African Minerals, the developer and operator of the Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone,on Monday, announced the appointment of Ausenco Limited, as the engineer for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for Phase II.This comes  ahead of its Phase II iron ore production. The expansion, which is expected to produce up to 35Mtpa (million […]

The Country Manager of the World Bank in Sierra Leone, Francis Ato Brown has said that he is impressed and satisfied with the different projects the Bank is implementing with its partners in the country especially those relating to agriculture which he noted is very important for the country’s economy development. The tours were jointly […]

Sierra Leone is at the threshold of being an ICT superpower in Africa as indigenous regaining technicians stream in droves with different kinds of innovations aimed at addressing the myriad of challenges the country faces in its Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) service delivery. https://awoko.org/2014/02/19/sierra-leone-news-23-yr-old-ict-innovator-signs-50-0000-agreement/

There are some things in life that only become relevant when you’re hammered with its importance every day–and then you wonder how anyone can ignore it. Such is the case forDavid Sengeh, a PhD student at MIT who grew up during Sierra Leone’s 11 year-long civil war. Sengeh was there when up to 11,000 people–in […]