But with this latest effort in the ICT sector, it is believed that Sierra Leone will catch up gradually with other countries in the region.

In another development, Minister of Information and Communication I. B. Kargbo has informed the Chinese economic and commercial counselor to Sierra Leone, Liu Yulin, of the government's interest in beginning a fiber-optic project already planned with Huawei. The backbone is needed to connect to the submarine fiber-optic cable due to land in Sierra Leone later this year.