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MEET YAKAMA MANTY JONES- A YOUNG LEADER, INSPIRING PORTFOLIO CAREERS
Yakama Manty Jones is a Sierra Leonean woman with a passion for education and development, both in the personal and economic sense. Having being groomed from an early age by her parents, Sanah Jonhsen Mara and Zaria Amina Mara on the importance of education, she finds everything that has to do with learning and acquiring new knowledge and skills very attractive. So over the years, in the formal education space, she pursued learning with great tenacity. At no point did she ever want to have less than the best possible grade in any subject. So you can imagine how frustrated she was at receiving C grades in arts and crafts.…
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YENIVA SISAY: WALKS US THROUGH THE POWER OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING
Yeniva Sisay (M.A. Ed) is a value creator and change agent, who is passionate about the development and transformation of Africa. In 2007 Yeniva relocated to her ancestral home Sierra Leone, with a vision to develop the next generation of Sierra Leonean leaders, innovators, and change-makers. It was then that she founded EXCEL Sierra Leone; an educational organization that provides academic enrichment, character and leadership development to senior secondary school students in Sierra Leone. She is a master in instructional leadership and education consulting, with an emphasis on building and developing human capital in the ‘African context’. Over the last decade, as a trained and qualified teacher, a mentor and coach, Yeniva has…
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Triggering Potentials- TEDx Youth@Kingtom
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TEDxYouth TEDxYouth events happen all year round in schools and in local communities. TEDxYouthKingTom TEDxYouth@KingTom is the first TEDx event specifically dedicated to youth in Sierra Leone. Program TEDxYouth@Kingtom will be a full day event, taking place this Saturday 28th July 2018. It will include talks from 12 speakers, a workshop session, a Networking & Activities Fair, an art exhibition and musical performances. Check out their website for real time updates on the youth event of the season: https://www.tedxyouthkingtom.com Ariana OluwoleAriana Oluwole is an executive coach, holistic educator,…
