By Saio Marrah
Four new factories have signed industrial agreements with the Ministry of Trade and Industry as they prepare to start operations in Sierra Leone. Trade Minister , Edward Hinga Sandi and representatives of the entities undertook the signing process in the presence of journalists at the weekly government press briefing in Freetown.
Three are cement factories - SOL Co SL Limited, Randcem Limited and Rockcem SL Limited. GoldTree SL Limited is an organic palm oil production company.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Always Work With Others (AWWO) Foundation has fed over 1,000 (one thousand) vulnerable children at the Grassfield playing field over the holidays.
The event was co- funded by a Norwegian company named Bravura.
According to the founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AWWO, Umar Fuad Bawoh, they made a promise that every Christmas they will feed over 1,000 (one thousand) vulnerable children. He noted that, the feeding programme actually commenced way back in 2017.
By Politico staff writer
Dozens of orphans and underprivileged children from homes in Kenema in the east of Sierra Leone held a moment of elation and fanfare on Christmas Day, courtesy of the Development Foundation for Children Sierra Leone (DFCSL), a nongovernmental charitable organization in the country.
The event which took place at the office of the organization in Kenema, meant a lot to the kids from various deprived homes to celebrate together in the festive period, assuring them that they were never alone during the merry-making.
By Saio Marrah
The Commander Joint Force (CJF) of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Major -General Dauda Fred Alpha, has called on the people of the Bramaia Chiefdom, a community that shares frontiers with Guinea, to partner with the military in protecting the various porous border areas in their community.
By Alpha Abu
The country’s first ever Foreign Service Academy (FSA) is to become fully operational on February 1 this year. Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister Professor David Francis made the announcement during the commissioning last Thursday, of the structure that’s within the precincts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation at Tower Hill in Freetown.
By Alpha Abu
The loan scheme initiated by Government to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has recorded a recovery rate of 91 percent so far, according to Shiarka S. Sannoh - Chief Executive Officer of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA).
He told a press conference at their Freetown office last week that recovery continues of the 26.5 billion Leones that SMEDA through the Central Bank handed over to Financial Service Providers (FSPs) for distribution to small businesses in early 2021.
By Ruth Yeabu Sesay
More than half a million Sierra Leoneans will benefit from a $50M (fifty million) Grant from the International Development Association (IDA) under the second phase of the West Africa Regional Food Systems (FSRP-2) which has been approved by the World Bank. The information was made public through press release by the World Bank this month.
The aid is to support the country’s preparedness to combat food insecurity and improve the resilience of its food systems.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
