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Could the MOOC movement be Africa’s tertiary education lifeline?
“Higher and tertiary education has an important role to play in fuelling and sustaining economic growth, international competitiveness,...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 23, 20173 min read
Early years in the early years' business
Ariana Oluwule set up Freetown based Narnia Daycare in June 2013. Narnia is daycare plus. It combines daycare with an early learning...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 23, 20172 min read
Surviving the early years in business in Sierra Leone
It’s often said that the first few years in business are a real test of survival, and the figures bandied about for the failure rates of...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 22, 20172 min read
From the Insight archives: Vendtech brings a new prepaid electricity solution to Sierra Leone
With Vendtech, Sierra Leonean entrepreneur Victor Blell has brought a new way of buying electricity credits to the country, using mobile...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 22, 20171 min read
Surf 'n' Turf at the Freetown Golf Club
Golf is a game of business so they say. Figures on the international golf scene suggest that an estimated 90% of Fortune 500 CEO’s play...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 22, 20173 min read
New emergency UK aid for Sierra Leone landslide victims
UK steps up support to provide clean water, food and medicines to assist communities worst affected. The UK is stepping up with new...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 18, 20173 min read
Bad office etiquette is bad for business
A prospective investor visited Sierra Leone intent on building a partnership with a company with whom he had liaised online and on the...
Edleen B. Elba, JobSearch
Aug 18, 20173 min read
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 16, 20170 min read
Invest Sierra Leone - the only annual forum focused on investment in Sierra Leone -returns Oct 9th
This year's theme is 'Investment in Sierra Leone: A tradition of Innovation.' Contact Insight to sign up to this invite only eve
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 16, 20173 min read
Recommendations for commercial law reform in Sierra Leone due to be published next month
Recommendations emerging from Sierra Leone’s first ever Commercial Law Summit, as endorsed by Sierra Leone’s Attorney General and...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 12, 20171 min read
NEW INSIGHT - READ ISSUE 2 2017 HERE
This is a particularly exciting time for Insight Magazine. We have spent several months exploring the market, identifying the needs of...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Aug 11, 20172 min read
Are entrepreneurs born or made? A reflection on the African university system
The debate whether it is possible to “learn” entrepreneurship is endless, and, in my own opinion, somehow useless. I mean it is quite...
By Martino Ghielmi
Jul 31, 20173 min read
INSIGHT MAGAZINE - THE RELAUNCH
INSIGHT MAGAZINE - THE RELAUNCH? For those of you who haven't yet dipped into Insight magazine, we're best described as the only...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Jun 25, 20171 min read
Memuna Forna, Editor
Apr 27, 20170 min read
A survey of the business of social media in Sierra Leone!
Social media networks are becoming hugely important business tools. They can be applied to anything from marketing, sales, promotions,...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Apr 27, 20171 min read
Read the new issue of Insight magazine online now!
The West is sneezing – repeatedly, and for countries like Sierra Leone, with historic and significant trade and aid ties especially to...
Memuna Forna, Editor
Apr 9, 20172 min read
MORE THAN 10 REASONS IN FAVOUR OF DOMESTIC TOURISM IN SIERRA LEONE
Bunce Island sits in the mouth of the River Rokel, an hour by boat from Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city. It’s a small rocky bump,...
Memuna Forna
Apr 2, 20174 min read
Let us put Sierra Leone first
I am in Kigali and it is Umuganda, the last Saturday of the month - a day of mandatory community service when Rwandans work together to...
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Mar 25, 20173 min read
Dr Samura Kamara on change and prosperity
From the Insight magazine archives, published in December 2015 I caught up with Dr Samura Kamara, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign...
Memuna Forna
Mar 19, 20175 min read
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