Kingsley Ighobor: Siera Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2024: Elias has tasted success with exports: two years ago, he shipped lemons, bananas and other fruits to Namibia in a profitable venture. Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of any economy. In Angola, people are determined to shift away [Read More]
Franck Kuwonu: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 6 February 2024: Courteney Mukoyi, a young tech activist from Zimbabwe, earned global acclaim with the Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award in 2022. This recognition, he believes, led to his appointment to the UN Office of Human Rights Youth Advisory Group, as one of [Read More]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2024: Held at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and hosted by the African Centre for Cities in partnership with Big Win Philanthropy and Bloomberg Philanthropies, this year’s African Mayoral Leadership Initiative (AMALI) City Leadership Forum was attended by 15 Mayors and Governors, including [Read More]
Ian Brennan: NPR: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2024: The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: “best African music performance.” When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be “able to acknowledge and appreciate a broader array [Read More]
Victor Mengot: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2024: The price one pays for patriotism – my role in public transport transformation in Sierra Leone. For those who don’t know me, I am Victor Ako Mengot a qualified Urban Planner and Chartered Transportation and Highway Engineer. It will be amiss if [Read More]
FCC: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 05 February 2024: Property rates and business licenses account for 60% of Freetown City Council’s own source revenue. The prompt payment of property rates and business licenses by all Freetonians is therefore essential for ensuring that much needed services can be delivered to residents and businesses. [Read More]
Murtala Mohamed Kamara: 04 February 2024: There has been a lot of excitement surrounding the introduction of 50 new public service buses under the Resilient Urban initiative, a collaboration between the World Bank and the Sierra Leone Government to address transportation needs in Freetown. Last week, I had the opportunity [Read More]
Abdulai Mansaray: 31 January 2024: When President Bio assumed power in 2018, he made two prominent promises, among others to the nation. He promised to “fight corruption” and to provide “Free Quality Education”. The promise to fight corruption was nothing new for Sierra Leoneans. President Bio’s predecessors have always used [Read More]
Murtala Mohamed Kamara: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 31 January 2024: Africa’s population will be urbanized by 2035, according to IsaAfrica. As population grows, basic amenities will become stretched to breaking point. In order to meet this challenge, governments across Africa are planning and preparing for change. A $2 billion Diamniadio city [Read More]
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