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Africa's First Heat Officer Started With Shade Over the Market

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🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

The women who sell produce in Freetown's open-air markets stand in direct sun all day and watch their stock rot by afternoon — so the city's heat officer built them roofs.

2,300tradersWomen traders sheltered by the market shade covers
3marketsMarkets given shade covers
2,021yearYear Africa's first chief heat officer was appointed
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