The lights and fireworks to ring in the decade have been beautiful, phenomenal and heavenly. We love how excited most people are to start afresh. We are left wondering what the new trends will be.   Our social media accounts pop-up with ‘new me- new year’ taglines, nicely wrapped with the 10-year picture challenge. How can we…

Thank you for growing from strength to strength, and for demonstrating excellence. Let me break down my definition of excellence. From the outside, I see that you share leadership with rotating chair positions; I see that you give one another the opportunity to shine by handing the mic over and spotlighting the greatness of each…

My name is Tiyani  Majoko. A part of my dream is to create large scale legal solutions that will make the delivery of  legal services worldwide faster, excellent and more accessible. I created  The Legal  Werk, my startup that focuses on legal professionals, which  I aim to launch in North America over the next few…

Happiness is not something you propose for the future its something you design for the present. Our world  can be cold, bitter and cruel . On the flip side it can be sunny, hearty and hail. Regardless of what life throws you, life is what you make it! This may sound cliche to some and…

Peagie Woobay-Foday is a girls champion and self- appointed ambassador for Sierra Leone. It’s amazing how Peagie, pregnant at 15 has progressively turned victim hood into triumph. Back then, her family support was strong enough to spur her own inner determination into pushing the boundaries of shame, guilt and neglect that shroud teenagers who fall pregnant…

Stella Bangura stumbled into media and journalism by chance. She graduated high school with the thought of becoming a lawyer, but somewhere along the line she went through the phase of starting a business rather than going to university.   Eventually when she did go to university, she read business administration due to her desire…

  Eunice Naffie Mustapha is a 21-year-old female Sierra Leonean that has been championing kids and youth issues in her country since she was a teenager. Eunice started her advocacy in 2015 after the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, as she was motivated by the desire to promote the empowerment of kids and youth in…

Yeniva Sisay (M.A. Ed) is a value creator and change agent, who is passionate about the development and transformation of Africa. In 2007 Yeniva relocated to her ancestral home Sierra Leone, with a vision to develop the next generation of Sierra Leonean leaders, innovators, and change-makers. It was then that she founded EXCEL Sierra Leone; an educational…

Ajara Marie Bomah is a child of God, a go-getter, trend setter, dreamer, mom, sister, partner and friend. She complements this professionally as a marketing and communications executive and a rising business mogul. With over 15 years of experience, Ajara specializes in diaspora engagement, development and investment in Africa with a critical focus on women…

Technology firms led by women experience a 35% higher return on investment than those led by men, according to a paper by the venture capitalist firm Illuminate Ventures. This report shows that it’s actually more beneficial for companies to hire women who have a tech- base than their male counterparts. If Africa is to become…