More than one in three small businesses in Freetown, 36.4%, operate without any bank account, according to new data from the Center for Africa Financial Inclusion and Advancement (CAFIA). The findings expose a critical gap in Sierra Leone’s financial inclusion drive, even as digital access expands.
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A coalition of civil society organizations has sounded the alarm over what they describe as a “blatant breach” of Sierra Leone’s public financial management laws, after 44 public entities failed to submit their annual financial statements for the 2025 financial year.
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Freetown, 1st May 2026- Dr. Walton E. Gilpin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Rokel Commercial Bank (SL) Limited, has been appointed Vice President 1 of the West African Bankers’ Association (WABA), marking another milestone for Sierra Leone’s banking leadership on the regional stage.
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Civil society organisations from Africa and Latin America have sharply criticised the limited outcomes of the 2026 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, warning that the institutions failed to deliver transformative solutions to the mounting debt and development challenges facing the Global South.
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Sierra Leone’s mining and minerals sector delivered a strong performance in 2025, generating USD 1.3 billion in exports, a 16 percent year‑on‑year increase, according to figures presented by the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources and the National Minerals Agency.
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