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The Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI), with support from UNICEF Sierra Leone and the International Trade Centre (ITC) through the KOICA READY Salone Project, has successfully completed the second cohort of the Learn2Earn Programme, with 60 young Sierra Leoneans graduating after an intensive digital freelancing and employability training programme. Building on the success

Representatives from the public and private sectors African digital payments move $270 billion annually across mobile money platforms and country-specific mobile wallets. Yet the legal infrastructure protecting those transactions does not exist across most of the continent. Sierra Leone is changing that. On the 27th and 28th July, the government convened a public-private dialogue to

First Student Cohort Produces 11 Solutions Across 8 SDGs Representatives from the Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI), UNICEF, UNU-MERIT and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology with students following the Digital Public Goods (DPG) in Academia End-of-Semester Exhibition in Freetown. Sierra Leone has integrated Digital Public Goods (DPG) and open-source principles into university-level technology

This week, as we commemorate World Youth Skills Day 2026, we celebrate the extraordinary potential of Sierra Leone’s young people – the innovators, creators, entrepreneurs and problem-solvers who will shape our nation’s future. This year, I want to talk not just about the skills we are building, but about ensuring those skills translate into real,

When the Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation launched Cohort 2 of the Learn2Earn Programme, in partnership with UNICEF Sierra Leone and the International Trade Centre through the KOICA READY Salone Project, the aim was to give young Sierra Leoneans practical digital and freelancing skills they could put to work immediately. James Emmanuel Paul Yambasu,

Permanent Secretaries, Deputy Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Assistant Directors that attended the launch. Freetown, 10 July 2026The Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation (MoCTI), in partnership with the Ministry of Public Administration and Political Affairs (MoPAPA), the Public Service Academy nd the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO), today launched the Digital Skills Training Programme for

Photo opportunity with the school after a successful launch event The Careers in STEM School Tour, implemented in partnership with UNICEF Sierra Leone, reached Annie Walsh Memorial School on Kissy Road today, marking its fourth stop since the initiative began in 2024 and the launch of Sierra Leone’s first school tech club. The tour has

When Ahmed Koroma walked into the Learn2Earn introductory session this week, he did not come empty-handed. The engineering student at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, in his twenties and living in the western end of Freetown already designs graphics, edits video, and builds website front-ends. What he came for was the bridge between

To achieve this, it was first necessary to understand the current state of readiness. The Draft Sierra Leone AI Readiness Diagnostic Report does exactly that, assessing the nation’s readiness to adopt Artificial Intelligence in a way that is responsible, inclusive, and built for every Sierra Leonean. That is why over the next three days, the