Request for Expression of Interest for the Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) PPP Concession Arrangement for the Freetown City Markets Phase 1
Background One of the critical components of the Transform Freetown Agenda is the immediate need to address the urban mobility challenge of congestion particularly resulting street trading. The Freetown City…
FCC Hosts Video Call with Climate Reality Representative
Today, Freetown City Council (FCC) hosted a video call with Gillian Hamilton. She is a representative from Climate Reality, an organization founded by Al Gore, former Vice President of the…
C40 African Regional Director Pays a Visit to the Mayor
Today, African Regional Director of C40 Cities, Hastings Chikoko, commenced a two-day visit to Freetown City Council (FCC). The visit marks the official inception of Freetown’s membership of C40 Cities…
The Cleaning Zone Competition is on!
The #CleanestZoneCompetition is on!!! Our assessors are in the 322 communities that make up our city, looking for the communities that are making the effort to improve cleanliness and beautification sustainably and…
FCC Creates Jobs for 600 as Part of its Sustainable Waste Management Project
This morning, sixty youth groups, who are beneficiaries of Freetown City Council’s Sustainable Waste Management Project, received their tricycles and other sanitation tools, including shovels and wheelbarrows at the Council’s…
Mayor Aki-Sawyerr Commemorates Late Victims of Ebola Epidemic at the Fourth Anniversary of the End of Ebola Outbreak
Today, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr joined the Association of Ebola Survivors at the Kingtom Cemetary for a short somber service to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the End of Ebola Outbreak Declaration.…
Ambassador of Republic of Ireland Pays a Courtesy Call to Mayor Aki-Sawyerr
This morning, recently appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to Sierra Leone, Lesley Ní Bhriaian, paid a courtesy call to Mayor Aki-Sawyerr at the Mayor’s Parlour in Freetown. During…
The Embassy of China Donates Solar Street Lights to FCC’s Cleanest Zone Competition
Today, a delegation from the Embassy of China to Sierra Leone handed over 20-solar street lights and Representative of the Ambassador of China hands over 20 solar-lights to Mayor Yvonne…
FCC Creates Jobs and Improves Sanitation by Helping Youth Start Waste Collection Enterprises
Today, International Organization for Migration (IOM) handed 20 tricycles, 2 motorbikes and other tools to FCC, to help the Council achieve its target of having 60% of solid and liquid…
Newly Appointed British High Commissioner Pays Mayor of Freetown A Courtesy Call
The newly appointed British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Simon Mustard, together with the Head and Deputy Head of DfID (SL), Kobi Bentley and Sandy Baldwin, paid a courtesy call…
CEO of Standard Chartered Bank West Africa Visits Abderdeen Roundabout
The CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria & West Africa, Mr Lamin Manjang, visits Freetown and he passed by the Aberdeen Roundabout to see the progress of the beautification work…
Freetown City Council Tests Bus Routes & Bus Stops for New School Buses
On Friday 13th September 2019, Freetown City Council took possession of 12 new school buses that were procured by the Ministry of Transport and Aviation to support the central government’s…