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Ghana’s Textile Industry on a Rough Ride. |
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Written by Silas Gbandia
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 00:09 |
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Fake New Notes Emerge, But Why the Surprise? |
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Written by David Tam-Baryoh
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 08:37 |
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On Friday 14th, President Ernest Koroma launched the new resized banknotes with the Bank Governor Sheku Samberdeen Sesay ranting confidently that the new resized notes have security features that it can’t be forged easily. Less than a week thereafter the counterfeit resized notes are out. Newspapers and radio stations have reported it with some interpreting it politically on the 2012 score sheet. The presence of fake notes is nothing new in the economy of Sierra Leone and also not new in all the economies of the world. But many are asking why so soon in less than a week.
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Growth in the Sierra Leone Telecoms Sector |
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Written by Silas Gbandia
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 14:40 |
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The liberalization of Sierra Leone’s telecoms sector after the end of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) war in 2002 has come along with tremendous growth in the number of telecoms operators in the country. There are very many billboards and posters across the country of the state owned enterprise Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company Limited (Sierratel) and private run mobile companies including Africell, Zain and Comium.
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Reviving the Koindu International Market |
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Written by Silas Gbandia
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 02:10 |
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Koindu, before the outbreak of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) War in 1991 housed the international market where traders from Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone used to converge. Even though the roads within Sierra Leone leading to Koindu were not tarred then, trailers and trucks were venturing into Koindu from every corner of Sierra Leone for the weekly market day on Sunday. The blossoming of trade in Koindu saw the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank opening a branch in the Town.
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Relevance of Privatising Sierra Leone’s Public Enterprises |
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Written by Silas Gbandia
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 01:59 |
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The expression “government is not a good business person” is seen as an attempt to justify the need to privatize state enterprises expected to be profit making but that have actually turn out to be loss-making institutions. If not lose making but need serious intervention for it effectiveness.
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