Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up.” This quote beautifully encapsulates the essence of collaboration – the act of two or more individuals coming together to create or achieve a shared goal. In this article, we will delve into the concept of collaboration, explore its significance, and provide valuable insights, all while highlighting remarkable examples of successful partnerships. Collaboration is not reserved for big organisations, it is not dependent on friendships. It transcends personal relationships and hinges on making mental connections, sharing a common passion, or having aligned visions and intentions. It’s about bringing diverse perspectives…

  Young people in Sierra Leone are eager to enter the workforce and others are looking at entrepreneurship as an alternative career option, but many still lack the essential entrepreneurial and career experience and capacity to become successful business owners and entry-level career professionals.  In 2019, Work Ready Africa was founded in Sierra Leone to serve as an employability and further learning training institution to address key employment gaps for employed persons, graduates, qualified job seekers, and final year higher learning students (college/university) across Sub-Saharan Africa. In their pursuit to capacitate these targeted groups with adequate work-ready skills and provide entry into the job market, Work Ready Africa empowers young…

Rotaract Club of Freetown-Sunset embarks on a tree planting campaign at Kissy, Thunderhill Freetown. [30th July 2022]. Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth program in 1968[2] at Chaworlotte North Rotary Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, and has grown into a major organization of over 10,904 clubs spread around the world and over 203,000 members in 189 countries.[3] It is a service, leadership, professional and community service organization (often miscommunicated as a Social Service Club) for young men and women aged 18 and over. The Rotaract club of Freetown-Sunset is a non-governmental charitable organization. It was founded with the interest of the community and it’s people in…

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Plc is set to change the face of digital banking services with its new mobile banking app aimed at delivering first-rate services to customers.   The new UBA mobile banking app, has been armed with benefits and features designed to give its customers increased control and accessibility to carry out transactions with ease.  UBA’s Group Head, Digital Banking, Kayode Ishola, who spoke about the new banking app to members of the press during an international virtual media parley on Monday, explained that apart from being able to decide where they want their cards to operate and block, view, or request new cards straight from the app to suit their…

  Obtaining accurate corporate records in french speaking African countries is not a walk in the park but an experience that needs ‘GPS’ style navigation. Obtaining corporate records in countries like Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Congo, Mali and the rest of French speaking African countries can be a difficult task, but the most challenging part is not obtaining the records but obtaining accurate and the most recent data/information for an entity. In French Countries, Tribunals are responsible for registration and keeping records of entities, unlike in English speaking countries where business registration is done by Corporate Affairs Commissions or Office of Registrar General. All records kept by Tribunal are considered…