My first flight to Sierra Leone during the pandemic..travelling right now

Is it just me or does Sierra Leone seem more organised than Brussels and the UK? Truth be told, although I have done this commute between the UK and Sierra Leone a million times, I was a bit anxious. Nonetheless, I had work obligations, so I had to do it.

Buying my ticket

First, I swapped Skyscanner for Africa Travel. As an introvert, I usually go to all ends to avoid all processes that include speaking to another human being 😀. Nonetheless, I called Africa Travel, and a very…

The world we currently live in is in no short supply of sources for anxiety, from the greater threats that loom over many to the personal problems that only we are aware of.

In such a turbulent existence, it’s easy to get caught up either in things that happened and cannot be changed or in that which lies in the foggy horizon that is the future.

Human beings are a species that naturally worries a lot, and yet there is such a thing as worrying too much, a feeling we seek to fight through a series of different techniques, mindfulness…

The Pomodoro Technique

If you had the kind of childhood where you had to move often, you know how difficult it can be to keep up in classes as sequential as math or history.

For Barbara Oakley, it was no different, and like many that grow up in such a fashion, she often found herself on the bottom rankings in math tests.

When she was done with school, Barbara enlisted in the army and found herself working with military engineers and looking with wonder at the complex mathematics they employed.

Not being one to shy away from a challenge, she…

6 tips on how to write a literature review FAST!

So, you want to do a literature review for your dissertation or research project? Not sure of the fastest and most effective way to do this? I will show you how to do so in six simple steps.

First, what is a literature review, and why do we bother with it?

A literature review is simply a critical recap of research that has been conducted on your specific narrow topic. Academic writing is about standing on the shoulders of giants. You do this review to develop and document your knowledge…

Nowadays, it is difficult to browse the internet without bumping into the “LoFi beats to study and relax” type of music. A whole genre and subculture have been developing over the years around some people’s habit to do specific tasks while listening to music.

However, just how effective is that habit when it comes to helping us concentrate? Could it be doing more harm than good? This is a subject of ample debate in academia, with both sides presenting solid arguments for and against the use of music as a concentration tool.

Of course, as it tends to be…

Albert Einstein famously said — ‘not everything that counts can be counted’.

So, when deciding what research method you should use, ask yourself, is this something that I can count? If not, then you probably need a qualitative research method.

As a rule of thumb, qualitative research answers questions about why and how?

Let’s take an example — you want to understand why teenagers in Sierra Leone choose to wear jeans. You can investigate this by interviewing teenagers and asking them why they choose to wear jeans. You may also decide to observe the teenagers as they buy clothing and…

Many students and professionals in the US and the UK buy insurance so that they and their loved ones can rely on the insurance company for financial support in case of a crisis. But have you ever wondered how the industry works? Well stick around and we’ll tell you right now. If you like learning about topics like this — hit the subscribe button and turn on your notifications now, so you are the first to know when we release similar videos. Let’s get to it!

Insurance is a contract which transfers the risk of financial loss in case of…

A guest article from Fenam where you can search for all Sierra Leone documents in one place

Introduction

The Sierra Leone Finance Act is updated annually repealing or amending individual acts voted by the parliament of Sierra Leone. In order to better understand exactly how this administrative device works, we are going to take a look at its importance and compare how this Act can change from one year to the other.

The Sierra Leone Finance Act 2019

The Sierra Leone Financial Act of 2019 enacted changes on many parts of the financial legislation approved by the Sierra Leone Parliament…