27/09/2026
Afrovate Tech Hub, in partnership with University of Sierra Leone-Fourah Bay College Launches the U-SLECCG Project in Sierra Leone — September 16, 2026
The Understanding the Engineering Capability and Capacity Gaps (U-SLECCG) Project in Sierra Leone is a 1-year National Baseline Study funded by the Lloyd's Register Foundation and it seeks to quantify Sierra Leone's engineering capacity and capability across five critical areas: infrastructure, workforce, education, regulation, and innovation.
As part of its core objectives, the project will develop a National Engineering Capacity Data Dashboard — an open, readily accessible repository designed to serve both public and institutional users. The project will also co-develop a National Engineering Capacity Gap Action Plan, offering practical policy recommendations aimed at closing existing gaps in the sector. Together, these outputs will build a stronger, evidence-based approach to ensure a safer engineering practice and understand the capacity challenges facing Sierra Leone's engineering landscape, while informing concrete, actionable steps toward addressing them.
The U-SLECCG project launch brought together stakeholders in the engineering sector and we aim to collaborate with them for the successful implementation. Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers - SLIE, Engineers for Change (Sierra Leone),Engineering Society Fourah Bay College Engineering Society Fourah Bay College, Young Engineering Professionals Forum (YEPF), Sierra Leone Women Engineers, KellehKelleh Mansaray, Alfred Mbayoh, Haja Precious Aminata Vandi, Senesie Mansaray.
