by Suzanne Regterschot | Apr 2, 2020 | Sweet Salone
Aurora Foundation has been an active participant in the arts and crafts industry through our Sweet Salone project. Icelandic designed goods produced in Sierra Leone have been sold in various shops in Iceland. The designs are often a result of a collaboration between...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Mar 26, 2020 | Pre-Accelerator programme
About 8 weeks ago, we kicked off our Pre-Accelerator programme with 7 start-ups. This means that we are almost half way through the programme, so a good reason to reflect a little on the speakers that have engaged in the programme over the past weeks. First off, the...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Feb 10, 2020 | ICT trainings
Last Friday, on the 7th of February, we were able to hand out another 14 certificates to the participants of our Beginner ICT course! Besides the certificates, we were able to surprise Princess Caulker with a laptop, which was donated to us by Islandsbanki, as she...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Feb 5, 2020 | Pre-Accelerator programme
While February arrived, so did our first cohort for our Pre-Accelerator programme! As you have probably read on our website in November (if not, you can still read it here!), we started developing a programme in which we target young Sierra Leonean entrepreneurs. The...
by Suzanne Regterschot | Jan 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
On the 23rd of January 2007, The Aurora Foundation was established by Ólafur Ólafssón and Ingibjörg Kristjánsdóttir. Now, 13 years later, we are celebrating the work of our foundation with the official office opening in Freetown, Sierra Leone! With the help from many...
