Tag: Freetown
#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.
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....
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...
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,...
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.