Freetown, 18th August 2025 – Sierra Leone’s financial sector is heavily concentrated, with just five banks controlling 66% of the country’s financial assets and the largest bank being publicly owned, according to the World Bank’s June 2025 Country Economic Memorandum- ‘From Potential to Progress: Structural Transformation and Job Creation on the Road to Middle-Income Status’
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By [email protected] Freetown, 18th August 2025 -After years of relentless price hikes that...
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EDSA is currently losing 75% of its potential revenue, a consequence of two critical weaknesses: technical and commercial losses estimated at 50% and a low collection rate of just 76%.
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Born to a Sierra Leonean mother and a Malian father, Lala spent her holidays between Guinea and Mali, places that deeply shaped her and sparked her love for the kora.
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Freetown, 18th August 2025 – More than 6 out of every 10 Sierra Leoneans- 64% of the population, still live without access to electricity, a stark indicator of the country’s chronic energy deficit that continues to undermine growth, productivity, and poverty reduction. This alarming statistic is detailed in the World Bank’s June 2025 Country Economic Memorandum (CEM), which paints a sobering picture of a power sector under pressure.
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