By Sallieu S,Kanu IMF staff and the Sierra Leonean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the eighth and final review of the 60-month ECF financed program, releasing about US$20.4 million in financing once the review is formally completed by the IMF Executive Board, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. This came after an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. Christian Saborowski,...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura, has called on Ministries, Departments and Agencies to stay within agreed projects and programmes in the 2024 budget. “To achieve the deliverables of the Big Five Game Changers, MDAS must implement only policies, programmes and projects that have been agreed in this Budget,” he said while presenting the 2024 proposed budget to parliament on Friday, November 10, 2023, with...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Minister of Finance, Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura has on Friday, November 10, 2023, presented the Bill entitled “The Appropriation Act, 2024”, to Parliament with the theme, “Restoring Macroeconomic Stability While Protecting the Poor and the Vulnerable”. The event attracted Ministers of Government, international partners, professional heads of Government institutions, the media, and members of the Civil Society Groups, amongst others. The Bill seeks to authorize expenditure...Read More
By Stephen V. Lansana The Sierra Leone Chapter of the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) is hosting this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Education Conference with the theme: “Aligning Insurance Practice in the 21st century to serve public and private sectors”, at the Mamba Point Hotel, Lagoonda Resort, Aberdeen in Freetown. The three-day WAICA Education conference which started on Sunday, November 12, 2023, will end today. This conference...Read More
Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Ramatulai Wurie has assured the Secretary-General of UNESCO and representatives of member countries of Sierra Leone’s commitment to partnering with the organisation to improve the educational sector. She made this assurance on Friday, November 10, 2023, in Paris during UNESCO’s 42nd General Conference. Dr. Wurie informed the conference of the progress Sierra Leone has made in fostering education over the past five years,...Read More
