UNDP in Sierra Leone

On this blessed occasion of Eid al-Adha, UNDP in Sierra Leone extends warm wishes to all celebrating across Sierra Leone and around the world. 🌙✨

May this sacred season inspire compassion, solidarity, peace, and hope for stronger and more inclusive communities.

On this day in 1963, visionary African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa to found the Africa Union, declaring to the world that Africa’s future belongs to Africans.

63 years later, that foundational spirit lives on. We see it every day in Sierra Leone and across the continent, vibrant in every young leader, innovator, and changemaker rising to champion the cause of total liberation, driving forward self-determination, sovereignty, and sustainable development.

At UNDP Sierra Leone, we honor the revolutionaries who championed the total liberation of African nations, and we remain deeply dedicated to partnering with youth, women, and institutions to build the inclusive, resilient, and sovereign Africa We Want.

| Regional leaders, development partners, and institutions convened in Abidjan 🇨🇮 for the Business4Peace Multi-Stakeholder Consultation to advance trade, security cooperation, and regional integration as pathways to peace and shared prosperity across the Mano River Union region. 🌍🤝

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🎧 CALL FOR PROPOSALS 🇸🇱

UNDP in Sierra Leone through timbuktoo Africa UniPod Sierra Leone is inviting DJ academies, creative studios, and audio training providers to submit proposals for a DJ & Digital Audio Technology Training Programme.

The initiative aims to equip young people with future-ready creative and digital audio skills to drive innovation and jobs in Sierra Leone’s creative economy.

🔗 Click the Link: https://bit.ly/498uU2C

Agriculture transformation is key to creating jobs, strengthening food systems, and building resilient economies. 🌱

UNDP in Sierra Leone, together with Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute, concluded a learning mission in Nigeria 🇳🇬 to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), under the Islamic Development Bank Group - isdb.org - funded Cassava Value Chain Project, advancing innovation, mechanization, and agribusiness opportunities for women and youth. 🇸🇱

Through visits to key facilities and SMEs, stakeholders gained valuable knowledge on in-grower and out-grower management systems, technology transfer, and market-driven approaches that can create jobs and economic opportunities for women and youth in Sierra Leone.

UNDP remains committed to supporting the Government of Sierra Leone in strengthening institutions, building local capacities, and driving inclusive and sustainable development through agriculture and private-sector transformation.

in Abidjan 🇨🇮: At the Multistakeholder Consultation on “Business4Peace: Leveraging Trade Opportunities for Peace & Prosperity in the MRU.”

UNDP in Sierra Leone Res. Rep. Fredrick Ampiah underscored the transformative potential of the MRU to turn regional trade, economic cooperation, and youth opportunity into practical instruments for peacebuilding, resilience, and shared prosperity across the region.

UNDP in Sierra Leone and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), in the presence of the Gov't of Sierra Leone, signed a strategic partnership agreement focused on turning 🇸🇱’s agricultural potential into real economic opportunity. 🤝🌱

The partnership will support farmers with innovation, climate-smart agriculture, and practical solutions to boost food production, strengthen livelihoods, create jobs for women and young people, and build more resilient rural communities.

“I can pay my loan right from my stall.” 💡📱

Last week, the Informal Economy team joined
Mikashboks to visit to Freetown markets, in Sierra Leone where women traders are using digital solutions to access and repay loans instantly. With support from UNDP and funded by the European Union, we’re helping make finance faster, easier, and more inclusive for informal businesses. 🤝