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SUPPORTING POULTRY FARMERS IN SIERRA

Please read Invest Salone's response to Mr Sahr Lahai Jusu’s opinion piece (published in Global Times Newspaper Online) on the need for Feed Salone to promote local poultry farmers. Invest Salone draws on its work with the poultry sector in Sierra Leone to highlight challenges with essential inputs such as poultry feed, day-old chicks and veterinarian services, and suggests supporting the sector through stronger government services, a more business enabling environment and a concerted push to attract large scale poultry investments into the country, who would help build up the industry.

Sierra Leone’s Rise Radio is the result Asmaa James’s commitment to talk radio and her determination to give women and young Sierra Leoneans more of a voice in the mainstream media.

She describes radio as her passion, and anyone who has followed her professional journey can attest to the truth of that statement. A Mandela Washington Fellow, she was recognised by the Independent Media Commission as the most outstanding female journalist in Sierra Leone and in 2019 the BBC named her one of the 100 most influential women in the world. Throughout it all, she has remained faithful to her first love – talk radio.

And still I rise! Asmaa James takes radio to the people Rise Radio is the result Asmaa James's passion for talk radio and her determination to give women and young people more of a voice in the mainstream media.

With only two days to go until polling day, a unique citizen-led independent opinion poll of almost 7,000 potential voters nationwide shows that almost one-third of voters are staying tight-lipped about their voting intentions, and suggests that a run-off between the incumbent, President Maada Bio and his main challenger, Dr Samura Kamara – is still possible.

The Sierra Leone 2023 Elections Opinion Poll was designed and implemented by Meraki Analytics SL Limited in collaboration with consortium partners– Data Mansah and SierraEye Magazine.

Despite challenges, including being prevented by community leaders from conducting interviews in several locations, it is the largest national survey of registered voters in Sierra Leone.

News and analysis on Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE’S LARGEST INDEPENDENT OPINION POLL PREDICTS HUGE VOTER TURN OUT & SAYS A RUN-OFF COULD STILL BE ON THE CARDS

Strengthening SMEs for productivity and competitiveness - investsalone.com Following initial assessments conducted earlier this summer, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), who will be receiving support under Invest Salone’s technical assistance facility (TAF), gathered in Freetown on 8 December 2022 for an orientation session to learn more about the process and it...

"An innovative culture looks for new ways to deal with its problems and puts collaboration at the heart of the process. Congratulations to the Bo Innovation Hub for creating the space to do both."

Invest Salone's Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie at the launch of the Bo Innovation Hub this weekend.