The health sector in Sierra Leone is gaining significant global reputation for supporting other African nations to respond to public health outbreaks, especially viral hemorrhagic fevers. The country recently sent its medical doctors to help the Republic of Rwanda fight the Marburg Virus Outbreak. Now, different countries are showing interest in visiting Sierra Leone with the primary objective of learning best practices in improving maternal and child heath, vaccines and...Read More
By Abu Bakarr Kargbo The Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Wang Qing and the Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie, presenting a certificate to one of the Grant Recipients. More than 174 students and school pupils from Sierra Leone were honored with this year’s prestigious Chinese Ambassador’s Scholarship and Grant Awards. Among the recipients, 144 were awarded the Ambassador Grant, while 30 received the Ambassador Scholarship,...Read More
By Mark Thomas A Preston businessman has teamed up with EducAid, a charitable organisation dedicated to providing quality education to undeserved children in Sierra Leone. Ben Swindlehurst, CEO of Asset Disposal, a leading IT asset disposal firm based in Manchester, has forged the partnership in order to send refurbished IT equipment to Sierra Leone to support educational initiatives for school children across the country. Ben’s journey to this impactful partnership began...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu Freetown, Tuesday, December 2, 2024: The Rokel Commercial Bank has become the first Commercial Bank in Sierra Leone and the Mano River Union to adopt and fully integrate the Pan African Payment and Settlement Systems (PAPPS). At a media launch held in the conference room of its Eastern Police/Clock Tower Branch on Tuesday, December 2, 2024, senior personnel of the bank including the Head of Operations,...Read More
Growth and stability around the world is in our shared interest, write UK Minister for Development Anneliese Dodds and Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance Sheku A. F. Bangura. To grow our economies and tackle the climate crisis, we must work together We are in the midst of a growth crisis which is having a devastating impact on the planet’s lowest-income countries. Growth in many of these countries has not just stalled; it has...Read More
