Dr David Moinina Sengeh is the Chief Minister and Innovation Officer of the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, advising the President and Vice President and coordinating with ministries, departments, and agencies to deliver on the government’s agenda.
Previously, Dr Sengeh was Sierra Leone’s Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (2019–2023). Internationally, he has served as the Chair of the Advisory Board for UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report and is a member of the executive committee of the Board of the Global Partnership for Education. He also serves as co-chair of the technical committee for UNESCO’s High-Level Steering Committee for Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education, and previously chaired the advisory board for the 2022 Transforming Education Summit.
He has been recognised as a senior TED Fellow, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, an Obama Foundation Africa Leader, a National Geographic Explorer, and in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Technology. Before joining government in 2018, he was Research Manager at IBM Research Africa, leading a healthcare team that designed AI-enabled systems for disease prevention, diagnosis, and management.
Dr Sengeh holds a PhD in Biomechatronics from MIT, where he developed award-winning prosthetic technology, and a degree in Engineering Sciences from Harvard. He holds several patents, has published widely across education, healthcare and augmentation, and AI, and has spoken globally on digital governance, innovation, and inclusion. His first book, Radical Inclusion, was published in May 2023.
Outside work, he is a husband, father of three, Afrobeat rapper, clothing designer, and sports enthusiast.
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