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
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saturday 11 November 2023 – Sierra Leone’s President Dr Julius Maada Bio has, in two separate developments, met His Excellency Dr Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan, the Saudi Minister of Education and also engaged Yasir bin Othman Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, PIF, the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In his meeting with Dr Yousef Al-Benyan, President Bio paid...Read More
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Friday 10 November 2023 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio is part of a large number of African Presidents and Heads of State attending the Saudi-Africa Summit, where he hopes to share his government’s Big Five Gamechangers with global business leaders and Saudi partners. During his stay in Riyadh, the President is expected to hold bilateral meetings of mutual interest with key institutions...Read More
By Sallieu S. Kanu The stock of public debt increased slightly by 5.5 percent to NLe53.9 billion as at end June 2023 from NLe51.1 billion as at end December 2022, the Minister of Finance said on Friday while reading the 2024 Government Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies in Parleament. Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi Bangura said, “Domestic debt increased by 13.4 percent to NLe18.2 billion, while foreign debt increased...Read More
