The ‘Godfather’ of Sierra Leone’s contemporary music industry, Jimmy Y. Bangura (in photo),  will deliver the keynote speech at the United States Embassy Black-and-White Ball in celebration of Black History Month.  Jimmy B, as he is popularly known, will speak on the challenges and opportunities in the Sierra Leone music industry. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/65082

Miral Health Care Limited, a leading dealer of pharmaceutical products in Sierra Leone has concluded its ‘MALFAN Essay Competition for Secondary Schools’ across the country on the topic, ‘My contribution to fight against Malaria’. The objective of the competition according to the Country Manager of Miral Health Care, Afam Okafor, is to increase awareness on […]

The tournament director in the football association, Sorie Ibrahim Sesay has told a cross-section of the press that a total of 179 matches will be played in this year’s FA Cup, which is expected to kick-off on Sunday February 9th 2014 at the Coronation Field in Bo. He stated that 170 teams will participate in […]

A delegation from AV8 Helicopters operating shuttles in East London and South Africa is currently on a visit to Sierra Leone to start arrangements for the commencement of helicopter shuttle services in the country. The delegation met with the Mayor of the Freetown City Council, Sam Franklyn Bode Gibson at his office to discuss plans […]

The General Manager of Hunan Construction Engineering Group Corporation, Zhou Jianbo, in an exclusive interview, has said they will finish the three dams they are constructing in Sierra Leone with a deadline of March 2015. Speaking to this medium at their base camp in Charlotte, Zhou said they are constructing three dams in Sierra Leone; […]

The UKs International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced a new strategy to help end aid dependency in Asia and Africa by doubling its investment in the developing economies. In her keynote speech at the London Stock Exchange, Greening said “’Economic development is, without question, the only way countries can leave behind enduring and chronic […]

West Africa is increasingly becoming Sahel (semi-desert) due to environmental degradation. Anyone that has visited or has lived in countries like Senegal, Mali, Mauritania and Niger (just to name four countries) would tell you what the word Sahel means. Even northern Nigeria where the Boko Haram rebels are causing havoc is a victim of gradual desertification […]

The Solar Park in Freetown, with a capacity of 6 MW, will be one of West Africa’s largest solar parks Mulk OGI – Oasis Gulf Investment, FZC, a company of the Sharjah-based diversified conglomerate affiliated to Mulk Holdings (https://www.mulkholdings.com), has recently won a multimillion USD contract to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) expertise for […]

On 7th February 2014 Andrews Smith, Managing Director of Wirral and Cheshire based Andrew’s Estates, will head to Sierra Leone to offer support toOAKS . Overseas Aid for the Kids of Sierra Leone), a charity that built and now operates a primary school for underprivileged children in the region. https://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Cheshire/Neston/CH64/News/Local-News/266881-Wirral-Entrepreneur-Andrew-Smith-Plans-Charity-Trip-to-Sierra-Leone

In a disappointing and frustrating turn of events, Mohamed Bangura nickname Pobosky has  left Scottish side Celtic for good. His time there has been dampened by injury, and bad fortune. In 16 appearances for Celtic Pobosky failed to put one in the back of the net. When he was signed to Celtic in August 2011 for £2.2 he […]