Freetown, Sierra Leone 25th November 2024 – Vult, a leading provider of innovative financial services solutions in Sierra Leone, and SKY Bank Sierra Leone, one of the country’s top financial institutions, on the 25th of November 2024, announced a strategic partnership to further enhance financial inclusion and expand access to digital financial tools for Sierra Leoneans. Since its launch just …

Sierra Leone’s President, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio on Saturday, 23rd November, 2024 launched the nation’s first-ever iron rod manufacturing factory, owned by Odhav Multi Industries (SL) Limited, reaching a historic industrial milestone. The facility is projected to save the country between US$250 million and US$500 million annually in iron rod importation costs while reducing dependency on foreign …

Cribs International has officially released “Love Na Scam”, one of the songs from the upcoming EP by their sensational artist, Boii. Released on November 15, 2024, “Love Na Scam” arrives after weeks of anticipation as Boii kicks off a new era following the success of her “EP” era. A snippet of the song, shared on TikTok on November 2, 2024, …

Chief Operating Officer of AYV, Messeh Leone, is in Cape Town, South Africa for the BBC Media Leaders Programme. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service has selected the Africa Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire for the BBC media leaders programme. Chief Operating Officer (COO) of AYV, Mr. Messeh Leone, traveled on a BBC-fully sponsored trip to Cape Town, South …

The complainant in the alleged 264 carat diamond matter from Kono, Benjamin Marrer, has been accused of embezzlement and lack of transparency by his business partner and sponsor, Tom Efrati of Tomax Capital Management Incorporation based in Los Angeles, USA. The Chief Executive Officer of Tomax Capital Investment Incorporation, Tom Efrati, has written a letter of complaint against Ben Marrer …

By Mohamed Fofanah saramadifofana@gmail.com The Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA), Brima Baluwa Koroma yesterday announced that PRA increased domestic revenue generation between January and September 2024 with three months to the end of the year. Speaking at the quarterly media update at the British Council Building at Tower Hill in Freetown, Mr Koroma said petroleum revenues of …

After several notifications to regularize their mobile money operations, NaTCA (National Communications Authority) on Wednesday, 2nd October, 2024 imposed a fine of Le500M each (Old Leones) on the two biggest Mobile Network Operators Africell and Orange. The fines were imposed for the deliberate contravention of the National Communications Authority Act 2022. Both companies are deemed to be operating their mobile …

The Sierra Leone Grammar School (SLGS), in partnership with The Annie Walsh Old Girls Association UK, has successfully concluded the second edition of the STEM Holiday Club in Freetown. The four-week intensive training programme, held from July 29th to August 23rd, 2024, at the Grammar School Campus in Murray Town, Freetown, provided free training in Digital Literacy, Coding, Robotics, Multimedia …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐮 Sahr Lahai Jusu in his recent analysis – Feed Salone. The Need to Promote Local Poultry Farmers – is right to highlight the issues faced by local poultry producers trying to be more productive in Sierra Leone’s challenging environment. The profit margins for poultry farming are very tight and efficient farm management is essential to bring …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐢 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐮. Like several other agribusinesses that have great potential for both scale and profitability, poultry farming is a smart decision to make. It is not only a business which is critical to the healthy consumption structure in the world, it is a profitable business that creates jobs and increases income levels of the farmers. However, most of …