Author name: Joshua Yarjah

On Monday, May 5, 2025, the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, joined by FCC’s Sanitation and Waste Management team, held a consultative meeting with chairladies and chairmen of markets across the city to introduce and explain to them the newly adopted Freetown City Council Solid & Liquid Waste Collection Byelaws, 2024. These updated regulations aim

A week ago today (Friday 25th April), Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was at the University of Pennsylvania to receive the 2021 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize. The award was presented to her during the Penn Institute for Urban Research’s 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum. The other two awardees were Patrick Harker, President and Chief Executive

Mayor Aki-Sawyerr was thrilled to officially commission the Wilberforce Village Market Complex today, delivering on her commitment to residents. During a meeting she held with market women and community stakeholders in 2018, the people of Wilberforce requested the completion of their market structure, which at the time had just a ground floor and pillars. The

As part of our continuous efforts to improve Freetown’s waste management, today, alongside our partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS), we donated tricycles and cleaning tools to the Kroo Bay Community. The shovels, rakes, boots, face masks, gloves and two tricycles will support waste management efforts within the community. The initiative also creates job opportunities for

Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, on Monday April 28, 2025, called for people-centered leadership while delivering the opening reflections at the Salone Day National Symposium, marking Sierra Leone’s 64th Independence Anniversary. The event, organized by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education, was attended by Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Ministers of Government and

One of Sierra Leone’s most iconic built heritage landmarks, the Old Fourah Bay College Building, is finally on its path to restoration! Thanks to the combined efforts of the funding partner, the Commonwealth Heritage Forum and implementing partners – West African Heritage Consultants, the Freetown City Council, and the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs,

Yesterday, the Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr had the distinct pleasure of congratulating the 18 winners of the Second Round of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund. In partnership with the Freetown City Council, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund empowers young people aged 15–24 to

Today members of the Freetown City Council (FCC) School Leaders Support team had the opportunity to brief me on some of the remarkable strides we are making in improving educational outcomes for children across Freetown. They visited Pamaronkoh Primary, Tower Hill Municipal Infant School, Cathedral Girls and Amaraia Municipal School, four of our city’s learning

FCC is thrilled to have Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) representatives Ivan Gayton and Pete Masters here this week to support with the creation on high quality detailed 3-D maps of the entire city. FCC secured the services of HOT funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Although the initial focus was