Salima Monorma Bah is the Minister of Communication, Technology and Innovation in Sierra Leone. As a cabinet minister, Ms. Bah’s mandate includes leading the government’s digital transformation agenda as well as the country’s digital economy and innovation entrepreneurship strategic development while also supervising the telecommunication sector.
Ms. Bah is most passionate about the potential of technology and innovation to accelerate the national development of developing countries and prior to her appointment she led the design, development, and implementation of such programs as the Head of Project Coordination at the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation in Sierra Leone.
Ms. Bah holds a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Wales in the United Kingdom as well as a Master of Law from Columbia Law School In the United States.