By Politico staff writer
Four innovators from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda have been selected to compete for a whooping £25,000 (twenty five thousand pounds) Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation award.
The finalists and the prizes were announced through a press release dated 8th June, 2023 by the organizers.
The winner will be announced in Accra, Ghana, on 6th July, 2023, and the three other finalists will be receiving £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) each.
By Politico staff writer
A Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa through the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simao is to visit Sierra Leone “within the scope of a regional tour, and in the context of UNOWAS support for a peaceful electoral process in Sierra Leone’’, a release from the organisation said.
By Saio Marrah
Justice Adrian Fisher has dismissed all charges of larceny brought against Zainab Mansaray, a distributor of Dyna Lab Sierra Leone Limited, and ordered the complainant, Mohamed Saluku Koroma, to pay her a compensation of NLE 30,000(Thirty thousand New Leones) within a week.
The presiding judge further said in his judgement at the Freetown High Court No.1 on Wednesday 7th June 2023 that if the complainant fails to honour the compensation, he will be sent to jail.
By Nasratu Kargbo
The All People’s Congress (APC) party manifesto has committed to offering free technical vocational education in a bid to invest in the country’s citizens. The party’s ‘One Nation Manifesto’ which was launched on the 29th May 2023, said one of its ten priority areas is ‘accelerating investment in our people’, and that the party could achieve this by prioritizing skills development.
By Politico Staff Writer
Fourah Bay College’s Students Union Government (SUG) has awarded NLe 2,500 (two thousand five hundred New Leones) each, as part grant-in -aid to female students from different departments.
The partial tuition grant was awarded to selective deserving female students and according to the SUG’s Ministry of Information, the grant came through the support of the Jewel Starfish Foundation, a Liberian-based organization owned by the Vice President of Liberia, Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
In celebration of its 60th Anniversary in the country, the West End Clinic has offered a two-day free health care service to all categories of people.
The free medical care commenced on Friday 9th June and ended on Saturday 10th June, 2023 at the hospital’s Edwards Street address in Freetown.
By Alpha Abu
The Voter Register will be made available to political parties- Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed K. Konneh told an Election Preparedness Stakeholders Conference at the Brookfields Hotel in Freetown, yesterday.
Konneh however explained to the well-attended conference organized by IDEA International that only the names of the voters will be made available and will omit their addresses and other personal details to protect their privacy. He said after the polls they will have to evaluate whether to have a permanent voter register.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
