If you had told me that I was going to be a stay at home mother when I was younger I would have probably laughed out loud. From as young as my teen years, I knew I wanted to become a lawyer. I was always very argumentative and opinionated then so I knew it would…

My name is Ayesha Alexis Kaikai.  I am 13 years old, born on June 23 2005 to Jemillatu Lewally-Stober and Abubakar Kaikai. I live in Freetown, Sierra Leone with my mother and sister. In my spare time I love to read, sketch, listen to music and dance or just relax. At  7,  I dreamt of…

We are very pleased to announce that our Founder and Publisher; Ariana Oluwole  and other Sierra Leonean trail blazers were awarded as Sierra Leone’s 100 Most Influential Youths and Ambassadors by FePYoCAN in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Youth Affairs and the National Youth Commission (NaYCom) The Federation of Patriotic…

It’s a pleasure to introduce ISHMEAL ALFRED CHARLES (read that again- Ishmeal). He says it’s always a challenge to write his name; as the computer will try to correct it and end up making it wrong.  His dream has always been to help those in need of it, especially the sick, when he was a…

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau   Meet Alfred Taylor, a Sierra Leonean ball point artist whose work is making waves! He creates hyper- realistic drawings that leaves his audiences thankful for art and lovers of creativity, enthusiastic about the future of Sierra Leonean artists. Creativity for Alfred means…

Hands up if you took an okada (commercial motorbike) to work this morning. If its per the usual; the rider must have sped beyond limit. Took sharp turns and could barely wait for you to pay. ‘Passenger duya, try for mi’ When was the last time you waited hours to process one small document, at a…

The IZELIA Experience (TIE) *A 3 Day Gara Tie & Die Fiesta* 5th – 7th April 2019 A beautiful dream became an idea which in turn became a plan. That plan was to be an event that promoted how our past and where we are now as a people can influence and shape what we…

Stella Bangura stumbled into media and journalism by chance. She graduated high school with the thought of becoming a lawyer, but somewhere along the line she went through the phase of starting a business rather than going to university.   Eventually when she did go to university, she read business administration due to her desire…

`The highest rates of child mortality are still in Sub-Saharan Africa—where 1 in 9 children dies before age five, more than 16 times the average for developed regions (1 in 152). Under-five mortality rate in Africa (per 1,000 live births) declined from 163 in 1990 to 100 in 2011′.-USAID   Most statistics around healthcare in Africa borders between  two words  dire or depressing,…

Amazingly some young Sierra Leoneans have stepped up to the clarion call of Mama Sierra Leone in terms of investing into the future. The riches of emerging economies go past minerals and oils, rather it is the ability of humans to look into ways of utilizing their minds vs. natural resources. A great way of…