𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐣𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚. The Director General of the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency, Fodeba Daboh, yesterday threatened to invoke Sections 61, 69, 70, 71 and 72 of the Local Content Act that speak of offences and penalties against sixteen multi-national companies. The companies include Leocem, Easy Solar, Hema Trading Company, Super Holdings Ltd, Orange Sierra Leone Ltd, Rainbow Paint …

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, has told a Steering Committee on Energy that President Julius Maada Bio places a serious premium on the provision of reliable, available, sustainable and affordable electricity to the people of Sierra Leone and urged members of the multifaceted committee to positively impact energy sector reforms. “In fact, His Excellency’s emphasis on this …

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In January 2021, the Government of Sierra Leone signed a lease agreement with the Chinese Iron Ore miner, Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited to use, manage, maintenance and rehabilitate the Railway and Port between Tonkolili and Pepel at Port Loko district for a period of two years with an option to terminate after the end of the two years …

It has been confirmed that, Kingho Railway and Port Company Limited has embarked on legal action against the Government of Sierra Leone for issuing a termination notice to them relating to the use, management, maintenance and rehabilitation of the railway and port between Tonkolili and Pepel in the Port Loko District. The Lease Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone …

Russian Bauxite miner, Vimetco, has temporarily suspended or scaled down operations for lack of sales of Bauxite in the international market which the company says “has impacted negatively on our cash flow and the company’s ability to run normal operations”. Junior employees of the company have been urged to stay at home. Their salaries for the month of January 2023 …

𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐚. Since President Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio came to power in April 2018, he has been very busy talking to genuine foreign investors to come to Sierra Leone and invest in the mining, agriculture, fisheries and other sectors. The President’s personal credibility is now a huge collateral for Sierra Leone. For the first time in the history …

By Alhaji Saidu Kamara.                                                                              To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between Korea and Sierra Leone, the Minister of Foreign Affairs …

A female woodworker, N’Yillah Elizabeth Cawray, 21, won NLe30 Thousand for pitching the best business idea during a prestigious pitching competition sponsored by the World Bank at the Milton Margai Technical University on Goderich Campus in Freetown. Speaking after receiving a cheque for NLe30 Thousand for the top prize on Saturday night, Cawray revealed that she started her professional trade …

𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐁. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲. In a bid to reduce human interface challenges in the energy sector, the Ministry of Energy through the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) has officially launched a six month pilot program in partnership with Smart Power, a private energy firm in Sierra Leone. The objective of the Smart partnership is to reduce or minimise the …