Over the past months, I’ve been dedicating my time to building AI tools for African languages including Krio Text to Speech, Speech to Text, and dataset creation, which I’ve published openly on Hugging Face: 
Pullo-Africa-Protagonist (Hassan Wurie Jalloh) .
I am still learning and growing in this journey, but every step deepens my conviction that Sierra Leone has the potential to lead Africa in applied AI and digital innovation.
Recently, I’ve been studying the Sierra Leone National Innovation & Digital Strategy 2019 to 2029 (NIDS): a powerful vision that positions our country as a “Country as as AI Lab.” This philosophy inspires me because it shows how data science, AI, and citizen center design can drive governance, education, healthcare, and inclusive growth.
My dream is to contribute directly to this vision by working with the Ministry of Information and Communications or the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). I want to learn from inside government how digital policy, AI innovation, and public service transformation are shaped, and to bring my experience in open-source AI for African languages to strengthen Sierra Leone’s digital ecosystem.
I also study how other countries like China structure their open source ecosystems to scale innovation nationally. I believe Sierra Leone can position itself as a key AI and technology hub in Africa and globally by combining policy, innovation, and grassroots open source contributions.
If you work with DSTI or the Ministry of Information & Communications, I’d love to connect, learn, and explore opportunities to contribute to this national mission. Together, we can make “Digitization for All” not just a strategy, but a reality that empowers every Sierra Leonean.
Hassan Wurie Jalloh