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    SIERRA LEONEAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT HUB - GEN SL - WINS PLACE ON PRESTIGIOUS PAN-AFRICAN PROGRAM
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Sep 7, 2018
    • 3 min

    SIERRA LEONEAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT HUB - GEN SL - WINS PLACE ON PRESTIGIOUS PAN-AFRICAN PROGRAM

    GEN Sierra Leone will join 14 like-minded elite entrepreneur support organisations on the prestigious Village Capital Communities Africa ...
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    Better business opportunities - vet services for the poultry industry
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Aug 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Better business opportunities - vet services for the poultry industry

    The Sierra Leone Better Business Opportunities Series is brought to you by Adam Smith International, Insight Media and Communications, th...
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    Business opportunities in the growing solar sector in Sierra Leone.
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Aug 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    Business opportunities in the growing solar sector in Sierra Leone.

    A new series of short videos from Better Business SL will focus on market opportunities in Sierra Leone. Better Business SL is an initiat...
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    The Mayor of Freetown's 1st 100 days
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Aug 13, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Mayor of Freetown's 1st 100 days

    Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the first woman to be popularly elected Mayor of Freetown, was sworn in on the 10th May 2018 and started work on the ...
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    Building a Digital Financial Services (DFS) Ecosystem Through Government to People Payments (G2P) Pi
    Salton Massally
    • Jul 4, 2018
    • 6 min

    Building a Digital Financial Services (DFS) Ecosystem Through Government to People Payments (G2P) Pi

    An introduction to a series in which Salton shares his experience of leading a consortium of DFS stakeholders in Sierra Leone, piloting t...
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    Is the future of entrepreneurship in Africa - female?
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Jun 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    Is the future of entrepreneurship in Africa - female?

    Africa has the highest rate of female entrepreneurs in the world according to a recent study by the MasterCard Index of Women’s Entrepren...
    26 views0 comments
    Insight Sunday reading: Last week's top 5 posts
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Jun 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    Insight Sunday reading: Last week's top 5 posts

    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 ...
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    Better Business SL
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Jun 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    Better Business SL

    Better Business SL is an initiative to encourage dialogue about the opportunities and challenges facing the private sector in Sierra Leon...
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    FREETOWN, CLUSTERS AND COMPETITIVENESS
    MEMUNA FORNA
    • May 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    FREETOWN, CLUSTERS AND COMPETITIVENESS

    Imagine being a runner who always raced alone. On the plus side, there would never be disputes about the winner. You would win gold, s...
    69 views0 comments
    Insight’s top 10 videos on business and investment in Sierra Leone
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • May 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    Insight’s top 10 videos on business and investment in Sierra Leone

    If you haven’t visited Insight's YouTube Channel yet, please take a moment to pass by. You can watch our videos exclusively on AYV TV and...
    26 views0 comments
    Discover the world of AgTech at Freetown Pitch Night - 16 May 2018
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • May 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    Discover the world of AgTech at Freetown Pitch Night - 16 May 2018

    #Agriculture #PitchNight
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    Sunday reading - Insight’s Top 10 Posts
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Apr 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Sunday reading - Insight’s Top 10 Posts

    Below you'll find our top 10 posts - profiles, analysis and opinion from the Sierra Leonean business community. Click on the title to re...
    40 views0 comments
    The Mistake That Made Me: Dr Yakama Jones, CEO, Peninsular Innovative Group
    Habiba Wurie
    • Apr 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Mistake That Made Me: Dr Yakama Jones, CEO, Peninsular Innovative Group

    Dr Yakama Manty-Jones is co-founder and CEO of Peninsular Innovative Group (PIG). She is also a Doctor of Economics and Finance and the ...
    293 views0 comments
    Sage advice for both sexes from some of Sierra Leone's female business leaders
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Apr 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Sage advice for both sexes from some of Sierra Leone's female business leaders

    Advice for both sexes on how to think like a winner and maintain your professional progress in Sierra Leone! #Video #Entrepreneur #FatuYu...
    16 views0 comments
    The Role of Cordaid in accelerating private sector development in Sierra Leone
    Ngozi Cole, Communications Officer, Cordaid.
    • Apr 13, 2018
    • 5 min

    The Role of Cordaid in accelerating private sector development in Sierra Leone

    Cordaid, in partnership with USAID, and development agencies- Resolve and ReGrow, launched its third Resilient Business Development Progr...
    239 views0 comments
    Wise words from some of Sierra Leone's foremost business leaders
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Apr 9, 2018
    • 1 min

    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 ...
    30 views0 comments
    AYV's Anthony Navo Junior - an entrepreneur to the bone
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Apr 3, 2018
    • 7 min

    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 pre-...
    441 views0 comments
    The Mistake That Made Me: Alfred Akibo-Betts, Deputy Commissioner, National Revenue Authority
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Mar 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    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 Autho...
    1,209 views0 comments
    Small business owners – growth equity and thinking beyond bank debt
    Fadi Bassir
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    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,...
    143 views0 comments
    The Mistake That Made Me: Ash Songo-Williams, Pendrax Security, talks about learning from his mistak
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Mar 17, 2018
    • 3 min

    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, d...
    242 views0 comments
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