Rabat, Morocco, 12 November 2026 – Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mohamed Rahman Rado Swaray, met on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, with Ambassador Mohamed Methqal, Director General of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI).

The meeting aimed to attract investment to Sierra Leone, especially in agriculture and mining, and formed part of Sierra Leone’s diplomatic drive to deepen bilateral relations.

During a meeting with the Director General of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI), Mohamed Methqal, Minister Swaray commended Morocco’s longstanding support for Sierra Leone, particularly in human capital development.

He highlighted President Julius Maada Bio’s commitment to education, technical training and skills development as essential drivers of national transformation.

Minister Swaray thanked the Director General and his team for the warm reception and praised AMCI’s long-standing support, particularly in human capital development.

He noted that since 2018, President Julius Maada Bio’s Government has rolled out the Free Quality School Education Programme and continues to provide scholarships in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).

He added that the National Development Plan prioritises vocational training, which is pivotal for middle-income earners.

Minister Swaray said agriculture is one of President Bio’s Big Five Game Changers, aimed at food self-sufficiency, and that Sierra Leone has vast arable land and is ready to partner with Moroccan investors.

Ambassador Mohamed Methqal thanked the Minister for the visit and disclosed that Sierra Leonean students are currently in Morocco for capacity-building, with more opportunities to come. He assured both officials that AMCI would continue developing a concrete action plan on the investment interventions President Bio requested from Morocco.

In an earlier development, Minister Mohamed Rahman Swaray had separate talks on Tuesday with Ryad Mezzour, Morocco’s Minister of Industry, Trade, Investment and Economic Inclusion, on expanding economic and industrial cooperation.

Their discussions focused on attracting investment, strengthening local production, expanding bilateral trade and transferring technical know-how.

Diversifying trade with Sierra Leone, and the need to turn growing diplomatic ties into concrete projects also formed an integral part of their discussion.

The talks further reflected Morocco’s commitment to South-South cooperation through sharing industrial expertise, developing skills and supporting value creation across Africa.

Both sides pledged to strengthen cooperation in Sierra Leone’s priority areas including trade, agriculture, fertiliser, investment, water management, fisheries, mining, cultural exchange and capacity building.

Minister Swaray emphasized Sierra Leone’s willingness to “strengthen trade exchanges and sector-specific investment in mining, agriculture and value chains.” Sierra Leone’s trade agenda is:

The engagements concluded with renewed commitments to translate the growing diplomatic relationship between Freetown and Rabat into concrete investments and mutually beneficial development opportunities.

Aminaash Nyande Brima

Information Attaché

Sierra Leone Embassy,

Rabat, Morocco