AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoInvestment: President Julius Maada Bio and business leaders are seeking stronger public-private cooperation to drive regional integration and industrialisation, ahead of the West Africa Investment and Industrialisation Summit in Freetown in November. Food Trade: Russia has resumed chicken exports to Sierra Leone for the first time since 2017, shipping about 840 tonnes worth $750,000 from January to August. Digital Security: A breach of the .sl domain registry enabled attackers to obtain unauthorised HTTPS certificates, putting domains at risk; Google says its systems were not breached and the certificates were blocked or revoked. Mining Jobs: Marampa Mines’ restructuring could put more than 900 Sierra Leoneans out of work, according to reports. Ports and Logistics: A container fire at Freetown’s Queen Elizabeth II Quay was extinguished with no deaths reported, as port congestion is also causing delays of more than 10 days at Freetown and Conakry. Agriculture: Sierra Leone joined a regional workshop on building forest-monitoring systems and readiness to access results-based REDD+ climate finance.
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