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Sierra Leone Excluded From U.S. $15,000 Visa Bond

Sierra Leone Excluded From U.S. $15,000 Visa Bond

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. Sierra Leone has been excluded from a new stringent United States visa bond pilot program that requires travelers from over 30...
Sylvia Blyden Questions High Taxes on New Minimum Wage

Sylvia Blyden Questions High Taxes on New Minimum Wage

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. Senior All People’s Congress (APC) member Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden has engaged the Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security over...
Orange Sierra Leone Welcomes Its New CEO, Aïcha Touré

Orange Sierra Leone Welcomes Its New CEO, Aïcha Touré

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. Orange Sierra Leone has announced the appointment of Madam Aïcha Touré as its new Chief Executive Officer, marking the start of...
Edmond Abu Criticizes PRA as Fuel Prices Drop

Edmond Abu Criticizes PRA as Fuel Prices Drop

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. Popular human rights activist Edmond Abu has claimed that several fuel stations across Sierra Leone have reduced their pump price to...
Sierra Leone Launches Digital Resident Work Permit System

Sierra Leone Launches Digital Resident Work Permit System

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. The Government of Sierra Leone has announced the official launch of a Unified Digital Platform for the processing of resident and...
New Gas Station Opens in Bo to Meet Fuel Demand

New Gas Station Opens in Bo to Meet Fuel Demand

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. Bo Town has bolstered its fuel service infrastructure with the official opening of a new NP reseller station at Fenton Road,...
African Development Fund Raises Record $11 Billion

African Development Fund Raises Record $11 Billion

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional financing arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has raised a record $11 billion...
Natural Gas Future of Africa’S Economic Development

Natural Gas Future of Africa’S Economic Development

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. Africa is positioning natural gas at the heart of its development strategy, viewing it as a critical driver of economic growth,...
Innovate Africa Fund Founder-First Model Unlocks Capital

Innovate Africa Fund Founder-First Model Unlocks Capital

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. First Annual Report Confirms 3 Portfolio Additions, Selected from a Pipeline of over 5,000 to Solve Africa’s Problems. Innovate Africa Fund, the...
Parliament Approves NLe27 Billion Budget for 2026

Parliament Approves NLe27 Billion Budget for 2026

Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. The Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone has on Friday, December 19, 2025, passed into law the 2026 Appropriation Act,...