Obtaining accurate corporate records in french speaking African countries is not a walk in the park but an experience that needs ‘GPS’ style navigation. Obtaining corporate records in countries like Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Congo, Mali and the rest of French speaking African countries can be a difficult task, but the most challenging part is…

“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” – B.B. King   A few weeks ago, I was privileged to share on the Psychology of winning through education at a conference held in Freetown. It was organised by She Arose Transformational Coaching in partnership with The anti- glossophobia academy. As…

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it – Maya Angelou Haja Isatu Bah is a young and dynamic Sierra Leonean woman. She is an Environmental studies student and is planning a public health career in the future. Born and raised in Sierra Leone, she got a scholarship to…

We have started a new year and like every year, it is a tradition to set goals and make new year’s resolutions. It is more of a tradition now than anything else really, but the truth is, it is no different than any other day. Like every other day in the previous year, nothing changes…

Dr. Wurie Sesay started studying medicine in her home country Sierra Leone, and then she went on to do post graduate studies in Uganda. She is a wife, mother of two sons; eight and seven. She is a daughter and a sister. When she is not figuring out how to thrive in these roles, she…

Hafeez Othman Taqi and Jesse Nicky Kamara of Sierra Leone Grammar School and Christina M’Ewem of the Annie Walsh Memorial School whisk home Scholarships worth $10,000 from the 2020 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition.     On Saturday 19th December 2020, three pupils two (2) from the Sierra Leone Grammar School and one (1) from the…

    Maybe it is time, time for us to take a deep look into our being. Time to forget for a little while about “the future”,  for what future do we have if we do not make better choices now? Our failures are indeed a “heavy shame” to accept and face. But to move…

A true-life story, the author prefers to remain anonymous.

Government of Sierra Leone Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) New England, Freetown and United Bank for Africa Foundation (UBAF) PRESS RELEASE November 13th, 2020 National Essay Competition The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) and the United Bank for Africa Foundation (UBAF) today launch a National Essay Competition for SSS3…

If you have ever had a cold or the flu, then you already know about an upper respiratory virus. The common cold is the most well-known upper respiratory infection (URI) while the #COVID-19 infection is a lower respiratory infection. Usually, the main cause of this type of infection are #viruses and bacteria. Most URI are contagious…