The Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency yesterday (SLIEPA) yesterday facilitated the donation of one hundred thousand United States dollars to the 50th Anniversary committee as the company’s contribution towards the golden jubilee celebrations.Â
Speaking at the handing over ceremony at SLIEPA office Tower Hill in Freetown chaired by the Communications Director Francis Minah the Director of Investment Raymond Gbekie while delivering the welcome address expressed delight and called for all hands on deck to celebrate the golden jubilee.
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L-R SLIEPA’s Director of Investment Raymond Gbekie, Country Manager of Siva Group Bio Palm in Sierra Leone Harding Tommy and the Communications Director Francis Minah |
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He explained that the launching of the sugar and oil factories in the country and the arrival of more investors from India and other parts of the world demonstrates SLIEPA’s commitment and determinations to attract credible investors in to the country for direct investment in a bid to promote trade and economic growth.
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In his brief statement the Country Manager of Siva Group Bio Palm in Sierra Leone Harding Tommy said the company has acquired agreement with the government of Sierra Leone for 80,000 hectares of land within four chiefdoms in the Pujehun District.
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Board Chair SLIEPA Gladys Strasser King and the Chairman of the 50th Committee Prof. Cecil Magbailey Fye during the handing over ceremony |