10/11/2024 Like most Saturdays, 10 November 2024 was a very busy day!! It started with Mayor Aki-Sawyer meeting with the German Ambassador and the German Foreign Office Director for Sub-Saharan Africa. Then she spoke to about 100 pupils from Leone Preparatory School about the history of Freetown City Council, the structure of local governments and […]

9/11/2024 Earlier this week, Mayor of Freetown and C40 Cities Co-Chair, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, took part in a series of high-level events at the 12th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), held by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in Cairo, Egypt. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr participated in a panel on the investment priorities for

8/11/2024 On Friday, November 8, 2024, Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, visited the Allen Town Market and assured the community of Freetown City Council’s support amid a recent ownership claim on the property which the community has used for the past 42 years. Speaking to stakeholders, including the community chairman, chairlady, market women and youth,

24/10/2024 On Thursday, 24th October, Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, commissioned the Kroo Bay Municipal Primary School, constructed with funding from #SustainforLife and with support from FCC. The project was implemented by the Sierra Leone Autistic Society. The school is built on the site of a former community center, where a single room had previously served as

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