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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Sierra Leone: IB Kargbo Meets GSM Companies, Local AuthoritiesMinistry of Information and Communication has appealed to GSM companies and other stake holders to resolve their differences regarding the payment of royalties to local government authorities.At the meeting, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said; "there is a need for a healthy relationship between local authorities and GSM...
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Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Sierra Leone plans to crack down telcos that ignore regulations or are unlawful says country’s minister of information and communications, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo. “Though the country is operating under the confines of democracy and a liberal economy which allows companies to operate without hassles, any telecommunication company that fails to cooperate in honoring the [...]
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Sierra Leone will crack down on telecom companies that ignore regulations or do not live up to service obligations, according to the country's minister of information and communications, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo. "Though the country is operating under the confines of democracy and a liberal economy which allows companies to operate without hassles, any telecommunication company that...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... was Vice President and acted as President of the Association after the incumbent President Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo was appointed Minister of Information and Communications.Ibrahim Karim Sei, who served as Secretary General of the Association for two terms, is also running for the presidency but fears that "the election has the potential to split SLAJ membership, especially...
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Sierra Leone Information and Communication Minister Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo called on mobile-phone companies to register subscribers' SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards at a press briefing last week. Mobile-phone users have encountered threats and intimidation, and the perpetrators have taken advantage of anonymity, Kargbo said. "It is difficult to trace those who are engaged...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Sierra Leone: Proliferation of Cinemas WorrisomeMinister of information and communication has, in a meeting with the national union of cinema entertainers (NUCE), stated that the proliferation of cinema houses was unimaginable and becoming a concern to the government and his ministry.Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said commercial cinema owners were not handling their business centers responsibly,...
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
While on a one-day working visit for the first time to Sierra Leone Wednesday, Chris Gabriel, Zain CEO for the African region, discussed the country's international gateway with Information and Communication Minister Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo. Sierra Leone's international gateway is still controlled by government-owned carrier Sierra Leone Telecommunications (Sierratel), as the Cabinet...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
... cell sites in Port Loko before meeting the minister of information and communication, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo where he expressed Zain's willingness to continue investing in the country.Zain team also visited the commissioner of NATCOM where a close door meeting was held.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
... big question that is begging for answer," Samu said.Meanwhile, the minister of information Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo reiterated that the investigating panel was set up to look into the way projects were executed so as to be able to refocus the development agenda."We don't want a situation whereby projects were undertaken by contractors who could perform even after they would have...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Sierra Leone: No Room for Sacked NPA BossIbrahim TarawallieMinister of energy and power has categorically told a press conference in Freetown that the board will not reinstate the sacked deputy general manager of national power authority who was implicated in some impropriety.Haja Afsatu Kabba said there was no way the board could bring back Patrick Tarawallie.The energy and power minister said...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
Sierra Leone: Minister Admits Cabinet Reshuffle FeverDeputy minister of information and communications Mohamed Koroma Friday admitted that President Ernest Bai Koroma's pending cabinet reshuffle was already sending shocking waves among ministers, with many already panicky.However, his boss minister Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, who returns today from an ICT conference in Nigeria told this...
