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For the first time Sierra Leone's bankers can take their professional exams in Sierra Leone

This week will mark the first time in Sierra Leone that candidates will be able to take the Associateship of the Chartered Institute of...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Apr 10, 20181 min read

Wise words from some of Sierra Leone's foremost business leaders

Fatou Wurie, Madonna Thompson, Sanpha Koroma, Junior Navo, Alfred Akibo-Betts and others share some key business success tips for Sierra...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Apr 9, 20181 min read

The President and his rival - more alike than they appear

They are parishioners, political rivals and former colleagues! The body language of Sierra Leone’s new President – Rtd Brigadier Julius...

MEMUNA FORNA

Apr 9, 20182 min read

Sierra Leone’s Presidential Elections – timeline of highlights

14-15 October 2017 – At the APC convention, Dr Samura Kamara is selected by Ernest Bai Koroma as the APC’s presidential candidate, and...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Apr 5, 20182 min read

Fast facts on remittances to Africa from the Diaspora

#remittances #Video

Memuna Forna, Editor

Apr 5, 20181 min read

SIERRA LEONEAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS - PR, PROPAGANDA, AND COMMUNICATIONS

With a few exceptions, the Sierra Leonean election campaigns have been noticeable for their preponderance of propaganda, misinformation...

MEMUNA FORNA

Apr 4, 20182 min read

AYV's Anthony Navo Junior - an entrepreneur to the bone

It has been a stellar couple of years for Anthony Navo Junior. His TV station’s ‘Sierra Leone Decides’ series has become compulsory...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Apr 3, 20187 min read

Sierra Leone's primary investment indicators explained

#Investment #GDP #employment

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 27, 20181 min read

3 elections in W. Africa: 1 good, 1 bad and 1 a bit of both

#Elections

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 21, 20181 min read

The Mistake That Made Me: Alfred Akibo-Betts, Deputy Commissioner, National Revenue Authority

Alfred Akibo-Betts’s career profile is busy and varied. He has been a tax specialist for 14 years. He joined the National Revenue...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 21, 20182 min read

Sierra Leone’s elections - some useful figures.

#Elections

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 21, 20181 min read

Commonplace office mistakes - we all make them. Tell us about yours!

Mistakes at work - we all make them. It has been said that they are the growing pains of wisdom. It how we deal with them, and what we...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 20, 20181 min read

Small business owners – growth equity and thinking beyond bank debt

One of the biggest constraints for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is access to finance. In Africa,...

Fadi Bassir

Mar 19, 20184 min read

The Mistake That Made Me: Ash Songo-Williams, Pendrax Security, talks about learning from his mistak

In life mistakes are sometimes bad, sometimes inevitable and sometimes the best thing that can happen. Alexander Fleming, for example,...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 17, 20183 min read

Five fast facts on investment in Sierra Leone

Interested in investing in Sierra Leone - Insight brings you five fast facts about investment in the country, including information on...

Habiba Wurie

Mar 16, 20181 min read

Madonna Thompson, the management consultant

There is no denying the amount of work still to be done in the area of Sierra Leone’s gender relations. One way that change is arriving...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 15, 20184 min read

Women empowered? The rise of the African business woman!

Female entrepreneurs are good for business, good for progress and good for economic development. Success for the African woman...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 15, 20181 min read

What impact are the elections having on business in Sierra Leone?

We asked Sierra Leone's business community what impact the elections have had on their businesses. The responses were mixed. See the...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 14, 20181 min read

Insight Special Report | What do Sierra Leone's voters want to see from the next Government?

On the 7th March 2018, Sierra Leoneans took to the polls for what they hope will be a better future. In this short video, the Insight...

Memuna Forna, Editor

Mar 13, 20181 min read

Not Just a Private Matter: Why Mitigating against Gender-Based Violence is a Business Interest

On average, 40 percent of women experience physical or sexual violence at the hands of their husbands or partners across Sub-Saharan...

Sabine Garbarino & Alexander Kucharski

Mar 11, 20184 min read