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Vol 65 No 17

Published 23rd August 2024


Nigeria

Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush

Sierra Leone University lost US$4.5m of public money to a Nigerian company after red flags were ignored and safeguards overridden. Then, they kept it secret

An Africa Confidential Special Report By Josef Skrdlik and Andrew Weir  

Read this Special Report for free here: Freetown’s business school buys $4.5m hole in the bush 

Plus the accompanying report: Femab Properties’ chequered past in which we probe the often questionable history of Sierra Leone's Nigerian partners and ask why multiple warning signs were ignored

 

The Bureh Town campus site after five years after work stopped.

The Bureh Town campus site after five years after work stopped. Pic: Josef Skrdlik



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