Author Archives: Morlia Bangura

  A stakeholder consultation by Ghana Links Network Services Limited for implementing Integrated Customs Management Systems in Sierra Leone was held on the 20th of August 2024 in the office of the Executive Chairman of the Produce Monitoring Board Dr James Vibbi in Freetown. The Ghana Link Team is in Sierra Leone to carry out a feasibility […]

Are you a smallholder, MSME or cooperative working in primarily (but not only) the cocoa, cassava and or palm oil value chains in Sierra Leone? UNIDO is launching a call for expressions of interest to identify interested potential beneficiaries! The call for expression of interest falls under the Sierra Leonean Component of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme[…]

On the invitation of the Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO), Dr. James Vibbi and Didan Sankoh, Executive Chairman and Director respectively of the Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) participated at the 63rd Annual Meetings of IACO and 1st African Coffee Week, from February 6th to 10th, 2024, at the Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme “Transforming[…]

  The three-day working visit of the Secretary-General Ambassador Solomon Rutega accompanied by his Director of Research and Development Inter-Africa Coffee Organization Dr Celesrine Gatariah to Sierra Leone started on the 27th July and ended on the 29th of July, 2022 and was spearheaded by the Produce Monitoring Board. The visit of the Secretary-General and the Director[…]

  The Executive Chairman Dr James Vibbi and the key technical team of PMB on the 21st of April 2022 held a meeting with Welthungerhilfe (WHH ) on the Stenophylla coffee and farm, and Farmer data. The meeting was held at the WHH office, Frazer Street, Off Wilkinson Road, Freetown. The purpose of the meeting was to[…]

The PMB Regional Office South conducted a one-day inspection at The Sierra Tropical Limited  Benduma site, Sumbuya, Lugbu Chiefdom  Bo District. The purpose was to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the warehousing facility to determine its suitability for Export and the subsequent issuance of Store Certificate. The team of Inspectors that took part in this exercise[…]

The Board, Management and Staff of Produce Monitoring Board (PMB) whose headquarter offices are located at 10 Lightfoot Boston Street Freetown mourn the death of the fire victims of a fuel supply tanker that exploded at the PMB Wellington area in Freetown on November 5th 2021, which claimed dozens of lives, caused severe casualties and many properties[…]

Three staff of PMB have benefitted from a two-day training on Branding and Digital marketing from 11th to 12th October 2021 organized by SheTrades West Africa Project implemented by the International Trade Centre for SME’s and Business Support Organisations and held at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown. The training is aimed at helping cashew and tropical[…]

  A four-day training which started with a virtual session (29th, 1st and 4th October 2021) and ended with a practical session for Cocoa Cooperatives organized by the Center for the promotion of imports from developing countries (CBI) in collaboration with the Produce Monitoring Board on Cocoa Quality Management was held at Albertson Hall in Kenema. The[…]

SheTrades West Africa Project funded by the Korea International Corporation Agency (KOICA) and implemented by the International Trade Centre has ended a three-day training from the 19th– 21st May 2021 for staff of Produce Monitoring Board on gender and cashew. The training was held at the Royal Hotel in Makeni. Key objectives of the training were as[…]