Digital Health Upgrade: Sierra Leone’s Primary Health Care Directorate is teaming up with the Science, Technology and Innovation directorate to digitize primary healthcare management, replacing manual reporting with automated dashboards linked to DHIS2 for faster planning and better clinic oversight. Education Integrity Push: The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education says it will remove teachers from the payroll after six consecutive terms of unexplained absence, using a fingerprint, GPS and tablet-based “We Day Ya” attendance system to curb ghost teachers and attendance fraud. Academic Modernisation: University of Sierra Leone drops the hard-bound dissertation requirement, moving to electronic-only submissions to cut costs and waste. Women in Tech & Business Support: UNDP begins verifying women-led SMEs in Sierra Leone’s rice post-production value chain under the EWASME project, aiming to improve access to finance and markets. Media Safeguarding: Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL) launches a safeguarding policy to protect journalists from sexual harassment, with clear reporting and accountability standards. Regional Tech Diplomacy: Sierra Leone is among African countries in a UNDP-supported exposure visit to India on Digital Public Infrastructure, with lessons on using digital platforms to strengthen governance and services.