Three African countries, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and Mozambique, have called on the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) for collaboration and support for the development of cybersecurity in their countries. They made the appeals during courtesy calls by officials of the cybersecurity institutions of the countries on the side-lines of the Africa Union (AU) – Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) Africa Cyber Experts Kick-Off Meeting in March 2022 in Accra,...Read More
As part of its target to boost iron ore haulage from the New Tonkolili Iron Ore Mines through the 192Km railway to the Pepel Shipping Port, Leone Rock Metal Group on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 unveiled three additional locomotives. The locomotive is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. A single locomotive has the capacity to pull 30 wagons which are used to transport iron...Read More
Emmerson Bockarie popularly Emmerson, a renowned Sierra Leonean music star has recently won the Afrobeat Song of the Year in the second edition of Global Music Awards 2022. The Global Music Awards is an entertainment event that is organized by Smart Focus Media which seeks to showcase Africans’ talents, promote creativity and award African entertainers for their hard-work and effort in entertainment industry. The award ceremony was held on Saturday...Read More
Classic Sound Record (CSR), a music record label, will present local musicians Prado and Black Najas Val in their debut album launching on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Imassbai Complex, Mamba Ridge in the east of Freetown. The launching of the album which is titled ‘Somebody’, is featuring other local musicians, including: Dalah Melody, Med Tee, Hassim D. Wizer, Video and Lil Shockey. According to Church Boy, the Chief Executive...Read More
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reached 540,000 people in Sierra Leone with lifesaving and resilience building assistance last year, helping them meet their basic food and nutritional needs amidst rising levels of hunger, partly due to the economic fallout from COVID-19. “Our assistance did not only help people have access to more nutritious food and more frequent meals. It also prevented many from engaging in harmful means of...Read More