普杰洪区Pujehun DistrictThe population of Pujehun District is mainly from the Mende ethnic group, though minority ethnic groups are also found in the District. Pujehun District is a large Muslim majority district, though there is a significant Christian minority as well.
- Zimmi is a small town in Pujehun District of southern Sierra Leone. As of 2009 it had an estimated population of 5,369.[1] The town is a trade centre in particular relating to agriculture, mining and commercial business activities, and provides a link for trade with Liberia. Zimmi Community Bank, founded in 2005, is located in the town and serves both the local area and the surrounding Chiefdoms of Barri, Sorogbema and Tunkia.
- This mining area has known to produce some of the world’s most amazing canary yellow diamonds. The diamonds from the region’s Zimmi mine have such a highly saturated yellow color, which is caused by isolated nitrogen impurities. https://cdn.polyauction.com.hk/default/auction/sale/xiang-gang-bao-li-2020nian-chun-pai-zhu-bao-zhong-biao-bao-w2_c67da107-1d2e-408e-a8cb-c5a0e437bcee.pdf
- fintech
- https://www.ft.com/content/40980b7c-c350-11e9-a8e9-296ca66511c9 Sierra Leoneans will be able to sign up for bank accounts with a press of their thumbs, thanks to a blockchain-based financial inclusion programme that could serve as a model for countries with large unbanked populations across the developing world. The Kiva Protocol, launched on Wednesday by the Sierra Leonean government and Kiva, the Silicon Valley microloan company, is a biometric system that links a person’s thumbprint with their identity. It will allow the west African country to create a universal credit bureau for the first time, with its backers hoping it will spur lending by banks reluctant to loan to people without credit histories. Further benefits identified include allowing the government to reach more people with its services, cutting costs for mobile operators and start-ups and bringing thousands of small businesses into the formal economy. “From the individual, to the start-up to the government to businesses . . . the proof of ID becomes instantaneous, meaning more access to services” for Sierra Leoneans, said David Sengeh, the country’s chief innovation officer. “This is a great step that a small country is taking.”
China
- leaders' visit
- http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2016/12/02/a15-1202.pdf 國家 主席習近平昨日在人民大會堂同塞拉利 昂總統科羅馬舉行會談。兩國元首決定 將中塞關係提升為全面戰略合作夥伴關 係
- http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21695880-locals-lose-out-silver-deep Six years ago, two Chinese traders discovered that the waters around Sierra Leone’s Banana Island were teeming with sea cucumbers; islanders have been diving for them ever since. The leathery echinoderms only emerge from their hiding-places in the dark. So when night falls, Emmanuel Pratt slides out to sea in his brightly-painted canoe. Wearing a wetsuit and flippers, he takes a last drag of his cigarette before pulling a mask down over his face, and slipping into the dark water. Moments later the beam of his waterproof torch appears a dozen feet down as he searches for his new livelihood. When the Chinese traders, known to the islanders only as Mr Cham and Mr Lee, first turned up, locals say they promised to use some of the profits from the sea-cucumber trade to boost the islanders’ quality of life. A motorboat, a community centre, solar panels and water pumps were promised in exchange for being allowed to operate there. Six years on, a group of young men sit on empty petrol cans in the rundown village of Dublin, passing a spliff around in the pitch dark. “They delivered nothing,” says another diver. “The traders made a lot of money and we didn’t get any of it.” Similar words have echoed throughout Sierra Leonean history. For centuries foreigners have come to buy its resources—gold, diamonds, bauxite—but the country remains one of the world’s poorest, with a GDP per head of less than $800 a year. Yet despite the old complaint, most of the island’s young men are grateful that the Chinese came. They still get paid about $1 per cucumber. “I did not have any work before, I had no plans, but now I have a trade. I built my house with the sea-cucumber money,” says Mr Pratt. He proudly gestures to his cement house. Painted lime green, it stands out against the other ramshackle clapboard structures. Imagine how much more could be built if the islanders got a grip on their own resources.
- investors from China
- http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2015-04/21/content_20497163.htm State-owned Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd said on Monday that it has acquired the remaining 75 percent stake it does not own in a mining project in western Africa's Sierra Leone. Shandong Steel had earlier acquired a 25 percent stake in the project, Tonkolili Iron Ore mine, for about $1.5 billion in 2011. With the completion of the stake purchase from the loss-making African Minerals Ltd, Shandong Steel also owns the associated infrastructure company African Port and Railway Services.
- https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2165910/dozens-chinese-accused-illicit-gold-mining-child-labour-sierra Sierra Leone is to deport 38 Chinese for alleged involvement in illicit gold mining and child labour, officials said.
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