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The initiative marks a significant step in Sierra Leone’s commitment to sustainable transportation. It will initially deploy a fleet of 15 e-kekes in the capital Freetown, focusing strongly on gender inclusion by targeting 30 per cent of women drivers to test drive the concept.
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.
Women in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Sierra Leone are receiving solar freezers to help them reduce their post-harvest losses. The UNDP transferred the freezers to the Government of Sierra leone through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.

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