FREETOWN, CLUSTERS AND COMPETITIVENESS
Imagine being a runner who always raced alone. On the plus side, there would never be disputes about the winner. You would win gold,...
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,...
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.
