H.E. Julius Maada Bio
President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Who you will meet
High Level Speakers
Ministers, heads of MDAs and leading voices from civil society, the media and the private sector who answered citizens' questions at the 2025 festival town halls.
Headline
Opening the festival
Hon. Chernor Bah
Minister of Information and Civic Education
Day 1, 2025 town hall
Feed Salone and food security
Hosts
Saptieu Kallon
Journalist, 98.1FM
Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Host
Panel
Hon. Henry Musa Kpaka
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
Hon. Denis Sandy
Ministry of Works and Public Assets
Hon. Princess Dugba
Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella
Chairman, Presidential Initiative on Climate
Hamza Hashim
CEO and Co-Founder, Capitol Foods Limited
Yatta Sama
President, Farmers Association
Day 2, 2025 town hall
Data trends and youth empowerment
Hosts
Bockarie Abdel Aziz Bawoh
Deputy Minister of Information and Civic Education
Hawa Yokie
Founder, Kamara Yokie Innovation Center
Panel
Hon. Salima Bah
Ministry of Communication, Technology and Innovation
Hon. Ibrahim Sannoh
Ministry of Youth Affairs
Hon. Rado Swaray
Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security
Shadi Gerjawi
Africell Sierra Leone
Tejan Z Kellah
President, National Youth Council
Day 2, 2025 town hall
Human capital development
Hosts
Josephine Kamara
Director General, SLBC
Philipa Cride-Dole
President, Children's Forum Network
Panel
Hon. Conrad Sackey
Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education
Hon. Ramatulai Wurrie
Minister of Technical and Higher Education
Hon. Austin Demby
Minister of Health
Hon. Melrose Kamitiny
Minister of Social Welfare
Hon. Abdul Karim Kamara
Parliament Whip
Alphonzo Manley
Civil Rights Coalition
Ibrahim Bankapoma Kargbo
President, Sierra Leone Teachers Union
Day 3, 2025 town hall
Improved governance: new constitution, census and districts
Hosts
Hon. Chernor Bah
Minister of Information and Civic Education
Phebean Swill
African Young Voices
Panel
Hon. Alpha Sesay
Attorney General and Minister of Justice
Hon. Tamba Lamina
Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs
Hon. Amara Kallon
Ministry of Public Administration and Political Affairs
Valnora Edwin
Chairperson, African Women Leaders Network
Hon. Catherine Zainab Tarawally
Member of Parliament
Andrew Bob-Jonny
Statistics Sierra Leone
Day 3, 2025 town hall
The economy, energy and productivity
Hosts
Umaru Fofanah
Journalist
Panel
Hon. Sheku Fantamadi Bangura
Minister of Finance
Hon. Fanday Turay
Minister of Transport and Aviation
Hon. Julius Daniel Mattia
Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources
Ibrahim Alpha Sesay
Minister of Trade and Industry
Jeneba Bangura
Commissioner General, National Revenue Authority
Dr. Fredline M'cormack-Hale
President, 50/50 Group
See youin Freetown.
9–11 December 2026 at the Miatta Civic Centre, Youyi Building.
Registration opens soon