Leotech Sierra Leone

Leotech Sierra Leone is a social enterprise established in Sierra Leone on the 15th of October 2020 and incorporated by Alfred Mbayoh and Alhassan Kuyateh on the 19th of January 2021 in compliance with the Companies Act. No. 5 of 2009(as amended). Alfred and Alhassan were both honours-one mechanical engineering bachelor students at the Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. The Leotech “Skills Against Poverty” initiative came as a need to equip engineering students and youths in STEM with cutting-edge marketable digital skills and field experience to enhance their competence, entrepreneurship drive and employability. The establishment of the Leotech came just after Alfred and Alhassan had both served as lead and co-lead of a team of eight students in the invention of Sierra Leone’s first locally-made mechanical ventilator at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Since its incorporation and registration in 2021, Leotech has trained and certified nine cohorts of over 500 youths in various doft and hard skills in STEM, including Computer Programming, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Graphic Design, Web Design, Hands-on fieldwork, and more. Mission We are putting all human efforts through 21st-century TVET capacity building in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and innovation to catapult Sierra Leone to the top of the human development index, spiking skills development for financial success, entrepreneurship drive, employability and professional competence among youths. Primary activities 1. Training and certification of youths in digital skills in STEM 2. Training of engineering students in digital proficiency 3. Free career mentorship and coaching 4. Organization of free career talks and youth conferences 5. Industrial placemen 6. Hands-on field training in engineering 7. Free workshops for youths in STEM fields