‘Bloom means many things, but for us, it means prosperity, and enabling greatness in Sierra Leone’ – Bloom Bank Africa Greatness lands in Sierra Leone with the launch of a premier development bank, which aims to provide innovative opportunities, competitively priced loans to SMEs with a great approach to financial inclusiveness for all. The bank’s…

National Reconciliation Award is an initiative by The Center for Memory and Reparations to honour an outstanding Sierra Leonean who has made significant contributions, and stood firm in the struggle for transitional justice, human rights, and national reconciliation in Sierra Leone for a minimum of 10 years. The award recognizes and honours a courageous, innovative,…

“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.” – Albert Einstein Meet a group of young promising Sierra Leonean writers and art lovers who have taken up the responsibility of organizing A mic and A stage which includes poetry in music and a storytelling session. The team is branded under the name “Ink Salone”. This event tagged “Creativity…

It was a grand, talented and joy filled affair at the #Sing4Justice fundraising dinner and dance held on Thursday 9th December 2021 at the Prestigious Lagoonda Conference Hall. The event was organised by The Institute for Legal Research and Advocacy for Justice (ILRAJ) – they brought together over 40 talented young Sierra Leoneans in a…

Nowadays, children especially those from sheltered homes or with family support are rarely allowed to explore unfamiliar spaces. They spend most of their childhood trapped behind a house or the school. It is perhaps one of the main reasons why we seek to have exploratory days outside of our school.  At Narnia, the psychological, physical…

In Sierra Leone a notable media personality took on a journey to advocate for and support the aged exactly a year ago. Doreen Barrie believes that ‘ Old is Gold’ and holds dear the scripture which states that  we should “Honor your father and mother” as this is the  first commandment that has a promise attached…

The Rotary Club of Freetown-Sunset hosted its annual dinner and dance at the New Brookfield’s Hotel in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Saturday, 9th October, 2021. Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe,…

What is this exhibition about? The Old photos of Sierra Leone exhibition is a display of unique and treasured images of the past of our beloved Sierra Leone for  anyone and everyone to see. There are photos of significant events, icons and places that have been preserved,  but most of which are not publicly available…

PRESS RELEASE GLOBAL WOMENICE SUMMIT 2021 In our International Women’s Month, we celebrate the Global Womenice Summit 2021 organized by the Womenice foundation, whose motto is “Female Leadership is the New Normal in the COVID Era”, in which the main goal is to get you involved, get you inspired, get you engaged and get you empowered through debates and sharing…

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…