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The Claim

Statistics Sierra Leone has adopted ICT systems to manage national statistical records.

The Short Version

Available evidence shows Statistics Sierra Leone uses ICT systems in multiple core functions, including digital census data collection, GIS-based statistical work, and maintaining a National Data Archive. UN documentation and the agency’s own technical materials describe operational digital infrastructure rather than purely aspirational plans. While some newer, centralized upgrades are still under development, the underlying claim of ICT adoption for managing statistical records is well supported.

Caveats

  • Some referenced initiatives describe next-generation infrastructure (e.g., centralized data-lake/modernization) as still under development, so “adopted” should not be read as “fully completed modernization across all systems.”
  • The evidence most clearly supports ICT use in specific areas (census operations, GIS, data archiving) and does not necessarily demonstrate a single unified, end-to-end national records-management system.
  • A portion of the supporting context comes from older or lower-authority sources (e.g., a 2011 archive announcement; local media), though the key support comes from UN and official agency materials.

The Receipts

  1. Modernizing Sierra Leone's IT Infrastructure for Data-Driven SDG Progress - UNSD

    UNSD

  2. STATISTICS SIERRA LEONE (STATS SL) IT INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECTURE

    Statistics Sierra Leone

  3. Stats SL - Home

    Statistics Sierra Leone (Stats SL)

  4. Censuses and GIS Division - Stats SL

    Stats SL

  5. Data Science Division - Stats SL

    Stats SL

  6. Sierra Leone National Innovation & Digital Strategy 2019 - 2029

    mocti.gov.sl

  7. Sierra Leone's First National Data Strategy Officially Launched

    A-Z Multimedia Corporation

  8. Statistics Sierra Leone Concludes Technical Review Workshop Ahead of 2026 Population and Housing Census - A-Z Multimedia Corporation

    A-Z Multimedia Corporation

  9. Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL) launches its National Data Archive (26 February 2011) | IHSN

    IHSN

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