Multi-Sectoral Investments’. At the ongoing 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Summit, the Hon. Vice President shared his government and country’s experiences over […]

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Nigeria, Sierra Leone Explore Cross-Border Collaboration For Digital Innovation

Nigeria and Sierra Leone have entered into a strategic collaboration to actualise the “Forge Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration” pillar outlined in the Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2.0 2024-2027). This was confirmed by the director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi during a meeting with Sierra Leone’s Minister of

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NACE-SL Joins TJNA at Alternative Mining Indaba In South Africa

Coordinator of the National Advocacy Coalition on Extractives in Sierra Leone, NACE-SL, Cecilia Mattia, is attending the Alternative Mining Indaba, AMI, that started Monday 5th and will end on Wednesday 7th February 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. She joins the Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), her partners and sponsors for this trip, and other

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SIERRA LEONE SETS NEW HIGH RECORD SCORE ON TI’S CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX 2023

Sierra Leone has progressed upwards for the 5th consecutive year, moving from 110 in 2022 to 108 out of 180 countries surveyed in 2023 in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published on 30 January 2024. The West African nation also increased its 2022 score from 34 to 35 in 2023, which is again

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IFC To Hold Roundtable on Sierra Leone’s Cocoa Sector

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the European Union, will today Thursday 18 January 2024, hold a technical roundtable on the Sierra Leone Cocoa Sector, at the Mamba Point Lagoonda Hotel, as part of its engagement with the Government of Sierra Leone and the private sector. In

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Salone Delegation Visits Falklands On Fisheries, Conservation

A delegation from Sierra Leone headed by Mrs. Princess Dugba, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources together with Ms Harriet Mathews, Director General Africa and the Americas at the Foreign and Development Office are currently in the Falkland Islands as part of a program to share fisheries, environment and conservation policies experiences. The purpose of

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Sierra Leone: New Laws Give Farmers Power To Protect Lands

In towns like Tonka, farmers seek advice from paralegals and human rights organizations to take advantage of legislation that can protect them from large corporations Aminata Bangura balances a banana tree on her head as she carefully descends a steep, slippery slope. Barefoot, she looks for firm ground in the mud. All around her are

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Win-Win Situation: Kingho to Manage Railway for Haulage and Arise IIP to Manage Passenger Rail

The government of Sierra Leone has hinted that an amicable way out of the current misunderstanding surrounding the management of the railway and port facilities in the north and northwest of the country must end in a win-win situation. The existing railway between the port of Pepel and the Marampa iron ore mine is currently

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Africell Sierra Leone Introduces New Networking Solution

Operator Africell Sierra Leone is to roll out a high-capacity disaggregated IP/MPLS (internet protocol multi-protocol label switching) backbone to deliver mobile and fixed services, with support from IP Infusion, a manufacturer of carrier-grade networking software. IP Infusion announced that Pine Networks, a systems integrator based in Paris, has chosen its OcNOS network operating system to provide a disaggregated networking

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