The industrial sector has been dormant for decades due to several unfortunate reasons, but it is getting back on its feet under the New Direction Government of President Dr Julius Maada Bio. According to the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Edward Hinga Sandy, the contribution from the industrial sector in Sierra Leone according to a recent World Bank Report …

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday 30 August 2021  – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, have announced the resumption of entry to travelers with tourist visas from all countries, including Sierra Leone and many others, who were suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement issued by The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and …

By Mohamed Fofanah.                                                                                                  The leading betting company in Sierra Leone, Mercury International …

By Sorie Fofana. The price of some essential commodities like rice, cement and iron rod has increased rapidly over the past two weeks. A spokesman for the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Emmanuel Konjor, attributed the rapid price increase to the increase in freight cost in the international market. In the case of imported cement, there are two well-known importers …

The Honourable Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh yesterday paid a working visit to the Kissy Oil Terminal to engage Oil Marketing Companies and assess ongoing renovation work in the various sites of NP (SL), APP and Total. The Vice President visited all the sites and had fruitful discussions with the companies. He used the occasion to encourage the Oil …

By Mohamed Fofanah. The Government of Sierra Leone has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Pan African real estate development company TAF Africa Global to construct affordable housing units with mortgage financing to address the huge housing deficit in the country. Speaking at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Country Planning in Freetown on …

The Chief Minister of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Jacob Jusu Saffa, has praised the former Managing Director of the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, Abdulai Fidelis Turay. Mr. Turay’s death on the 15th August 2021, was described as a big loss to the banking industry. During the opening of Book of Condolence yesterday at the Bank’s headquarters, Siaka Stevens Street …

Ahmed Mackie trading as MACCEM (Mackie Cement) has been engaged in economic sabotage through profiteering and racketeering. Ahmed Mackie has an agreement with the Government of Sierra Leone that mandates him to ensure that cement is always available in the local market. Even the price he sells a bag of cement for is negotiated with the Government of Sierra Leone …

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has visited Moyamba Town to deliver a huge consignment of electricity materials aimed at accelerating the stringing of the transmission and distribution infrastructure or lines in the town. This stringing, which represents a very important stage or component of the Moyamba Township Electrification Project, is now at an impressively advanced stage, with …

The opening weekend of the 2021/22 top European football league season sighted a dazzling moment for sports betting customers as Sierra Leone’s leading Sports Betting and Lottery Company, on Monday made a massive payout, totaling Three Billion, Five Hundred and Sixty-Eight Million, Two Hundred and Fifty-Seven Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Leones (Le 3,568,257,465) in football betting, leaving a total …