Business & Finance
Finance Ministry queried on updating debt strategy
Sierra Leone: Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) team observed that some domestic arrears totalling Le26 billion (Le26,326,787,832) were paid in...
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Institutions pledge US$17 billion to increase food security in Africa
Sierra Leone: A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over US$17 billion in financing last Friday...
Read moreORDER OF PRESENTATION
Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone Kadie Sesay Commanders of the Order of the Republic...
Read moreAfrica’s unmet demand for trade finance estimated at $81 billion in 3 years
In their analysis on recent trends in trade finance in Africa, the 2021 African Trade Finance Survey Report stated that...
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World Bank’ vaccine projects targets $4bn for 50 countries by June
Sierra Leone: As of April 16, the World Bank Group has approved vaccine projects in 17 countries amounting to $2...
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Large corporations in 8 countries received 63% of COVID-funds
Sierra Leone: In eight countries, an average of 63% of pandemic-related state aid went to big businesses, while 26% went...
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IMF financing to Salone in 2020 was 4.87% of GDP
Sierra Leone: For many countries, the main source of crisis financing has been the new World Bank (WB) or International...
Read moreExternal debts tops Govt. public debts in 2020
Sierra Leone: The total outstanding public debts of the Government as at end December 2020 was Le 27,179 billion or...
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Income tax revenue accounts for 34 % of domestic revenue in 2020
Sierra Leone: In financial year (FY) 2020, income tax receipts of Le1,998.2 billion were still the main source of domestic...
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“Inflation drops to single digit for the first time in 6 years” – Statistics SL
Sierra Leone: A consumer price index from Statistics Sierra Leone indicates that, for the first time in six years, the...
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