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MobiCare earns top innovation award for helping patients find medicines

MobiCare earns top innovation award for helping patients find medicines

A mobile app designed to help patients quickly locate life-saving medicines has emerged as the winner of the 2026 Orange Social Venture Prize (OSVP), beating seven other finalists selected from 138 entries nationwide. As Orange Sierra Leone celebrated seven years of investing in homegrown innovation, the competition showcased how young entrepreneurs are using technology to tackle healthcare, agriculture and other pressing development challenges.
Where did the money go? Only 9 percent of NLe365m rice import duty reached Agricultural Development Fund

Where did the money go? Only 9% of NLe365m rice import duty reached Agricultural Development Fund

The government collected NLe365.2 million from the 5% rice import duty between 2024 and 2025, but only NLe31.9 million was transferred to the Agricultural Development Fund. This raises questions about the management of public funds ring-fenced for specific programmes, as funding shortfall reportedly undermine efforts to support women farmers, strengthen food security and advance the government's Feed Salone agenda.

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