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The Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation Sierra Leone, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund, launched the Pregnancy Registration and Service Tracking application (PReSTrack), a life-saving digital app to reduce the high rate of maternal mortality in Sierra Leone.
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Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, will host the 2024 African Genius Awards in September, making it the first college/university outside South Africa to host the prestigious awards.
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Popular TV host and media personality, Stella Bangura, famously known for her talk show “On the Spot With Stella”, launched and held a dinner for season three of her most popular TV show “On the Spot With Stella” at El Greco Restaurant in Freetown.
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In 1981, Captain Theresa M. Claiborne was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force. A year later, in 1982, at 23, she became the first Black woman and the first African American female pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
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Partnering to Serve Humanity consortium, which includes the Tzu Chi Foundation, Healey International Relief Foundation, Lanyi Foundation, and Caritas Freetown, undertook an Emergency Disaster Relief distribution over two days on Saturday, June 22, and Sunday, June 23, 2024.
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Former beauty queen, media, communication, branding professional and TV presenter, Stella Bangura, has recently announced a major collaboration with local TV broadcasters in Sierra Leone a few months after making headlines in major newspapers in Sierra Leone for her comeback with the third season of her popular talk show, “On The Spot With Stella.”
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The Healey International Relief Foundation (HIRF) donated antibiotics and antipsychotic medicines to the National HIV/AIDS Control Program in Sierra Leone.
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Deborah Quickpen is Nigeria’s number one chess prodigy and one of the fastest and quickest chess players in Nigeria and Africa.
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Tzu Chi and partners concludes 21 days of Hot-meal for fire victims, and served 33,075 dishes of food to 1,575 people affected by a fire disaster at Susan’s Bay, a slum community in Freetown.
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The African Genius Awards committee have released the official list of nominees for the 2024 African Genius Awards with a total of 47 incredible Africans shortlisted.
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Renowned Sierra Leonean economist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Dr. Yakama Manty Jones has been nominated for the 2024 African Genius Awards, one of Africa’s most prestigious awards founded in South Africa by Priority Performance Projects.
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23-year-old Nigerian-born London-based contemporary painter, skateboarder, and artist, Olaolu Slawn has redesigned the 2024 English FA Cup trophy, after being awarded the contract by the English Football Association.
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Sierra Leonean man, Eddie Hanson who left Sierra Leone as a refugee has become the first Black Deputy Mayor of Camden, London, England.
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In response to the devastating fire incident that occurred on May 2nd, 2024, at Susan’s Bay, a collaborative effort has been initiated by the Partnering to Serve Humanity Consortium.
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In response to an urgent call from the Sick Pikin Project for a generator for the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) in Freetown, the CEO and founder of the Rodney Strasser Foundation, Rodney Strasser has donated a 100 KVA generator to the PCMH Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone
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The LANYI Foundation, in collaboration with the Tzu Chi Foundation, has launched a groundbreaking initiative aimed at empowering women and girls in Bo, Sierra Leone.
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Abu Bakarr Jalloh, a Sierra Leonean content writer, storyteller, and founder of The African Dream has been selected as one of the winners of the 2024 Vickie Remoe Prize for Journalism and New Media.
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Three decades ago, Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano who hails from Northern Nigeria, was selling ice blocks and groundnut oil. Today, he is one of the richest black people in world with a net worth of $3 billion.
Read moreJohn Drake Sr., an African American man who fought in World War II, has recently turned 106 years old. The
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Caritas Freetown, in partnership with CSSL and funding partner CAFOD, launched the “Piloting Integrated Livelihood and Conservation Approaches around Western Area Peninsular National Park” on the 13th of April 2024 at the Aberdeen Community Center.
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