Essential Stories
James Samba: Building Sierra Leone’s First Electric Vehicle
James Samba 25, grew up in Pujehun Town in southern Sierra Leone, the youngest in a family of eleven. As a child, ...The power of one scholarship in Sierra Leone: Lorna Bayoh’s Inspiring Journey
Growing up in Masanga, Tonkolili District, Sierra Leone, Lorna Bayoh’s childhood was marked by poverty and hardship. He was born in 1998 ...Ghana Grants Youtuber Wode Maya A Diplomatic Passport
On Wednesday, 17th September, 2025, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, awarded diplomatic passports to five distinguished Ghanaians. This happened ...Nigerian Chef Hilda Baci wins Big with New Jollof Guinness World Record
On September 15th, 2025, Lagos witnessed history simmering in a giant pot! Celebrity Chef and Foodpreneur, Hilda Effiong Bassey, famously known as ...The Man Behind Sierra Leone’s First Homemade Helicopter
For more than three decades, Francis A. S Tucker, commonly known as “the helicopter man” has been chasing a dream that many ...Life Behind the Cart in Sierra Leone’s Informal Sector
On any given day, through the dusty or muddy streets of Shell New Road, Freetown, you’ll find Hassan Sesay, 43, pushing his ...Sierra Leone’s First Perfume Company: St. Alice Luxury
In the heart of Freetown, at 109 Circular Road, a small yet ambitious business is making history. St. Alice Luxury Perfume, led ...Sierra Leone’s Unemployment rate improves, But Youth Unemployment Persists.
Sierra Leone’s unemployment rate saw a slight improvement, decreasing from 3.58% in 2022 to 3.57% in 2023, according to data by Macrotrends. ...Chidi Blyden Urges Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora to Unite for Investment Growth
Chidi Blyden, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Millenium Challenge Corporation, called on Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora to unite and leverage ...Thinking Pink Offers Free Screenings Amid Rising Breast Cancer Cases in Sierra Leone
Thinking Pink Breast Cancer Foundation is offering free breast cancer screenings throughout the month of October. The initiative aims to increase awareness ...














