Youth Climate Action: Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has launched the third cohort of the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund 2.0, backing youth-led projects like tree planting, recycling and composting across Sierra Leone cities including Freetown, Kenema, Karene, Bombali, Pujehun, Bonthe, Kambia and Kailahun. Digital Education Push: Sierra Leone is scaling digital learning fast, adding 278 tech-enabled schools in six months and targeting 203 more to reach 751 nationwide, with a focus on local ownership and curriculum alignment. E-waste & Plastic Pollution: In Bo District, young innovators are turning electronic waste into solar lamps and later recycling plastics into backpacks, tackling pollution that harms farms and yields. Power Access Upgrade: A solar-plus-storage project, RESPITE, is reported as a major grid-connected step to lift electricity access from 16% toward 36%, amid long outages and heavy reliance on imported fuel. Public Finance Reform: The Ministry of Finance has started consultations to review Sierra Leone’s Public Financial Management Act, including climate finance and procurement, with a stakeholder meeting set for Aug 14. Aviation Safety Cooperation: BAGAIA is strengthening regional aircraft accident investigation capacity through board-level cooperation hosted in Abuja. Wildlife Conservation Lesson: A Sierra Leone-focused conservation piece highlights how protecting western chimpanzees can work when it links wildlife rules to local livelihoods.