January 2021 - Insight

Sierra Leone’s Auditor General – Lara Taylor-Pearce – works strictly by the rules, without fear or favour

January 21, 2021 memuna 5

In January 2013 Lara Taylor-Pearce, Sierra Leone’s 2011 appointed Auditor General (AG), was summoned to Parliament to appear before the Public Accounts Committee. She had caused a nationwide uproar by making the Audit Service’s 2011 […]

Malaria is still one of Sierra Leone’s greatest threats! Call for applications to Malaria Consortium’s Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship for Entomology in South Africa

January 12, 2021 memuna 0

Malaria is still one of Sierra Leone’s greatest threats. The Malaria Consortium is proud to continue its partnership with the University of Pretoria, South Africa, to continue the Dr Sylvia Meek scholarship for Entomology. The […]

CALL FOR SIERRA LEONEAN ENTREPRENEURS TO APPLY TO THE TONY ELUMELU FOUNDATION 2021 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME

January 6, 2021 memuna 0

TEF ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME APPLICATION OPEN NOW The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading champion of African entrepreneurs, opened applications on its TEFConnect digital platform (www.tefconnect.com) on January 1, 2021. This year’s intervention prioritises the economic […]

Walid Bahsoon in the window of the house he built using blocks made from plastic waste

The Freetown house built from 10 tonnes of plastic waste

January 4, 2021 memuna 0

A Freetown house built from 10 tonnes of plastic waste is the result of one man’s passion to find a solution to the plastic pollution which shrink wraps Freetown, clogging our waterways, beaches and thoroughfares and as minimum viable product’s go, it’s certainly persuasive. Last year, it reached the finals of the Asia Pacific Housing Innovation Awards – an initiative to encourage new solutions to affordable, resilient housing. […]