State House, Freetown, Friday 14 February 2020 – Sierra Leone’s first resident Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Mohamed Hassan Kaisamba, has taken leave of His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio to officially take up his duties in the transcontinental Eurasian country with the world’s 13th largest economy.  The…

State House, Freetown, Friday 14 February 2020 – Members of the Human Capital Development Secretariat have met with civil servants at State House to discuss specific targets set in the Human Capital Development, HCD, a flagship portfolio of the New Direction government.  In his welcome address, Presidential Adviser and Head…

State Lodge, Freetown, Wednesday 12 February 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has met with members of the Global Education Management System, GEMS Education from the United Arab Emirates, UAE and discussed plans on improving the educational sector in the country.  GEMS Education is a global advisory…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday 10 February 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has presented his update on progress so far and underscored the dynamics of the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, reform process, which he is leading as chairman of the Committee of Ten (C-10) Heads of…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday 9 February 2020 – President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has engaged President Dr Julius Maada Bio at a side event of the AU Summit running from 8-10 February 2020 and proposed ways they can work with Sierra Leone to improve farming,…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday 8 February 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has joined the ‘African Leaders for Nutrition High-Level Dinner’ on the margins of the thirty-third Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) to commit to the efforts of ending malnutrition on the…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Saturday 8 February 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has told a high-level panel discussion on reducing inequality that Sierra Leone has mapped out a bold agenda to tackle problems of poverty, inequality and national development by planning around specific human capital development interventions.…

Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday 5 February 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has concluded another important meeting at the Africa Mining Indaba in Cape Town, officially initiating engagements with 10 highly technical experts, legislators and mines development financiers in South Africa.  In the company of Minister…