Commonwealth News and Information Service (London)
28 October 2009
Senior officials from Sierra Leone are in a four-day retreat in the capital Freetown, to refine a strategy to boost the country's export sector.
The retreat, which is taking place from 26 to 29 October 2009, is supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat.
"The objective is to develop a national export strategy whose implementation will help Sierra Leone improve on its export performance in goods and services," said Isaac Njoroge, a trade adviser with the Secretariat who is managing the programme.
The Sierra Leone national export strategy - launched in July 2009 - is being undertaken by a national team comprising of senior representatives from the government, the private sector and civil society.
The West African country is recovering from a painful 10-year civil war which left the economic infrastructure such as roads, health centres and education institutions in ruins.
The Commonwealth is supporting the country's political leadership to achieve its vision - tagged 'Agenda for Change' - to rebuild the economy.
This vision focuses on:
Mr Njoroge said that through the national export strategy project, a national vision for exports will be formulated focusing on the agricultural sector - coffee, cocoa, oil palm, cashew, ginger, chilli, rice, and cassava - as well as tourism, fisheries and minerals sectors.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2009 Commonwealth News and Information Service. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
