Sierra Leone's government, through the Ministry of Information and Communication, has approved the introduction of a Chinese
e-government system, said Information Minister I.B. Kargbo on Thursday.
The system comprises a fiber-optic network that will cover all government offices for communication within ministries, agencies
and departments.
The fiber-optic technology will allow the president to easily access information regarding ministers and will also enable
ministers to attend virtual cabinet meetings without leaving their offices, Kargbo said.
He called on civil servants and those that will be engaged with any
of the participating offices to ensure that they are computer literate
to benefit from the technology.
Though Kargbo said the system will be fully operational within three months, Yan Cheng, spokesperson at the Chinese embassy
in Sierra Leone, said that the project's time frame is still under discussion.
The project, funded by the Sierra Leone government, will be carried out by China's Huawei Technologies, Cheng said.
