The Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, His Excellency Dr Mohamed Saif Al Suwaidi, has in a meeting with His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio assured of their support to the development of Sierra Leone.
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US- Africa collaboration high on the agenda at Africa Oil Week
The visit of US Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Steven Winberg, to this year’s Africa Oil Week event in Cape Town highlights the importance that the United States put in fostering relationships with the continent
Angola: African Development Bank Approves $165 Million for Economic Diversification
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Tuesday approved a $165 million loan to finance part of Angola’s three-year economic diversification support program intended to restore the country’s macroeconomic stability.
Governments Worldwide Launched 294 Reforms Over the Past Year to Make Doing Business Easier
Governments of 115 economies around the world launched 294 reforms over the past year to make doing business easier for their domestic private sector, paving the way for more jobs, expanded commercial activity, and higher incomes for many, according to the World Bank Group’s Doing Business 2020 study.
Indian Vice President meets President Bio, announces major areas of cooperation
Vice President of India, Shri Venkaiah Naidu, has met President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House where he announced major areas of support to Sierra Leone that will impact economic development in the immediate future.
Debt Stocks of Developing Countries Rose to $7.8 Trillion in 2018
Total external debt of low- and middle-income countries climbed 5.3 percent to $7.8 trillion last year, while net debt flows (gross disbursements minus principal payments) from external creditors tumbled 28 percent to $529 billion, the World Bank’s International Debt Statistics 2020 shows.
Sierra Leone: Promoting cash crop farmers to be self-reliant
Cash crop farmers in Sierra Leone have been suffering for long with nothing to show for their years and years of labor on their farms as they continue to depend on old methods of farming.
