In a world full of challenges and obstacles, it takes a special kind of individual to shine their light and make a difference. Juliana T Sesay, the founder and Business manager of Lyoa Sourced Company Ltd., exemplifies the essence of shining her light as she leads her agribusiness venture with passion, perseverance, and purpose. Five…

End all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age. Not your ordinary woman, but a passionate and caring mother who we crown the ‘Baby food CEO’. In this spotlight, Seinya Bakarr indulged us with the highlights of  how a simple meal for…

In a very modern world where women’s rights are human rights, we often downplay the strides that humans take regardless of their gender to do what they love, what they enjoy and perhaps more logically what puts food on the table. Many of us desire the life portrayed in famous sitcoms, or as played out…

Creativity is the ability to develop new ideas and to discover new ways of looking at problems and opportunities. Innovation is the ability to apply creative solutions to those problems and opportunities in order to enhance people’s lives or to enrich society.   John Sawo-Koroma is the founder of CraftyBee Fashion World. The CraftyBee Fashion World…

Finally, the sector needs an image overhaul. As young agripreneurs, we live the reality of being in an industry that few of our peers want to be in. Our peers react with surprise when we introduce ourselves as farmers, and that surprise often turns to disbelief when they realize we do it full time; that…

Everyone needs a little inspiration to launch that big idea, go for a goal or take up a challenge that might change the trajectory of their lives positively.  Inevitably once purpose has been activated, it is now left to that person to work on the tiny spark  of hope, fan it with the flames of…

Over the last ten years, the concept of entrepreneurship has seen increasing popularity. In African countries, many young people are taking the risk to venture into business and explore new opportunities to solve their most pressing problems. This in itself is a win for a continent that boasts more than 60% of its population made…

” The need for access to talent will lead companies to think about outsourcing as a means of accelerating innovation and gaining competitive advantage. This will lead to a transformation of the outsourcing profession where innovation will be valued much higher than pure cost savings.” – Jagdish Dalal, CEO of Corporate Affairs Most start-ups and entrepreneurs…

Sierra Leone is endowed with favourable climatic conditions with diverse agro-ecological areas suitable for a wide variety of crops. Agriculture is considered as an important sector of Sierra Leone’s economy and constitutes a key Government priority.  Still despites of these assets, the sector is facing several challenges and constraints, undermining expected results and pro-poor growth,…

On the 5th of May 2021, interested applicants for the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone’s Agro-Technology grants attended an information session to learn more about the initiative. The information session was held via Zoom and was well attended by over 200 interested applicants. Key takeaways from the information session included additional information on eligibility,…