The project is coordinated by CORAF and funded by the European Union as part of its “Developing Intelligent Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA)” program. More specifically, the ABEE project concerns five crops that are -on the one hand- essential to the food security of a steadily growing population, and -on the other- highly sensitive to climate change.

Turkish power plant KARPOWER has signed an agreement to supply electricity to Sierra Leone for 5 years. Karpowership - part of the Karadeniz Energy group - already supplies around 80% of the West African nation's electricity via two powerships anchored off the capital Freetown under a contract signed in 2018.