Since the Government launched the Free Quality School Education Programme in 2018, access to education has significantly improved, according to the 2021 United Nations Annual Results Report which was produced by UN Country Team. The report will be launched today in Freetown. The report shows that in 2021, the gross enrolment rate of preprimary education increased to 20.6 percent compared to 19.3 percent the previous year and compared to a...Read More

The astute Director General (DG) of  National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM), Daniel B. Kaitibi who was in attendance at  the 19th Annual  General Assembly of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly in Conakry, Guinea recently, has been elected 2nd Vice President of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly. . The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) is a platform through which Telecommunications Regulators work together to broaden access to Information and...Read More

The Country Manager Bertrand Kerguelen  Management of the Bollore Transport and Logistics has assured employees of Freetown Terminal that if the sale of the Africa subsidiary is materialized by March next year it will have no native impact on their conditions of service and employment. This assurance was given by the Regional Director of Bollore Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, Captain Fabjanko  Kokan and the Country Manager Bertrand Kerguelen  at...Read More

The visiting IMF Delegation led by Mission Chief Sukhwinder Singh and IMF Country Representative Monique Newiak on Thursday paid courtesy call on the Mayor of Freetown, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE. Recognizing that Freetown accounts for 30 percent of Sierra Leone’s GDP, the delegation and Mayor had extensive talks around the multi-sectoral, data-driven and inclusive approach of the TransformFreetown agenda.  The Mayor I explained how, because of a commitment to transparency...Read More

A new report showed China has raised nearly 800 million people out of poverty over the past four decades based on the 1.9 U.S. dollar per day global poverty line, accounting for about 75 percent of the global poverty reduction during the period. After declaring the eradication of absolute poverty in early 2021 and setting an example for the rest of the world, China has pledged to make more efforts...Read More