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Sierra Leone

SOGREA is partnering with the Government of Sierra Leone and the private sector to unlock new investments that will expand electricity access through green mini-grids, accelerating progress toward the country’s universal energy access goals.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US state development fund, has extended a $480-million five-year grant to Sierra Leone to provide reliable and affordable electricity to 4.6 million people, the fund said.
There was a time when cooking brought tears to Fatima Bangura’s eyes. It wasn’t necessarily the ingredients that went into the 25-year-old’s culinary creations. Or pride that her popular dish of cassava leaves and beans draws customers back to her food stall in Susan’s Bay, an informal settlement in Sierra Leone’s Freetown.

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