Author name: James Combey

As Co-Chair of C40 Cities, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr welcomed Mark Watts, C40’s Executive Director, and Johnson Situ, Director of the C40 Co-Chair’s Office, to Freetown on April 2, 2025, for a familiarization visit. Freetown’s membership in C40 Cities provides a platform for peer-to-peer learning on climate action and access to finance for job-creating climate interventions. […]

26/2/2025 On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, Human Capital Development Plus, led by Madam Finda Koroma, in partnership with the Freetown City Council and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, concluded a two-day interactive Human Capital Development Regional Dialogue. The event convened key stakeholders, including policymakers, councilors from Freetown and Waterloo, and the Mayor of

25/02/2025 On Monday, February 24, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr met with the Irish Ambassador to Sierra Leone and Head of Mission, His Excellency Aidan Fitzpatrick, accompanied by Mark Finegan, Director of the Civil Society Unit in the Development Cooperation and Africa Division of Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs. They discussed areas of collaboration, including the Faecal

On Friday, February 21, 2025, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE joined the World Bank, the Ministry of Environment, and other stakeholders at the PROBLUE Circular Economy event, where she officially launched the Solid Waste Management Association. During her remarks, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr highlighted the legal and structural challenges affecting sanitation efforts in Freetown. She also outlined FCC’s

24/02/2025 On Friday, February 21, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr delivered a lecture on Public Health and Pandemic Preparedness at the University of Makeni, invited by the Public Health Department and Ministry of Education. Joined by Freetown City Councilors, she discussed the global dynamics of pandemics, the role of international partners in combating outbreaks, and the need

Co-authored by Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown and Co-chair of C40 Cities, and Sakaja Johnson, Governor of Nairobi and Vice Chair of C40 Cities in Africa Nearly 6,000km separate our cities of Freetown and Nairobi. Our cities are a continent apart with vastly different populations, economies and cultures but we are united – along with

Deputy Mayor of Freetown Kweku Lisk Esq., has called for developing cities to have access to finance to be able to support initiatives critical to drive sustainable communities. He made the call while moderating a highly interactive 90-minute panel on Sustainable Communities in Monrovia during this year’s Monrovia Week on Thursday, February 13, 2025. The

7/02/2025 Sierra Leone on February 6, 2025, hosted the first African Urban Heat Summit, marking a significant step in addressing extreme heat challenges in rapidly growing African cities. The summit culminated in the launch by the country’s Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, of Freetown’s first-ever Heat Action Plan, which outlines targeted actions, policies, and

27 January 2025 The Freetown City Council and Climate Resilience for All (CRA), are co-hosting the first ever African Urban Heat Summit on 6 February 2025. The landmark event will bring together African mayors from Kanifing, Monrovia, Conakry, Accra, Ouagadougou and Abidjan among others, local council leaders from across Sierra Leone, multilateral organizations and key

31/12/2024 Dear Freetonians, As 2024 comes to an end, I want to take this moment to appreciate the unwavering support you have given to me as your mayor and to the Freetown City Council (FCC); support which has been instrumental in enabling us to drive forward our Transform Freetown – Transforming Lives Development Agenda. Despite