By Fatima Kpaka The Chief Executive officer of Canaan Land Microfinance Company, Thomas Musa Turay whose office is at 35 Charles Street, Freetown was on Thursday 15th August 2024, sent to High Court by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Court No.2 Pademba Road for obtaining over eighty one million old Leones from different people by falsely pretending that his company had tricycles for sale. After Preliminary Investigation (PI) into the matter at...Read More
BY Chinwe Michael United Capital Group, a pan-African investment banking and financial services institution, will lead the issuance of Sierra Leone’s first local currency corporate bond valued at SLE32 million ($1.4 million), In a statement, the company said acting as the financial adviser through its investment banking business, providing bespoke structuring, financial advisory, and fundraising services to the Issuer, LAPO SL. The Issuer is a microfinance institution serving micro, small,...Read More
Written by Nicolas Messner Through recent years, Judo in Schools activities organised in the cities of Freetown, Bo and Kabala have been a tremendous success, empowering hundreds of young people and fostering the growth of the sport across Sierra Leone. The organisers have been hosting regular school judo training camps with over 50 children participating every three months. These camps involve not just the young judoka but also their parents...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu United Nations Headquarters, New York, Monday, 12 August 2024 – Today, His Excellency Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday, August 12, 2024, officially inaugurated the Sierra Leone Peacebuilding Art Exhibition at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a poignant showcase of the nation’s journey toward peace and reconciliation. “I am profoundly delighted to officially open this extraordinary Art Exhibition on Peacebuilding in...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker It is now very clear that Mobile Money is an essential element that makes payment faster and efficient. That is why on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at the IOM New Signal Hill Road Office, Orange Money and the International Organization for Migration are in partnership for the payments of migrants through Orange Money. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations organization working in...Read More
