The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Sierra Leone, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 4.6% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 7.5% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 3.2% | Low: the job market is tight. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $846 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2024) | -14.1% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2025) | 20.9% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Finance, Karefa Kargbo, has expressed optimism that the country could receive US$40 million in budget support from the World Bank in December 2026, while acknowledging serious weaknesses in public procurement, contractor performance and project supervision that continue to undermine the…
Female genital mutilation is often discussed as a cultural practice. But what happens when culture intersects with political ambition, money, traditional authority and the struggle for votes? In Sierra Leone, the question is no longer simply why Bondo continues to exist.
Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, held discussions with a high-level delegation from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on strengthening sustainable health financing, increasing domestic resource mobilisation and advancing reforms aimed at…
Gento Group of Companies Limited is positioning itself as a major player in Sierra Leone’s infrastructure and industrial development, unveiling an ambitious investment vision aimed at connecting the country’s vast mineral resources, industries and businesses to regional and international markets through the proposed…
West Africa’s economic future depends on how well we turn ambition into sustainable livelihoods. Yet for decades, we have tended to talk about economic opportunity in fairly narrow terms. Study hard. Get qualifications. Find a good job. Build a career. It remains a perfectly valid aspiration.
The Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) has concluded a pre-bid meeting and site visit for the proposed reconstruction of the 97-kilometre Magburaka-Bumbuna-Sambaia Bendugu Road, a strategic infrastructure project expected to improve connectivity, stimulate economic growth and enhance access to essential services…
Veteran journalist, Publisher of the Global Times Newspaper and Chairman of the Board of Authority of the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA), Sorie Fofana, has called for peace, dialogue and unity within the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), amid growing concerns over internal disagreements and the…
The Ministry of Finance has presented its FY2027 budget and strategic priorities at the ongoing Bilateral Budget Hearings, outlining measures to increase domestic revenue, improve debt sustainability, strengthen public financial management and enhance fiscal oversight.
Oumar Farouk Sesay: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2026: In 2002, shortly after Sierra Leone emerged from a devastating civil war and began the difficult work of rebuilding its democracy, 494 registered civil society organizations formed the National Election Watch (NEW).
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 3 October 2026: Hundreds of millions of dollars planned investments to Sierra Leone by foreign companies, may now be at risk as the European Union (EU) this week decides to halt its financial aid to the country.
Sierra Leone’s Judiciary has held discussions with a delegation from Liberia on plans to establish a War and Economic Crimes Court, sharing the country’s experience in transitional justice, post-war accountability and the prosecution of corruption-related offences.
Umaru Abdulsalam Shyllon, Business Center Manager of Rokel Commercial Bank’s FSSST Branch, has attained the Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (ACIB) qualification, strengthening his professional credentials in the banking industry.