Category: News
Freetown Pitch Night in Pictures
Dear Partners,Season Greetings! We have been working on an Impact Report from 2017-2019. This report will be ready in Feb 2021. In the meantime, we have complied “Freetown Pitch Night in Pictures”. Please find two versions here(standard size and mini for bandwidth consideration). As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Freetown Pitch Night only held […]
Climate Diplomacy Week 2020
The European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone and Freetown Pitch Night is organizing a Pitch Event to mark EU Delegation to Sierra Leone Climate Diplomacy Week 2020.The theme is Replacement of Single Plastic Use.The winner stands a chance to win a foreign travel sponsored by the EU and Brussels Airlines for the purpose of improving […]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation- FPN
In light of the increasing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, and the Government of Sierra Leone advice saying no gatherings over 100 people, Freetown Pitch Night will no longer be held live at the British Council until further notice. The next editions will be pre-recorded and shown on our facebook page. Kindly visit our […]
Student Agro-Processing Pitch Night
Agro-processing refers to the addition of value to raw agricultural material through product transformation; postharvest grading, sorting, washing, and packaging; and storage and distribution. Six students with ideas on agro processing from Njala, FBC, UNIMAK, IPAM will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. This edition of the Freetown Pitch Night is in partnership […]
Next edition of the Freetown Pitch Night will be held on June 26th
The theme is Social Entrepreneurship. The focus is on ideas that use technology to provide opportunities for youths within their local communities. Ideas can address any of the following themes> BREAKING STIGMAS MOTIVATING GOOD DEEDS MATCHING YOUTH TO LIVELIHOODS ADDRESSING HEALTH, ENERGY AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS RECYCLING ENTERPRISE PREVENTING VIOLENCE 8.ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Send a one […]
IFC-FCS AFRICA / CASA PROGRAM
FCS Africa / CASA Program is to strengthen the private sectors of fragile states. FCS Africa / CASA Program provides support through a combination of initiatives that includes among others a focus on gender (a ‘gender lens’ is helping ensure IFC projects support women in business). To this end, FCS Africa / CASA Program has […]
SIERRA LEONE ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEADER WINS PLACE ON PRESTIGIOUS PAN-AFRICAN PROGRAM
GEN Sierra Leone has won a place on a prestigious scheme to help solve the problem of Africa’s ‘invisible innovators’. We are one of 15 elite ‘entrepreneur support organisations’ on the VilCap Communities Africa training programme, selected from hundreds across the continent. On the programme we will be introduced to the latest thinking in how […]
