By Lansana Fofanah. After emerging as the most responsive bidder (out of eighteen applicants) for the construction of the National Social Security and Insurance Office in Port Loko, Leone Construction and General Engineering Service has officially been handed over the site for the construction work to commence. Addressing the contractor and stakeholders at the site situated at Lungi highway Port …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Leading oil marketing company, National Petroleum (NP-SL) has opened a new filling station outlet on Peninsular Road, Hamilton on Saturday as part of the company’s expansion project in an effort to make petroleum products available and accessible all over the country and continue to be the leading pack in the downstream sector. The Managing Director of the …

By Sylvester Samba.                                                                                        Zoodlabs, the private company now responsible for the operations, management and commercialization of Sierra Leone’s ‘Subsea Fibre Optic Infrastructure’ has disclosed that they will be deploying a second Submarine Cable worth US$36 million before the end of 2023/24. This disclosure was made to the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) while on a conducted …

The Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Musa Timothy Kabbah, on 20th March 2021, officially reopened the Tonkolili Iron Ore Mine, at a well-attended ceremony at Ferengbeya Village in Tonkolili District. The ceremony, which attracted senior Government officials, the local population, Chinese Government representatives in Sierra Leone and top executives of Kingho Mining Company (KMC), signalled the start of full-scale …

The West Africa Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) Reinsurance, has presented a state-of-the-art library and a training centre to the Sierra Leone Insurance Commission. In celebration of their ten years of active service in Sierra Leone, WAICA through an engagement with SLICOM Commissioner, Arthur Yaskey, saw the need to establish a library with insurance materials across the globe and to also …

On Saturday 6th March, 2021 a delegation from the Sierra Leone Ports Authority (SLPA) paid a courtesy call to Sulima Town in the Soro Gbeima Chiefdom, Pujehun District, and Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The delegation constituted the General Manager, Dr. Abdulai Fofana; Deputy General Manager, Mr. Yankuba Askia Bio; and Heads of Departments including : Operations and Monitoring (Foday …