J·Index / Countries / Sierra Leone

AI in Sierra Leone's news media

1 verified, source-linked AI implementation across 1 news organization, 2024.

Sub-Saharan Africa2024

Cases

Organizations

Active since

2024

Controversies

What AI is used for

Talent Development & Upskilling1

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access1

2 – Adoption0

3 – Proficiency0

4 – Ways of Working0

5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Awoko Publications 1

Funding: Media dev org (1)

Notable cases

2024Awoko Publications

FactCheckAfrica AI Journalism Fellowship West Africa 2024 — staff participation in AI journalism training programme for West African newsrooms; one of 41 fellows from 30+ organisations across 6 countries; worked on AI translation, fact-checking and audience tools for African-language journalism

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access

AI journalism tools (translation, fact-checking, NLP)Source →

Elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso 1 Cameroon 4 Ethiopia 3 Ghana 2 Guinea 1 Ivory Coast 1 Kenya 13 Lesotho 1 Liberia 3 Malawi 2 Namibia 2 Nigeria 29

Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.