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16/10/2024 On 16 October 2024, Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, received the 2024 German Africa Prize from Bärbel Bas, President of the Bundestag, Germany’s Parliament, during a ceremony in Berlin. The German Africa Prize, awarded by the German Africa Foundation, is a prestigious recognition by Germany. Since 1993, the German Africa

11/10/2024 Coinciding with the International Day of the Girl Child, Freetown City Council on 11 October, partnered with Isha Johanson, the former, first and only female president of the Sierra Leone Football Association and current FIFA Council Member, to host an engaging conversation on youth leadership and its impact. The event, themed “Leadership and Legacy,”

10/10/2024 On October 9, 2024, Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr presented the Freetown Cable Car Feasibility Study to representatives from the Traders Council, Market Women, student groups, women’s organizations, as well as members of the diplomatic community. A day earlier, on October 8, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr submitted the report to the Honorable Vice President, Mohamed Juldeh

2/10/2024 With support from the World Bank under the Productive Social Safety Net and Youth Employment Project (PSSNYE), and Bloomberg Philanthropies , Freetown City Council, FCC on Monday, September 30, commenced the planting of 275,000 mangroves across three communities: Ojuku, Kolley Town, and Kroo Bay. This project is part of FCC’s efforts to restore #biodiversity

17/9/2024 With the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies through the Youth Climate Action Fund and Freetown City Council, the Youth Climate Council Sierra Leone and the Youth Initiative for Climate Action – Sierra Leone (YICA-SL) held a stakeholder consultation on September 17, 2024, to establish the Youth Climate Council Freetown Chapter. The event brought together key

26 September 2024 On Thursday 26th, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr joined a high-level panel hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation and Goals House, which focused on critical actions needed to protect health in the face of climate change. There, she underscored the importance of investing in heat resilience to safeguard communities and ecosystems from extreme heat, again

At the Clinton Global Initiative, Freetown Mayor and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on Tuesday 24 September 2024, discussed the climate effects cities are witnessing and outlined strategies they could use for enhancing climate resilience emphasizing sustainable financing models and engagement in the carbon market. At the event which was also attended by President Bill

New York, 24 September 2024 On the sidelines of the UNGA Summit of the Future on Tuesday, September 24, Mayor of Freetown & C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, met with Her Excellency Mary Robinson, the first female President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and current Chair of The Elders. Robinson, a

New York, 23 September 2024 At the close of her first day at the Climate Week held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Summit of the Future, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown & Co-Chair of C40 Cities, took part in a high-level panel on building sustainable cities, hosted by the Embassy of Denmark