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PANAMA CITY BEACH — Leone Asset Management, Inc., formerly known as Sloud Inc., has agreed in principle to acquire Guinea Investment Bank of Guinea (GIB) in West Africa. A Panama City Beach based company, Leone said it intends to complete all final due diligence and finalize the purchase within the next 60 days. https://www.newsherald.com/news/business/leone-asset-management-to-buy-guinea-bank-1.226585

The decade struggle for a suitable site to buy and sell commodities by the people of Dwozark and environs was finally salvaged by Sierra Leone Bottling Company on Saturday, November 26, as it hands over a Two Hundred Million Leones worth market to the community people through the Freetown City Council. The handing over ceremony […]

“Private Sector Is Strategic for Regional Development” says Usman Boie Kamara ECOWAS Ministers of Trade in the ECOWAS Member States over the weekend met at the NOVOTEL Hotel. In the Senegalese capital of Dakar for the Validation of the Draft Regional Strategic Framework and Policy for ECOWAS Private Sector Development (RS-PSD) and the outline for […]

One year on from its handover to the people of Sierra Leone, the former Isle of Man fisheries protection boat is having a dramatic effect on the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. To mark the first anniversary of its operation, Environment Food and Agriculture Minister Phil Gawne MHK visited Sierra Leone to […]

Boro striker Kei Kamara has been handed a gong for his work off the pitch in his Sierra Leone homeland. The deadline day signing has been commended for his work to build schools and develop education in the war-ravaged country. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kei-kamara-recognised-work-building-6250910

The FINANCIAL — The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Sierra Leone in an amount equivalent to SDR 62.22 million (about US$95.9 million), according to IMF. https://finchannel.com/Main_News/Politics/128790_IMF_Executive_Board_Approves_Three-Year,_US$95.9_Million_ECF_Arrangement_for_Sierra-Leone/  

Young fundraisers celebrated after they raised £10,000 in nine months to build a new school in Sierra Leone. Students at Falcons School for Boys, an independent school with sites in Richmond and Chiswick, raised the cash for the new school in one of the world’s poorest countries. https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10763944.Richmond_pupils_make_African_school_a_reality/

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s Chief Medical Officer and four other people have been acquitted of all charges relating to the disappearance of half a million dollars provided by the GAVI Alliance, a senior government official said. Kisito Daoh was indicted along with 16 others after an internal audit revealed $523,303 unaccounted for from funds […]

London — Changing weather patterns as a result of climate change are making life much harder for farmers in war-ravaged Sierra Leone, a country already battling with poverty, a recent study says. With 70 percent of people depending on farming for a living, erratic rainfall leading to decreasing yields is forcing many to find other […]

The waiting staff at Muzz Buzz in Moorabbin will be turning back the clock a few years and dressing up in school uniforms to raise money for the charity Do It In A Dress, which helps buy school clothes for the African girls in the African nation. In addition, the staff have pledged to donate […]