Patricia Olayemi Jangah

Smart Start SL Ltd

Trainer

Mrs. Patricia Olayemi Jangah carries with her an array of experience which ranges from human resources management to corporate training and development to change management spanning over 11 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Fourah Bay College and a post graduate master’s certificate in human resource management from the Cornell University USA. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, USA and a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management, Sierra Leone. She is an IFC-LPI certified trainer and a certified corporate trainer by the Management Strategy Institute, USA. Mrs. Patricia has served as a human resources manager for Redcoat SL Ltd (Authorised Service Contractor For UPS in SL), the Ministry of Energy, Ehealth Africa. Recently, Mrs. Jangah worked at Africell SL Ltd and served as the human resource and corporate affairs director at Vimetco, SMHL.

Mrs. Jangah is the managing director for Smart Start SL Ltd, a company set up to help build capacity and introduce a modern outlook to work in our workforce as a nation. In pursuing this goal, she has recently facilitated a partnership with a professional learning institution, World Academy for Research and Development (WARD) Bangladesh (affiliated with EDUQUAL UK, the Institute for Certified Business Consultants, USA, the Human Capital Institute, USA and STADA, Singapore) to promote professional courses in Sierra Leone.

As for personal life, Mrs. Jangah has been married for 12 years and has 3 sons. She remains a wife, a mother and a successful professional. Her personal mantra is "give results and not excuses". In her free time, she is a freelance poet.