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One of Sierra Leone’s GSM operator, Africell and the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) have launched the first Electronic Payment Services. The launching took place at the company’s customer’s care center in Freetown on Friday 20 June. After giving a statistic from the World Economic Forum, Africell’s Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Joe Abass Bangura pointed out that Africell is pleased to announced the launch of its latest innovation service in partnership with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC); that will allow students to register for examinations and check their results using the Africell money wallet in their phones. He said the innovation step by Africell and WAEC will save students all time and additional costs they use to incur to travel long distances from the provinces or wherever they live to the WAEC offices to purchase the scratch card then Trek their way to Internet Cafes to complete their transactions. He continued to say with this service Afr...

As a way of adding values to the fashion world, one of the finest fashion collections in the United Kingdom, KK Afrique has launched its brand in Sierra Leone. At the exclusive launching of the Lydia Marie Collection at the County Lodge Complex, Hill Station in Freetown, KK Afrique demonstrated the uniqueness of their different collection to the audience. KK Afrique is specialists in bespoke women’s modern African fashion, created by British born designer “KK” (Kadija Kanu) of Sierra Leonean decent. According to Kadija Kanu the collection is an amalgamation the Western and African cultures thereby creating trend focused modern stylish pieces through innovative designs infused with both cultures. She stressed that her passion is fashion, and that she has great passion for it. She thanked her friends and family for their tremendous support citing that the launching of her brand in Freetown is not a mistake but one that demonstrates innovation and creativity. Fashion models demonstr...

Barefoot Women Solar Engineers Association Sierra Leone Konta Line- Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District has commended the Sierra Leone People’s Party led Government and Hon. Alex Mattia Rogers of Constituency 102 Pujehun District for their support and constant touch with them. This was made known when news men facilitated by Hon. Alex Mattia Rogers visited the institute to get first-hand information about the institute and their challenges on Monday 24th June 2019. Barefoot Women Solar Engineers Association Secretary General Edward Musa Anaque said among other things that the organisation is a grassroots one that belongs to rural illiterate’s women. He said Haja Nancy Kanu were the first batch of training in India in 2007 and from 2007 to 2009 they have trained 260 women and now they have a batch of 50 which is funded by the central government of Sierra Leone that are drawn from South, East, North and North West regions of the country. He said their training mainly focuses on prac...

The Sierra Leone office of Transnational Limited, the sole distributor of Africa leading entertainment destination DStv, launched the African Cup of Nation (AFCON-Egypt) 2019 in a live screening of the opening match along their ‘Join In’ promotion package at Family Kingdom, Aberdeen in Freetown on Friday 21st June 2019. The launch coincided with DStv one month promotion, creating an enabling awareness about their products, offers for existing and new customers among others. The outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Transnational Sierra Leone Limited (DStv) Dr. Adonis Abboud expressed gratitude to old and new customers of DStv for not only choosing the products but for their trust in a much more relied digital Satellite television system. He reminded his audience that for over 30 years they have been entertaining homes and families in the country through their digital satellite broadcasting service hence they were the pioneer of satellite television in West African since 1986. Abboud ...

Hello folks, how you do? TRACE Joenal was lucky to be part of a team of development-oriented people. These are people that mean well for Sierra Leone including Seawright Mining Company. From the Chief Executive Officer to the list staff, their minds are set on innovation and creativity that will bring smiles to the poorest of the poor. It was not a mistake when Dr. Alfred Seawright came with another powerful idea that will benefit Sierra Leone, and that is the Fish Farming. Some countries are far ahead and they are contributing greatly to their country’s GDP. It was made clear when a fifteen man delegation from Sierra Leone visited Ghana to undertake the first ever aquaculture research. The team left Sierra Leone on the 30th May and returned on the 3rd June 2019 and it was solely sponsored by Seawright Mining Company. The team comprises of: Jabulani Mkoko Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. Sai Josephine Konomanyi Human Resources Manager, Mohamed Tunkara Finance Manager, Ibrahim Suma...

G uarantee Trust Bank (GTBank) one of the leading financial institutions in Sierra Leone has announced a profit of Le 90.1 before Tax, Le 63.0 Billion after tax and a gross earnings of Le 184.7 Billion in 2018. This was disclosed on Monday 24th June this year by the Chairman Board of Directors of GTBank Emerson George Taylor-Lewis at the 18th Annual General Meeting of the Bank at Bintumani Hotel in Freetown. He said in the past years, GTBank continued to maintain its position as one of the most profitable Commercial Banks in Sierra Leone. “And in this regard, I am proud to inform you that our Bank has distinguished itself as the most profitable Bank in Sierra Leone by recording an impressive Profit Before Tax (PBT) of 90.18 billion for the financial year ended December 31,2018, an increase of 36% (Le 24.10 billion) over our 2017 PBT of Le 66.09 billion. According to the Chairman Board of Directors, even though Sierra Leone is endowed with precious stones such as diamonds and gold, t...