AYV News, April 3, 2025
Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has held a strategic meeting with Chris Chijiutomi, Managing Director and Head of Africa at British International Investment (BII), and discussed ways of enhancing private sector participation in Sierra Leone’s development agenda.
During the engagement, the Vice President emphasised government’s ongoing reforms to improve the country’s investment climate.
In a social post after the meeting the VP stated: “I used the opportunity to highlight efforts by government to strengthen the investment climate in Sierra Leone and our interest in deepening private sector participation in a range of catalytic sectors like agriculture and energy”.
A key focus of the meeting was the role of the energy sector in driving economic growth and unlocking broader investment opportunities.
“We spoke at length about the foundational role of the energy sector in unlocking growth,” Dr. Jalloh noted.
“I identified opportunities for private sector investment across the entire energy value chain — from generation to distribution — and its potential to scale private sector participation in other sectors once reliable and sufficient energy is available for productive use”.
