By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Ministry of Trade and Industry during this year’s Bilateral Budget discussions at the Ministry of Finance main conference hall on the 26th August, 2024 promised to take its export promotion drive to new emerging markets around the world.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Sierra Leone Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (SLEWRC) has recorded an increase in Internal revenue generation amounting to NLE 7.4 million, ranging from levies and licenses in 2024 compared to the NLE 2.3 million generated in 2023.
By Prince J Musa in Kenema.
A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone named Catholic Relief Service (CRS) in collaboration with Caritas Kenema and support from the United Nations Peace Building Fund held a two-day intensive training of youths in different fields in their various communities.
By Sorie Ibrahim Fofanah
Member of Parliament, Daniel Koroma of the main opposition All People’s Congress has claimed that their party has so far not been included in the ongoing Constitutional Review Process.
Koroma made this claim at a town hall engagement on the theme: ‘’The Future of Peace and National Cohesion’’ organised by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education on 27th August 2024 at the New Brookfields Hotel.
He said despite his party’s exclusion, they still support the reviewing of the 1991 constitution.
By Politico Staff Writer
The Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, School of Natural Resources Management at Njala University, last Friday opened a new living lab which is a new technology method of Agriculture in an enclosed place.
The living lab has varieties of agricultural produce with integrated and circular technologies for sustainable city/region food systems in Africa.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
During the Bilateral Budget discussions at the Ministry of Finance for the Financial Year (FY) 2025, the Director-General of the Local Content Agency, Fodeba Daboh stated that supermarket monitoring reveals that the uptake of local products has increased.
He also stated that anecdotal evidence shows that suppliers are currently having a challenge keeping up with demand, as reported by supermarket management and confirmed by suppliers.
By Nasratu Kargbo
Speaking at a joint parliamentary committee meeting held to solve the land dispute between the New Brookfields Hotel and Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), along Jomo Kenyatta Road in Freetown, one of the Executive Directors and shareholders of the hotel, Alhaji Ahmed Wurie has blamed the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs for breaching the lease agreement.
Wurie was on the 22nd of August 2024 responding to a question about them breaching the lease agreement by not increasing their payment by 20% every five years.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
