Moroccan footballer Achraf Hakimi has been named African Footballer of the Year, becoming the first defender in more than five decades to win the continent’s top individual honour.
Representatives from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), which works to commemorate those who died in the two world wars, marked Remembrance Day this year at the Freetown Memorial in
Sierra Leonean logistics and technology startup Send Me has won the Startup World Cup Regional Semi-Finals at the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town, securing a place in the global
Sierra Leonean model Almon Sall has been crowned Mister Africa International 2025, marking the country’s second win in the prestigious continental pageant.
Burkina Faso has officially opened three state-of-the-art toll stations as part of its efforts to modernize the national road network and strengthen domestic infrastructure.
Sierra Leone’s rising football sensation, Momoh Kamara, has earned a prestigious nomination for the CAF Men’s Young Player of the Year award 2025
Joevas Asare, Managing Director of ARK Group International, believes Sierra Leone’s private sector holds huge potential to drive economic growth.
Jason Jackson was elected as the Mayor of Islington London Borough Council, becoming the first Nigerian-born and the first Black person to hold the office since the borough’s establishment in
Mali has opened its first solar panel manufacturing plant, a facility fully owned by Malians.
Rwanda has made history by unveiling Africa’s first self-flying electric air taxi in Kigali.
Angola has inaugurated the Cabinda Oil Refinery, the country’s first facility of its kind since gaining independence nearly 50 years ago.
Under the agreement, Nigeria will supply natural gas to Ghana, which will be used to generate electricity. Rather than making a direct cash payment, Ghana will send a portion of
Burkina Faso has passed a new law criminalising homosexuality, making same-sex relations punishable by five years prison sentence and fines.
68-year-old Jean Mongu Bele has become the first Congolese to design and produce smartphones.
Spearheaded by the Alumnus of Sierra Leone Grammar School, Annie Walsh Memorial Secondary School and other tech-focused partners, hosted the 3rd Annual Tech Boot Camp, a vibrant Science, Technology, Engineering,

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