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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2024: Last Thursday, the 2024 UNESCO GEM Report was published with worrying conclusions. “Lead for Learning” was unveiled at an event in Fortaleza, Brazil, attended by 40 education ministers from across the globe. The report explores the key role of leadership in driving educational change. [...]

Dr Doma: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2024: In Sierra Leone, we’re sadly used to seeing some strange things in our institutions, but the recent concluded National Cyber Awareness Schools Debate 2024 took things to a new level. This event, which should have celebrated young talent, turned into a confusing [...]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 November 2024: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has concluded its investigation into allegations against Dr. Philip John Kanu, Vice Chancellor and Principal of Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), and several senior staff members. The probe focused on claims of abuse of [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2024: Partnership for Healthy Cities, a global network of 74 cities committed to saving lives by preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries, is urging action for healthier food in African cities. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with World Health Organization and the global health [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 October 2024: The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced the launch of the Bennimix Out growers Activity, a partnership with Bennimix Food Company. This 3-year initiative is aimed at improving food security by increasing agricultural productivity and expanding the supply [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2024: Africa Skills Week (ASW) 2024, held in Accra from October 14 to 18, drew to a triumphant close with a bold call to institutionalize the event as a biennial gathering aimed at promoting dialogue, experience sharing, and collaboration on skills development and employment in [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2024: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone was speaking as a panelist at the 27th Commonwealth Business Forum 2024, where he told the audience that technology is an effective means to combat corruption, but did not provide empirical evidence. Sierra Leone is suffering from [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2024: “The importance of ESG disclosure for attracting finance for sustainable development in Africa cannot be overstated. It is no longer an optional add-on; it is a necessity if Africa is to thrive and not just survive in the 21st century,” stated Solomon Quaynor, African [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 October 2024: The Commonwealth People’s Forum – the largest gathering of civil society in the Commonwealth – convened leading experts on public health and contagious disease to discuss how to improve healthcare quality and access for communities across the globe. Health specialists, indigenous-community health advocates, and [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2024: President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has arrived in Apia, the capital of the Independent State of Samoa, to attend the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which runs from 21–26 October 2024. This year’s CHOGM is being held under the theme, “One Resilient [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2024: Commonwealth leaders are being urged to work harder to get rid of the barriers and biases that continue to hold back women and girls in the 56 member countries. This urgent appeal comes from a report that represents the voices of more than 400 [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2024: Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has in a move representing a significant milestone in Ghana’s journey towards empowering the country’s youth, inaugurated the newly minted National Service Authority. Established under the new NSS Act 1119, the restructuring is seen as a clear testament of the [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 22 October 2024: Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party is facing one of the darkest moments in its history, following its controversial defeat at the polls in June last year by the incumbent SLPP party, with the party leadership now in a state of paralysis, chaos and [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2024: Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, on Wednesday received the 2024 German Africa Prize from Bärbel Bas, President of the Bundestag, Germany’s Parliament, at a ceremony in Berlin. The German Africa Prize, awarded by the German Africa Foundation, is a prestigious recognition by Germany. [...]

Med-Tulai Agribusiness comms: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 18 October 2024: The Makeni-based agribusiness initiative, Med-Tulai Agro Dealer, on October 16, 2024 received a national award of recognition from President Bio at the Koidu New Sembehun City stadium in Kailahun on the occasion marking the celebration of World Food Day and the [...]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 October  2024: The All People’s Congress (APC), Sierra Leone’s main opposition party, has made a pivotal announcement, declaring that Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara, its 2023 presidential candidate, is no longer the leader of the party. This decision was broadcast on AYV Television’s [...]

Alpha Amadu Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 October 2024: As Sierra Leone’s political arena heats up in anticipation of the 2028 elections, the young and promising Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, finds himself in the crosshairs of a complex power struggle within the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). What [...]

Deodat Maharaj: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 16 October 2024: Last month, world leaders gathered at the time of the UN General Assembly in New York and agreed on a pioneering Pact for the Future. This global accord has implications across a broad range of issues that affect every country. It offers [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024: Despite signs of a fragile economic recovery, Sub-Saharan Africa, remains stuck in “low gear” with a large youth population at risk of being left behind. According to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, the World Bank’s twice-yearly regional economic update released on October 14, [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 October 2024:  The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), part of World Bank Group Guarantees, have signed a three-year partnership to accelerate foreign direct investment across Africa. This is the second agreement between the two organizations aimed at [...]

Sightsavers: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: At this year’s World Sight Day, commemorated last Thursday 10 October, international development organisation Sightsavers called for better access to eye health services for everyone from children to the elderly and for the implementation of policies that ensure eye care services are integrated [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 October 2024: A high-level Policy Dialogue for building consensus and political will for policy, legal and institutional reforms and the development of strategies to strengthen land administration institutions has kicked off in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. “The dialogue includes the preparation of a strategy/roadmap to ensure [...]

Mackie M. Jalloh: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 October 2024: Sierra Leone’s government has prided itself on leading a global charge against sexual violence, with initiatives that span from the local to the international stage. With groundbreaking campaigns including its “Hands Off Our Girls”, and other bold moves such as the [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: Expert intelligence on Sierra Leone’s impact investment market, first-hand insights from successful investors and the launch of a deal book containing 15 viable impact investment opportunities are the highlights of the Sierra Leone Investment Summit, which is taking place on Monday 7 to Wednesday [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), at its 89th Ordinary Session, approved investments totalling EUR 61 million and USD 100 million to stimulate the infrastructure, trade and sustainable development sectors in West Africa. The session was held [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 October 2024: British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, today announced a $25 million risk sharing facility with Ecobank Sierra Leone to boost private sector growth in high-impact sectors of the economy. The risk sharing facility, which includes a comprehensive technical assistance programme, will support Ecobank [...]

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2024: The World Bank yesterday launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing gender inequalities and promoting gender equality across various sectors in the country. This initiative the Bank says is aligned with its Sierra Leone Country Partnership [...]