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Real Gross Domestic Product growth averaged some seven per cent, driven by output expansion in agriculture, mining, and services; as well as the scaling-up of infrastructure investment. Nonetheless. important impediments to broad-based growth remain, including large infrastructure gaps, insufficient energy supply, and limited access to safe water and sanitation. https://www.spyghana.com/consultation-imf-sierra-leone-concluded/

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development arrived in Saudi Arabia’s Port City of Jeddah on an official visit on Wednesday, 13th November, 2013. On Thursday, Dr. Kaifala Marah who is also Sierra Leone’s Governor to the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) met with the President of the IDB, Dr. Mohamed Ali Al Madani, the […]

On October 21, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Sierra Leone,1 and approved a three–year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) in support of the authorities’ economic and financial program for 2013-2016 (see Press Release No. 13/410). Sierra Leone has made significant progress in macroeconomic stabilization […]

Sulaiman Kamara’s family made the decision to move to the United States when he was 3. Fourteen years later, The Hermitage defensive lineman keeps his native culture close to his heart as he lives an American life. https://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/high-school/football/hermitage-lineman-keeps-homeland-close-to-his-heart/article_fab894b4-8457-580e-91d8-2a7d9c32bbfa.html

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea (CLSG) electricity networks interconnection project. The total financing by the AfDB (African Development Fund, Fragile States Facility and Nigeria Trust Fund) amounts to US$195 million, representing roughly 40% of the total project cost. The project will secure power supply for […]

As a way of expanding their operations and to fulfil their aspiration of making Freetown International Airport the hub of West African and European travellers, the Gambia Bird Airways, on Monday inaugurated their biggest flight, a Boeing 757, which will ply the route from Freetown to London and back. https://awoko.org/2013/11/13/sierra-leone-news-gambia-bird-inaugurates-direct-flight-to-london/

Cisco has launched an Application-centric infrastructure that will help businesses in Nigeria unlock new routes to innovation and profit. At the launch recently, General Manager Cisco, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra-Leone, Mr. Dare Ogunlade, said: “A new paradigm shift driven by cloud, mobility and big data is redefining Information Technology (IT), with the web-based economy […]

Leone, mothers stand in line with their infants to receive free immunizations provided by the government.  This is a hopeful picture for a country that is one of the least safe places in the world for a woman to give birth, with one out of every seven women dying during pregnancy or childbirth. But as […]

Sierra Leone has failed to meet the benchmarks for the Millennium Challenge Cooperation [MCC], hence causing the West African country to miss out on vital funding, which has now been deferred. The MCC sets specific standards for qualification of any country for funding. Among the benchmarks, Sierra Leone passed those of inflation, regulatory quality, trade […]

DALLAS – Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier and current UNICEF advocate for children’s rights, started his lecture at Misericordia University by talking about storytelling. As a child in Sierra Leone, Beah listened to stories around the campfire. He told the audience he knew he had to pay close attention, because adults would quiz him […]