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“Only time will tell whether the President will allow the actions of a few individuals to truncate his avowed stance on attracting and sustaining interest in the country’s private sector.” Political and macroeconomic instability, low growth, weak infrastructure, poor governance, and inhospitable regulatory environments hinder massive Foreign Direct Investments into Africa. Consequently, countries in the continent have continued to battle stubbornly high inflation, rising food and energy prices, and weaker currencies, due to weak investment frameworks that can guarantee Foreign Direct Investment. A leading developer and operator of world-class industrial ecosystems across Africa, ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) is currently…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the past three decades sounding the alarm about Iran’s nuclear programme and threatening to attack the country on countless occasions. Most recently in September, he said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that Tehran must face a “credible nuclear threat” before his office corrected the record to “credible military threat”. After Hamas’s attack on October 7, Netanyahu may finally be able to act on his threats. The gruesome scenes in southern Israel have provided the Israeli prime minister with the necessary pretext and international backing for a wider response. Netanyahu has both…
Petroleum Directorate Sierra Leone (PDSL) is delighted to announce the successful closure of the Nation’s Fifth Offshore Petroleum Licensing Round. The bidding process terminated promptly at noon GMT on Friday the 29th of September 2023, marking a significant milestone in the development of the country’s oil and gas sector. PDSL is further pleased to confirm that several applications were received from a range of Oil and Gas Corporations, including three prominent industry players with extensive deepwater experience, which have all pre-qualified for Exploration and production licenses as operators. The companies’ respective expertise and commitments to sustainable and responsible exploration and…
The 2023 report on the development goals (SDGs) in Africa notes that the continent is lagging in progress towards the targets of SDG7. Namely, to ensure access for all to reliable, sustainable and modern energy services at an affordable cost by 2030. In 2018, only 20% of the electricity produced in Africa came from renewable sources. Africa is lagging in progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), defined and adopted by the Member States of the United Nations (UN), to improve living conditions around the world. In terms of clean and affordable energy (SDG 7), the 2023 Africa SDG Assessment…
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal, including senior academic and administrative staff of the Milton Margai Technical University (MMTU), on Monday 9th October 2023, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE), Professor Ramatulai Wurie, at her New England Ville office in Freetown, at which event the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of MMTU, Dr Philip John Kanu, catalogued the successes and challenges of the institution since he assumed office. Responding, Professor Ramatulai Wurie commended the MMTU for the visit and the achievements attained, furthering that she is confident that they would continue to achieve more laurels and that the…
African Global Logistics (AGL), the new owners of Freetown Terminal Limited, has hit the ground running to translate a 2021 commitment to transform the Terminal into a green Terminal, with the acquisition of two new GaussinElectricTerminal Tractors and amulet—charge station to equip Freetown Terminal in Sierra Leone. The APM75T HE Tractor is the result of creating a synergy between Gaussin’s expertise in the production of handling vehicles, Blue Solutions in the production of electric batteries, and African Global Logistics. The 100% electric model will enable significant energy savings and will contribute to 100%carbon-free port logistics, as well as reducing maintenance costs while…
Contrary to a recent report that Femi Hebron owns Cabenda Hotel at Signal Hill, this medium can authoritatively confirm that it was a sad mistake for him to team up with some officials at Lands Ministry to retake land sold by his mother to a company. His ploy to retake ownership of this property started during the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) days, when his parents: Victoria Bayle Hebron and Sonia Boyle Hebron, sold the land to a Company-Lioness Motor Company Limited, owned by a Salamawish, a Jewish national. According to our investigations, Alhaji Denkey, a prominent businessman, was contacted to facilitate…
The Minister of Employment, Labour and Social Security, Mr Mohamed Rahman Swaray, has met with the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Regional Director for Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria, Madam Vanessa Phala, in a courtesy call visit. Madam Phala, who was delighted to meet Mr Swaray for the first time, said that the ILO has been rendering huge support to Sierra Leone, through programmes it implements through the Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security. She said that they have been able to smoothly deliver their programmes in Sierra Leone through a tripartite approach with The Sierra Leone Labour Congress…
By Ibrahim Sorie Koroma The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with its partners, through the Child Health and Expanded Programme on Immunization (CH-EPI), is planning to switch from double HPV vaccine dose to single dose, and from a single age cohort of 10 years old girls to Multiple-Age Cohorts (MAC) vaccination of eligible girls (10-18). This was revealed at a 5-day stakeholder meeting held in Makeni last week. You may be aware that the Ministry of Health in October 2022 introduced the HPV vaccine into the routine immunization system in the form of a vaccination roll-out campaign, targeting girls 10 years of age. During the…
By Shadrach Aziz Kamara The Free Media Group (FMG), publishers of the Politico newspaper, with support from STOP SPILLOVER, on Wednesday 30th August 2023, concluded three-day media Workshop for 50 journalists for effective and responsible reporting on Viral Zoonotic Diseases and prevention of their spillover. The workshop started on the 28th of August and ended on the 30th of August 2023 at the CCSL Hall, King Harman Road, BrookFields, Freetown. In his keynote address, a medical research scientist, Professor Aiah Gbakima, said that Zoonotic diseases are infections that are spread between people and animals, adding that they are responsible for…