Press Releases
#TheEUandMeRoadShow 2021 video is here!
Please take a look at the video for a whistle-stop tour of the sterling work that the EU is doing with Sierra Leone. […]
Freetown
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
TOO POSHED FOR TIME TO GO TO THE MAKIT – CALL D POSH MAKIT WOMAN (by Memuna Forna)
On Friday, last week, Joanne Peters aka D Posh Makit Woman, took me to Kroo Ton Road Market in Freetown, and shared her secrets. I learned how to buy the freshest fish, cassava leaves just […]
Opinion and Analysis
WHY I STILL PUT MY TRUST IN STRANGERS
By Memuna Forna Just over 3 years ago, I wrote this piece for the Huffington Post. I was reminded of it today because however frustrating many of my interactions are in Sierra Leone. I also […]
Opinion and Analysis
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, silver and bronze and always feel good about yourself. On the […]
Public Sector
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. […]