Sierra Leone

Young Sierra Leonean engineer and innovator Alfred Mbayoh has officially launched the Afrovate Tech Hub in Freetown, a youth-led initiative aimed at empowering young people with skills in technology, innovation

In 2021, Sierra Leone was offered an extraordinary gift that would have helped strengthen her fragile democracy: a practical path to electoral credibility.Through a formal bilateral engagement, the Electoral Commission

Sierra Leone’s pageant landscape is entering a bold new era with the introduction of Miss Grand Sierra Leone 2026, a platform designed to elevate the nation’s beauty, culture, and global

Sierra Leonean fashion entrepreneur Ishmael Brima Koroma, CEO and Founder of NEEKS Fashion, has been honoured with the Universe Fashion Industry Leadership Award 2025 in Malaysia
Sierra Leone has reached a historic milestone in its mining industry after securing US$330 million in senior-debt financing to launch the country’s first large-scale commercial gold mine.
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.
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
Foff from Fofanah Water Solution, a Sierra Leonean water infrastructure company based in Newton, Waterloo, is working to bridge that gap by offering a range of professional borehole drilling and
Chidi Blyden, a respected American foreign policy and security advisor, is currently in Sierra Leone with her two sons on a one-month visit to rediscover the country through the eyes
Sierra Leone could be sitting on a 30 billion barrels of crude oil and gas, worth around $2.1 trillion at current market rates, according to a recent data, making Sierra
Popular Nigerian music producer MasterKraft has arrived in Sierra Leone ahead of the grand finale of the Cribs International Talent Search, Sierra Leone's first-ever modern talent search show.
Sierra Leonean albinio model and activist Daniella Boima Garrick has been crowned the first-ever Miss Albinism Africa at the inaugural Mr. and Miss Albinism Africa pageant held in Harare, Zimbabwe.
A group of medical professionals from Marbella, Spain, has brought hope and healing to dozens of patients in Sierra Leone through a week-long humanitarian mission at Caritas Christ the King

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