Monthly Archives: October, 2020
When Silicon Valley meets Sierra Leone – the launch of the National Innovation and Digital Strategy
8am on Friday, 1st November at the Bintumani Conference Centre. There was an immediate sense that here was a different type of event. Energetic,...
LOGISTICS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN – THE HIDDEN HALF OF THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
Not very many of us reflect on the impact that logistics and supply chain management have on every aspect of our day to day...
Funding Freetown – bridging the gap between civic pride and property tax
If you want to know how cities survive without a functioning property-based tax system, you just have to look at Freetown. Freetown with its overflowing gutters, annual flooding tragedies, environmental degradation, and mountains of hazardous waste is the perfect example of a city that cannot pay for itself.