Announcement of the UNOPS Africa Regional Director and Director for Ghana Multi-Country Office visit to Sierra Leonee

Announcement of the UNOPS Africa Regional Director and Director for Ghana Multi-Country Office Visit to Sierra Leone

The Regional Director for Africa at the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Ms Dalila Gonçalves and the Director for the UNOPS Ghana Multi-Country Office, Ms Ifeoma Charles-Monwuba has arrived on an official visit to the Republic of Sierra Leone from today  24 to 26 June 2024. The visit will include strategic discussions with key Government Ministers, in-line Ministries and development partners in Sierra Leone.

 Ms Gonçalves joined UNOPS in 2021 as Deputy Director for the Africa Region and became Director for the Africa Region in April 2024. Prior to joining UNOPS, she held several managerial roles in the private sector in Africa, including Aggreko in Southern and Central Africa, SGS in Angola, and Bureau Veritas in Angola and Mozambique.

 A Portuguese national, she holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from Beira Interior University, Portugal. She also completed postgraduate courses at Columbia Business School in Leading Strategic Growth and Rutgers University in Managerial Excellence in Sales. She speaks English, French, and Portuguese and has working proficiency in Spanish.

Her mission to Sierra Leone is to strategise and leverage with key partners on how UNOPS can continue supporting the Government of Sierra Leone and the Development Partners to achieve the national development priorities; focusing on the National Medium Term Development Plan and the Big Five Game-Changers for Transformative Development. During her visit, UNOPS senior officials will meet with Government and development partner representatives. Ms Gonçalves and Ms Monwuba will also visit the ongoing construction of the 1-MegaWatts Solar Energy Power Plant in Moyamba District. A project implemented by UNOPS on behalf of the Ministry of Energy, funded by the World Bank. UNOPS currently supports the Government of Sierra Leone in implementing a range of renewable energy, water management and governance projects. UNOPS also provides procurement services for health, transport and logistics to different ministries in Sierra Leone.