The Race Director of the Street Child Sierra Leone Marathon, Alusine Kanu has said April 30 has been set aside as the race day for the 2023 edition.

Kanu said: “We have just had the first stakeholders meeting, the journey continues because we always believe in early preparation and I’m on the verge of establishing the SL Marathon Makeni team for this year’s edition to be in a grand style.”

However, he indicated that there will be an increment in the signing-up fee also new measures including Kobo payment, as well as e-money, adding; “This is to make the process easier for the runners especially when over the years many of them have been waiting for the eve of the event to do both their signing-up and registration, the headquarters is trying to finalise some other processes and we will duly clarify any challenge runners might be encountered with this new system” he asserted.

Holly Jackman from the United Kingdom who will be in Sierra Leone for three months in her part stated that there will also be online registration, especially for international runners while they are currently working on the calendar of activities for the five-day event, and not limited to effective marketing among other strategies to achieve a landmark 2023 edition.