{"id":2392,"date":"2025-10-16T14:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:26:45","slug":"uba-sierra-leone-partners-with-government-for-regional-afcfta-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/?p=2392","title":{"rendered":"UBA Sierra Leone Partners with Government for Regional AFCFTA Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fdvcbgdf-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2393\" style=\"width:697px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fdvcbgdf-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fdvcbgdf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fdvcbgdf-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fdvcbgdf.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> UBA Sierra Leone proudly partnered with the Government of Sierra Leone, through the <strong>Ministry of Trade and Industry<\/strong>, at the <strong>Sierra Leone Regional AFCFTA Conference<\/strong> held from <strong>14th \u2013 17th October 2025<\/strong> at the <strong>Foreign Service Academy, Tower Hill, Freetown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Themed <strong>\u201cFrom Policy to Practice: Accelerating Sierra Leone\u2019s AFCFTA Implementation for Sustainable Economic Transformation,\u201d<\/strong> the conference brought together key stakeholders from the public and private sectors to deliberate on strategies for deepening regional trade integration and fostering inclusive economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday, 15th October<\/strong>, <strong>UBA Sierra Leone<\/strong> took an active role in the discussions, with <strong>Ms. Nkem Osakwe<\/strong>, Head of Transactional Banking, serving as one of the distinguished panelists during the session titled <em>\u201cUnlocking Trade Finance and Payment Integration: Strengthening Sierra Leone\u2019s Financial Sector through AFCFTA and the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her remarks, Ms. Osakwe underscored the importance of adopting <strong>PAPSS<\/strong> across both private and government institutions, describing it as a <em>\u201cgame changer\u201d<\/em> in facilitating seamless intra-African trade. She also encouraged Sierra Leoneans\u2014and Africans at large\u2014to embrace the use of <strong>local currencies<\/strong>, emphasizing that collective commitment to this shift is vital for realizing the full benefits of <strong>PAPSS<\/strong> and the broader <strong>AFCFTA<\/strong> agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nbhgytr-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2394\" style=\"width:577px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nbhgytr-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nbhgytr-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nbhgytr.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Her insightful contributions and practical recommendations were warmly received, earning commendations from participants and highlighting <strong>UBA Sierra Leone\u2019s leadership and commitment<\/strong> to driving Africa\u2019s economic integration through innovative financial solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UBA Sierra Leone<\/strong> remains steadfast in supporting initiatives that promote <strong>sustainable trade, financial inclusion, and economic transformation<\/strong> under the <strong>AFCFTA framework<\/strong>, in alignment with the broader vision of the <strong>UBA Group<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UBA Sierra Leone proudly partnered with the Government of Sierra Leone, through the Ministry of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions\/2395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}