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  • Published on Dec 5, 2018

    How not to conduct Large-scale Agricultural Investments: Lessons from the Malen/Socfin Land dispute in Sierra Leone

    By Sonkita Conteh, Director, Namati Sierra Leone Background The website of Socfin Agriculture Company Ltd (SAC) paints a picture of turbulence. A series of posts stretching as far back as 2013 reveal the company has been under pressure from community …

    Source: Standard Times Press
  • Published on Sep 28, 2018

    Sierra Leone is a successful model of a stable democracy – president Bio tells UN general assembly

    Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 September 2018: Yesterday, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone delivered his maiden UN general assembly speech to world leaders gathered in New York, just six months after he was elected president. His speech comes amid …

    Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph
  • Published on Oct 2, 2018

    President Bio's address at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York

    Statement by His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York – 27 September 2018. Mr Chairman, Colleague Heads of State and Government, Distinguished …

    Source: Expo Times
  • Published on Nov 22, 2017

    Maada Bio delivers his New Direction Strategy for Sierra Leone – Part Two

    Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 November 2017 Julius Maada Bio – the presidential candidate for the opposition SLPP party delivered a policy speech at the Radisson Blue Mammy Yoko Hotel in Freetown yesterday, 18 November 2017, about his vision for Sierra Leone, …

    Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph
  • Published on Nov 10, 2017

    Why we need change in Sierra Leone – the case for a developmental, inclusive and democratic party

    Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone Telegraph: 9 November 2017 As we approach the elections of March 2018, politicians are busy on the campaign trail. They are making lofty promises. These elections may mark a turning point in our political trajectory. The tenure …

    Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph
  • Published on Aug 12, 2017

    Education and inequality in Sierra Leone

    . Abu Bakarr Jalloh Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 August 2017 The income gap between educated people and those who cannot read nor write, has widened considerably in Sierra Leone since the country gained independence from Britain in 1961. The fast-increasing …

    Source: Sierra Leone Telegraph
  • Published on Oct 11, 2018

    10 stories to cheer you up in the wake of the IPCC 1.5C report

    The climate outlook may be bleak, but there are stories that suggest the global response is starting to scale up It somehow managed to be even bleaker than expected, right? The IPCC's report on 1.5C of warming was commissioned as an exercise in …

    Source: Business Green
  • Published on Nov 23, 2017

    Sunbird Bioenergy sourcing elephant grass from farmers to power boiler

    In Sierra Leone, Sunbird Bioenergy will buy $10 million worth of dry elephant grass from local farmers to power the boiler at the former Addax ethanol facility it purchased late last year. Only 25,000 metric tons of sugarcane bagasse were produced this …

    Source: Biobased Digest
  • Published on Apr 14, 2018

    President Bio’s suspension of logging and Export gets commendation and Green Scenery calls for Permanent ban

    By Ishmael Kindama Dumbuya Logging for export is a major challenge that the Sierra Leone environment is facing. During the past administration of former President Ernest Bai Koroma, the export of timber logs was the order of the day and many Sierra …

    Source: Standard Times Press
  • Published on Aug 17, 2017

    African conference strives to boost bioenergy industries

    Global conference organiser Centre for Management Technology (CMT) notes that its Biomass Trade & Bioenergy Africa conference will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, in Sandton, on September 28 and 29. CMT hopes that the conference will further the …

    Source: Engineering News
  • Published on Aug 2, 2017

    CMT’s leading Biomass Series travels to Johannesburg to host ‘BIOMASS TRADE & BIOENERGY AFRICA’ Summit

    Published 02 August 2017 The Biomass Series in Africa has on-board some of the early movers of Africa’s unexploited biomass and biogas energy markets. South Africa’s power utility – Eskom that is planning to build its first biomass plant – shares its ‘ …

    Source: Energy Business Review
  • Published on Jul 25, 2017

    CMT’s leading Biomass Series travels to Johannesburg to host ‘BIOMASS TRADE & BIOENERGY AFRICA’ Summit

    Posted on July 25, 2017 by Benzinga Full Feed in Press Releases Leadership is an overused word, and is often misused. We like this definition. Vibrant Johannesburg is the chosen venue for CMT’s Biomass Trade & BioEnergy Africa summit. Held on 28-29 …

    Source: University Chronicle
  • Published on Aug 24, 2018

    Can Europe defeat a palm oil 'monster' of its own making?

    Alongside record heat waves, trade wars have also been grabbing global headlines recently, whether it's the United States versus Turkey, the US versus China — or the European Union versus Indonesia and Malaysia. Rumblings of the latter followed the …

    Source: DW.DE
  • Published on Jan 11, 2017

    African Biofuels: a quick look at pros and cons

    Over the past decade or so, African biofuels production has expanded rapidly across Africa. The availability of vast tracts of land at cheap prices led to significant state, NGO and (most notably) foreign investment in the burgeoning industry following the …

    Source: News
  • Published on May 27, 2018

    All For Africa Project, Big Winner

    [Election 2008] A special evening of championship boxing, music, and charity was held recently at the Hammerstein Ballroom in honor of “Knock Out Poverty,” a project to support “All For Africa,” a non-profit organization campaign to fight poverty in Africa …

    Source: Black Star News
  • Published on Jun 21, 2017

    Addax flouts local content policy

    By Amin Kef, Freetown Workers of Addax Bioenergy Company in Mabilafu, a few miles from Makeni recently staged a peaceful strike action to register their discontent with the treatment of nationals by the company. Addax Bioenergy is a Swiss-owned Sugarcane- …

    Source: Patriotic Vanguard
  • Published on May 4, 2018

    All For Africa Project, Big Winner

    [Election 2008] A special evening of championship boxing, music, and charity was held recently at the Hammerstein Ballroom in honor of “Knock Out Poverty,” a project to support “All For Africa,” a non-profit organization campaign to fight poverty in Africa …

    Source: Black Star News
  • Published on Apr 10, 2018

    Carbon capture: Expensive, risky – and indispensable?

    A study published by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) warns that we need to cut carbon emissions by at least 20 percent more than countries have pledged under the Paris Agreement by 2030 – otherwise we risk putting far too much …

    Source: DW.DE

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