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    SL TWITTERSPHERE STEPS OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND INTO THE PUBLIC-SPHERE
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Sep 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    SL TWITTERSPHERE STEPS OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND INTO THE PUBLIC-SPHERE

    On September 21, Sierra Leone’s twittersphere will be stepping out into the public sphere thanks to Girl Up’s Yasmine Bilkis Ibrahim and ...
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    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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    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
    Othame Kabia
    • May 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Nailing things…

    Honest reflections on episodes of national embarrassment and tragedies in Sierra Leone point fingers at failures to value logistics and a...
    23 views0 comments
    A cartoonist's view of Sierra Leone's 2018 election: Da Monk draws it how he sees it!
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • May 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    A cartoonist's view of Sierra Leone's 2018 election: Da Monk draws it how he sees it!

    #DaMonk #elections
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    Head to Head: A reply to Allieu Sesay—(on why the APC has more MPs than the SLPP)
    Yusuf Bangura
    • May 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    Head to Head: A reply to Allieu Sesay—(on why the APC has more MPs than the SLPP)

    BY YUSUF BANGURA Allieu Sesay’s analysis fails to incorporate population or registered voter shares in discussing seat allocations for th...
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    Head to Head: A Response to Dr. Yusuf Bangura’s Article
    Allieu Sesay
    • Apr 30, 2018
    • 4 min

    Head to Head: A Response to Dr. Yusuf Bangura’s Article

    By Allieu Sesay Thanks Dr. Bangura. It was a fair piece, but with a weak premise and faulty conclusion. I have done some analysis to show...
    64 views0 comments
    Why the APC has more MPs than the SLPP even though the SLPP won the Presidency
    Yusuf Bangura
    • Apr 26, 2018
    • 4 min

    Why the APC has more MPs than the SLPP even though the SLPP won the Presidency

    By Yusuf Bangura The argument that the APC has more seats than the SLPP in parliament because it created extra seats in its strongholds i...
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    An Unpredictable Parliament: Governing without a Stable Majority
    Yusuf Bangura
    • Apr 17, 2018
    • 10 min

    An Unpredictable Parliament: Governing without a Stable Majority

    Yusuf Bangura Nyon, Switzerland 16 April, 2018 (Bangura.ym@gmail.com) The balance of power in Sierra Leone’s parliament during the nex...
    24 views0 comments
    The President and his rival - more alike than they appear
    MEMUNA FORNA
    • Apr 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    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...
    55 views0 comments
    MEMUNA FORNA
    • Apr 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    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 a...
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    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
    INFORMATION, DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION – POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND WHATSAPP IN SIERRA LEONE
    MEMUNA FORNA
    • Mar 7, 2018
    • 3 min

    INFORMATION, DISINFORMATION AND MISINFORMATION – POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND WHATSAPP IN SIERRA LEONE

    If I’d taken at face value the WhatsApp news on Sierra Leone in the last few days, I would have described Sierra Leone as a country monit...
    233 views0 comments
    Sierra Leone’s election is an economic opportunity – if the government acts quickly after 7th March
    Fadi Bassir
    • Mar 6, 2018
    • 4 min

    Sierra Leone’s election is an economic opportunity – if the government acts quickly after 7th March

    Elections and transitions of political power carry a certain degree of uncertainty, which when interpreted by investors translates into p...
    255 views0 comments
    Disenfranchised by Incompetence
    Memuna Forna
    • Feb 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    Disenfranchised by Incompetence

    There was a crowd of about 20 people outside the National Electoral Commission’s (NEC) East End office this morning (Wednesday 21 Februar...
    33 views0 comments
    Memuna Forna
    • Feb 16, 2018
    • 4 min

    The Presidential Candidates' Debate - clear losers, but no clear winners

    Clear losers, but no clear winners A few images from yesterday’s Presidential Candidates’ Debate summed up for me, the significance of th...
    98 views0 comments
    Read our editor's latest HuffPo piece
    Memuna Forna, Editor
    • Jan 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Read our editor's latest HuffPo piece

    With Elections Fast Approaching, There Are Clear Signs That Sierra Leone’s Political Discourse Is Growing Up March 7 2018 is D-day for Si...
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    Political discourse in Sierra Leone is growing-up - here's how!
    MEMUNA FORNA
    • Jan 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    Political discourse in Sierra Leone is growing-up - here's how!

    D-day for Sierra Leone’s electorate is fast approaching and, while the campaign scene is still dominated by the usual mixed bag of Machia...
    42 views0 comments
    Debating the political status of Sierra Leone's dual citizens is a sign of our maturing democrac
    PJ Mandewa-Cole
    • Jan 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    Debating the political status of Sierra Leone's dual citizens is a sign of our maturing democrac

    With less than two months to go before Sierra Leone goes to the polls, the political debate presently dominating the country’s social and...
    172 views0 comments
    Change, challenge and unequal resilience in Sierra Leone
    MEMUNA FORNA
    • Oct 3, 2017
    • 3 min

    Change, challenge and unequal resilience in Sierra Leone

    We believe that ours is an age of disruption, with a constantly shifting political, economic and social landscape; and of course it is. I...
    16 views0 comments
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