In 2014, the Sierra Leonean government tried to get support from the World Bank for the implementation of the digital transformation project. The process did not succeed, because the international financial institution accused Freetown of mismanaging resources. Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Information and Communications has begun implementing the National Digital Transformation Project with a $50 million...
The Universal Access Development Fund was created by the Sierra Leonean government under the Telecommunications Act of 2006. It is expected to be funded, among other things, by fees from telecom operators and service providers. Internet access. Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) owe over 33 trillion Leones (USD 1.7 billion) to...
Africell Mobile Company has in partnership with “Teach For Salone” and a Kenyan based organızation, Eneza, on Friday April 29th 2022, launched the TeachMi project at a ceremony held at Africell headquarters, Wilberforce in Freetown. The project is geared towards offering live lessons by teachers to pupils using Short Message Service (SMS) system. Speaking at...
Sierra Leonean operator Qcell has embarked on a mobile network expansion programme across the country, Concord Times writes. As part of phase three of the project, QCell is installing 150 new base transceiver stations (BTS) nationwide in strategic areas that have previously lacked service, including Mafonda, Fayome Wonde and Mamasonka. Source: Commsupdate
Of the more than 10,000 schools in Sierra Leone, only around 150 have reliable internet access. Thanks to Giga, the government wants to connect as many schools as possible to the Internet in order to give young people access to information and opportunities. Giga, an initiative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the International...
MFS Africa has announced entry into Sierra Leone, partnering with AfriMoney, the mobile money service of telecommunications services provider Africell, to enable mobile money users in the country to receive payments from abroad. The companies have released a statement which affirmed that remittances from abroad amount to more than half of annual household consumption in...
The demand for connectivity has increased in Sierra Leone. Apart from cities, rural areas express more needs. Africell, which wants to take part in the new opportunities that are emerging, has decided to extend its telecoms network nationwide. For 2021, the mobile telephone operator Africell has set a target of increasing Sierra Leone’s coverage rate to...
Huawei Technologies has launched the construction of phase 2 of Sierra Leone’s fiber optic network. The site which is still at the level of civil engineering will last 2 years. On September 28, he was inspected by the Ministry of Information and Communications. Construction work on the second phase of Sierra Leone’s national fiber optic network has...
Sierra Leone Cable Limited (SALCAB) is set to be unbundled into a national digital institutional framework, incorporating a national advisory council on digital development to be led by the Presidency. SALCAB, a special purpose vehicle company established to support the country’s telecommunications and enhance access to communications, has been in operation for eight years. Minister...
President Julius Maada Bio, through the Ministry of Information and Communications, has on Friday, April 24th, fully kick started his agenda of digitalizing the entire Sierra Leone as promised in the last elections campaign of 2017.
