Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI) Multi-Stakeholder Group on Thursday, February 17, 2022 reviewed the EITI validation templates on transparency, stakeholders engagement, outcomes and impact. The validation, which was held at the   LACS Villa, Cantonment Road in Freetown, attracted policymakers, civil society activists including journalists, and representatives of mining companies. The Minister of State,...Read More

The government of Sierra Leone has decided to boost the country’s top-flight male and the female football leagues with 2.5 billion Leones cash injection. The cash injection is to complete the second phase of the ongoing Sierra Leone Premier League, and for the first time in many years, to revive female football.  “The 2.5 billion...Read More

The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency (SLLCA)  on Wednesday March 16, 2022 held a roundtable  with local entrerpreneurs at the Agency’s conference hall in Freetown. The roundtable  which was organized by the Business Development Department of the SLLCA was well attended by local entrepreneurs from the Hospitality, Agribusiness, Arts/Craft, Clothing/Textiles, Carpentry/Woodworks, and Cosmetics sectors. The...Read More

The Deputy Vice Chancellor of Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Prof Lawrence Kamara said on Wednesday March 16, 2022 that the college has enough infrastructure to cater for the growing student population. His comment came following a WhatsApp video showing students scrambling for Lecture Hall at the Chemistry building. Some of the lecture...Read More

Rome, 17 March 2022 – As the war continues to rage in Ukraine, impacts of rising food prices and shortages of staple crops are already being felt in the Near East and North Africa region and spreading to the world’s most vulnerable countries, including in the Horn of Africa, with poorest people at greatest risk,...Read More

Viet Nam’s Information technology giant FPT and Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance digital transformation and train human resources in digital transformation, in Ha Noi yesterday. The agreement was signed by FPT’s CEO Truong Gia Binh and Chief Minister of Sierra Leone Jacob Jusu Saffa, during the official visit to Viet...Read More