Sierra Leone’s science council given new lease of life

By Davis Weddi | 1 May 2024
Registered nurses looking after newborns at Princess Christian Maternity Hospital, in Freetown Sierra Leone in 2018. The country's science council has recieved SGCI support to promote science and technology to improve the quality of life of citizens. Copyright: Dominic Chavez/World Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED.

[NAIROBI] A pan-African initiative supporting science granting councils has boosted Sierra Leone’s National Science, Technology and Innovation Council, helping it gain international recognition and relevance, the Sierra Leonean science council chair has said. Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr, chair of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Technical and Higher Education’s National Science, Technology and Innovation Council (NSTIC) – a member council of…

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