e-finance conference in Sierra Leone

The one day conference was organized by the SBTS Group on Thursday this week and was held in the capital Freetown.SBTS held a one day conference here on Financial Technologies.

The one day conference was organized by the SBTS Group on Thursday this week and was held in the capital Freetown.

The chief executive officer of the SBTS group, Evelyn Lewis described SBTS as an integral IT partner that is providing technical expertise and project management skills to institutions.

According to Lewis, the SBTS group has seen the IT industry evolve from a vehicle for addressing tactical concern, such as time and cost saving, a reality which has brought the importance of IT out of the data centre and into the boardroom.

As an IT partner, the SBTS Group will ensure the use of streamlined process in technology that can position an organization for revenue generation with increased employee productivity.

The keynote speaker, JD Rogers who is the Central Bank Governor
highlighted that Sierra Leone has an estimated population of 5.0 million of which over 70% are self employed within the rural economy similarly about 70% dwell in the urban areas also self employed and largely in the informal sector.

By and large, he went on, the informal sector accounts for about 75% of the country’s labor force.