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Sweet Salone á ShowUp í Hollandi
Sweet Salone

Sweet Salone á ShowUp í Hollandi

Aurora foundation tók þátt ShowUp í Hollandi í byrjun september. Þetta var í fyrsta skiptið sem Aurora foundation tók þátt og við urðum svo sannarlega ekki f…

20 Sept 20222 min
Sweet Salone at ShowUp!
Sweet Salone

Sweet Salone at ShowUp!

Sweet Salone show up This September was the first time Aurora foundation participated in the ShowUp event in the Netherlands!

20 Sept 20222 min
Two new groups of ICT Graduates!
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Two new groups of ICT Graduates!

Despite the rains and challenges, Aurora Foundation and Byte Limited were able to host two groups of ICT classes over the past two weeks, both Beginner train…

27 Aug 20221 min
A new shipment of Sweet Salone products is coming to Europe! 
Sweet Salone

A new shipment of Sweet Salone products is coming to Europe! 

On the 22 nd of July, just before the rain arrived, we successfully shipped a full container of Sweet Salone goods to the Netherlands and Iceland!

24 Jul 20221 min
Another successful ICT course at Aurora
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Another successful ICT course at Aurora

From the 4th to the 15th of July, Aurora foundation and Byte Limited were honoured to host another ICT training for beginners during the afternoon hours.

17 Jul 20221 min
New ICT graduates!
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New ICT graduates!

Last week we were able to congratulate not one, but two groups of ICT students with a certificate after they passed their exam!

30 Jun 20221 min
We are hiring!
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We are hiring!

We are very excited about the growth of our team and glad to say that we are hiring for two international positions, a project manager for the Sweet Salone p…

10 Jun 20221 min
Pop-up market!
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Pop-up market!

Pop-up market! The Aurora team! From the left; Veronica, Regina, Foday, Inkia, Suzanne and Ásta On May 20 th we transformed the office into a pop-up market!

25 May 20221 min
Funding from the Foreign Ministry of Iceland received for training and courses
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Funding from the Foreign Ministry of Iceland received for training and courses

Aurora Foundation recently received funding from the Foreign Ministry of Iceland to start a new project named Empowerment of youth with training in informati…

23 May 20221 min
Fashion Industry Insiders Collaboration
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Fashion Industry Insiders Collaboration

On the fifth of May, a harvesting fashion show event was held by Fashion Industry Insiders in collaboration with the Sierra Leonean fashion design hub Izelia…

17 May 20222 min
Cohort 4 Graduation!
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Cohort 4 Graduation!

On Wednesday, we graduated the fourth Cohort of our StartUP (formerly pre-acceleration) programme, and the largest one hitherto!

16 May 20222 min
Aurora’s Founders in Town
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Aurora’s Founders in Town

Ingibjörg Kristjánsdóttir and Ólafur Ólafsson, the founders of Aurora Foundation, came to Sierra Leone after a while due to the Covid pandemic and stayed in…

13 May 20221 min