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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

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