In August 2024, Freetown City Council took a bold step in environmental protection by demolishing structures built on illegally reclaimed land at Kroo Bay Community.
I am honored that Eugenia Kargbo (Africa’s First Chief Heat Officer) and I have been jointly recognized by National Geographic as being among “33 extraordinary
9/3/2025 It was a real pleasure to spend International Women’s Day in Kenema District with members the APC Women’s Congress from across the country. With
7/3/2025 Five years ago, I was honored and privileged to be at official launch of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Centre for Women and Development
1/3/2024 I was excited to launch the second round of the Bloomberg Freetown Youth Climate Action Fund yesterday! Freetown is among the 100 cities from
28/2/2025 Disability is NOT inability! These words were vividly demonstrated at this afternoon’s The Dorothy Springer Trust Graduation ceremony. I delivered the keynote address to
28/2/2025 The implementation of Resolution 4 of the #AgreementForNationalUnity has been slower than we had hoped but progress has accelerated in recent weeks. Just concluded
24/2/2025 On Monday 24th February, I met with the Irish Ambassador to Sierra Leone H. E. Aidan Fitzpatrick and Mark Finegan, Director of the Civil
23/2/2025 I don’t have the words to express the joy I felt returning to Kagbankona Village yesterday. I first met the people of Kagbankona and
17/2/2025 I was honored to yesterday deliver the keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of the Green and Resilient Urban Shift Africa Forum 2025 held
11/2/2025 It was my pleasure to yesterday deliver a lecture to masters students and faculty at the Norman Foster Foundation Institute in Madrid for the
7/2/2025 Yesterday’s African Urban Heat Summit was a landmark event for Freetown! Co-hosted by Climate Resilience for All (CRA) the one day Summit brought together
5/2/2025 Alongside the Deputy Mayor, Councilors, Chief Administrator and staff of Council it was a pleasure to receive Mayors and Vice Governors from across the
30/1/2025 I was extremely happy to today commission a new facility block at the Tower Hill Municipal Primary School! Funded by Dr. Staneala Beckley and
26/1/2025 The escalating crisis of illegal substance abuse, particularly the Kush epidemic, poses a grave threat to our city and country. In April 2024, His
23/1/2025 Over the course of the past two days, it has been a privilege for me to participate in a two day roundtable with key
20/1/2025 It was a pleasure to meet with H. E. Kim Pankyu, Korean Ambassador to Nigeria and Sierra Leone in Abuja this morning. I had
18/1/2025 Today was a very special day in which the values of “service above self” and “community partnerships” came together in the commissioning of the
10/1/2025 It was a pleasure to meet with British High Commissioner H. E. Josephine Gauld UK in Sierra Leone this morning. We discussed a range
1/1/2025 Dear Freetonians, As 2024 comes to an end, I want to take this moment to appreciate the unwavering support you have given to me
20/12/2024 It was an absolute honor to meet the Prime Minister of Senegal, H.E. Ousmane Sonko, during his visit to the Gambia yesterday. I am
20/12/2024 I was pleased to yesterday visit Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) in the Gambia at the invitation of Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda. The visit, facilitated
17/12/2024 Yesterday morning, as Mayor of Freetown and Co-Chair of C40 Cities, I had the honor of opening a one-day orientation and training workshop for
14/12/2024 Yesterday I was really pleased to serve as the keynote speaker at the official launch of the Youth Climate Council Freetown Chapter! This is
6/12/2024 Yesterday it was my pleasure to meet with a delegation from the World Bank, headed by Franz Drees-Gross, West Africa Regional Director for Infrastructure.
9/12/2024 Great camaraderie as we travelled to Tonkolili, Bombali, Kambia and Port Loko Districts. The theme of the tour was Unity, Peace and Reconciliation and
6/12/2024 It is always a joy to engage young people – we inspire and motivate each other! Today I met with female executive members of
4/12/2024 Today I was thrilled to launch the Zurich-Freetown City-to-City Cooperation (C2CC) which is financing the Freetown Central Business District (CBD) Regeneration Project. This is
27/11/2024 Yesterday, with the support of C40 Cities, I had the pleasure of engaging with the local media to discuss FCC’s #TransformFreetown – #TransformingLives 2024-2028
23/11/2024 Following months of misinformation about and misuse of the Ephraim Robinson Municipal Primary School playground, a successful community meeting was held at the school
