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Sierra Leone National Innovation & Digital Strategy
2019 - 2029
Digitization for all: Identity, Economy, and Governance
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DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
2019
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# CONTENT
CONTENT
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INTRODUCTION
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PHILOSOPHY & PRINCIPLES
5 - Philosophy: Digitization for All 5 - Digital Identity 5 - Digital Economy 6 - Digital Governance 6 - Principles 7 1. Mobile-First 7 2. Country-as-AI-Lab 8 - i. Applied Data Science for Governance 8 - ii. Evidence-based Policy Framework 9 - iii. Citizen-Centered Design 9 3. Hybrid Technology Systems 10
SHORT TERM STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES
11 1. National Digital Identities 11 2. Applied AI for Governance 12 - Education 12 - Planning and Development 12 - Healthcare 13 - Justice 13 3. Infrastructure 13 - Digital: Access to connectivity 13 - Legal: A framework for innovation 14 - Hybrid Systems: Designing for the edge 14 4. Security 15 - Cyber Security and Quantum Computing 15 - Information Technology Standards 15 5. Entrepreneurship and Society 15 - Incubators and Accelerators. Talk and Do 15 - Research & Development and Academia 16 - National Innovation Ideology: a Culture Shift 16 6. Organizational Architecture 17
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Information System Authority 17
Data Protection 17
MEDIUM AND LONG TERM ACTIVITIES 18
CONCLUSION 19
REFERENCES 20
SL Regulation, Laws and Strategies 20
Other Regulations, Laws, Strategies and Reports 20
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# INTRODUCTION
Sierra Leone, like many African countries, has a very young population coming of age during the Fourth Industrial Revolution: an era both defined by rapidly emerging new digital media and by complex global challenges, including climate change, migration and widening economic inequities. Advances in science, technology and innovation are shaping the world faster than many industries and governments can or know how to react. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Quantum Computing, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and 3D Printing are some of the emerging technologies transforming the global economy, security and governance. These technologies, coupled with rapid automation, will create entirely new jobs while eliminating or significantly modifying many existing traditional sectors. This means all countries and governments must be prepared to be digital, and should create platforms for citizens to participate in this global economy. This transition to being digital led by Government and its partners, must be agile, well-directed, abundantly resourced, and critically secure. It should be accompanied by a vision that is developed with and for the people who will benefit from it.