The government Budget statements and Financial policies for the financial year 2010 delivered by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr. Samura Kamara on December 4, 2009 in the chamber of parliament offers some fresh hope of our nation�s troubling economy. I was particularly encouraged by the budget theme

The Sierra Leone Audit Service which is supposed to be the supreme independent auditing institution engaged on the front line in the war against fraud, waste, and abuse in government in Sierra Leone, is in appearance not only weak, but has also remained dormant for years in carrying out its responsibilities

The Retiring Director and Co-founder of Powerland Computer Mr. Wes Penner who is now an associate business partner to the Ishaak Muckson Innovative Technology Centre, (IMITT Centre, www.imittcenter.com) has added another fist into the well celebrated community- driven technology initiative in the African nation of Sierra Leone

The Canadian philanthropic business entrepreneur who has been in the Information Technology zenith for over two decades has boosted the centre with High Power Electricity Generating Machine, 100 Pentium 4 Dell Computers, Two IBM Servers, Xerox Photocopy Machine, Networks Printers and many more Retrofitting gears.

Sierra Leone is a small economy, highly dependent on Agriculture and informal economic activities. Notwithstanding the �smallness� of our economy, Sierra Leone is part of the global village, which depends on the output of our countries to meet its own needs. This means that whatever happens in the world (whether good or bad) will also affect Sierra Leone. It is therefore true that the global financial and economic crisis has had its impact of our economy. 

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for his Sierra Leone counterpart Ernest Bai Koroma in Beijing, capital of China, May 25, 2009

In November 2006�Cthe Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was held successfully, and the new-type strategic partnership relation between China and Africa was established. On behalf of the Government of China, Chinese President Hu Jintao announced the Eight Measures for strengthening pragmatic cooperation with Africa and supporting the development of African countries

"Too much money chasing few goods" some in an economics class would described as INFLATION, while the layman in the village would say its hard time. Excuses most time advanced for poor economy in the case of Sierra Leone is that exports are non available to complement local economic activities to foster growth and economic development,. The question is how long shall the political power and the so-called micro and macro economist experts in the country continue to advance incomprehensible economic theories that the layman in the village cannot underastand, when all he cares to know is how he can afford not even three-square meals a day for his family, but a square meal that he can survive on with his family till the next day?

Small Scale Business Opens From Early in the Morning Till Late in the Night

A small scale business can be said to be one that requires a small amount of capital to establish it, this kind of businesses usually have a small number of employees or in most cases personally handled by the owner, and are referred to as micro businesses (this is a term used by international organizations such as The World Bank and The International Finance Corporations. The term "mini business" or "Bop business" is a common colloquial expression for a single family operated business with few or no employees other than them).