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1st December 2021

Bootcamp helps 12 Sierra Leonean entrepreneurs become pitch-perfect for impact investment deal summit

Twelve Sierra Leonean entrepreneurs, who have gone through a comprehensive seven-week ‘bootcamp’, will be presenting their business plans to representatives from nine investment funds this Friday (3 December 2021) at…

22nd November 2021

Sierra Leone’s banking sector looks to support the country’s COP26 green growth commitments through ESG standards

On the final day (Thursday, 11 November 2021) of the recent COP26 climate summit, Sierra Leone’s banking sector came together at a roundtable in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to agree on…

13th October 2021

Sierra Leone’s sleeping beauty textile industry gets the kiss of life from the country’s fashion designers

Sierra Leonean textiles, the sleeping beauty of the African textile industry, are in the midst of a dynamic reawakening as the country’s designers, at home and abroad, explore the export…

7th October 2021

Sierra Leonean food manufacturers identify innovative strategies to overcome local distribution challenges

Food distribution in Sierra Leone was in the spotlight in late September, as the country’s food processors gathered to discuss how they could work more effectively with distributors to improve…

22nd September 2021

Sierra Leone’s poultry sector leaders gather to identify collective solutions to productivity constraints

As the demand for poultry meat rises regionally and globally, Sierra Leone’s homegrown poultry industry has the potential to make a significant contribution to the country’s post-COVID recovery and food…

7th September 2021

Insights into Sierra Leone’s cashew sector from Red River Foods confirms export potential

With 85% of its cashew orchards due to reach maturity by 2025 in a booming global market, Sierra Leone’s cashew sector has real export and processing potential. At a roundtable…

17th August 2021

SLAJ launches professional network to support independent reporting on business and economic issues

A new professional network, launched on 4 August by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), aims to boost independent news production on business, financial and economic issues. The Business…

12th August 2021

Successful engagement with the financial sector key to institutionalising public–private dialogue in Sierra Leone

Over 40 representatives of Sierra Leone’s financial sector came together on 4 August, 2021 to kick off a ground-breaking series of sectoral public–private dialogues (PPD) intended to institutionalise private sector…

27th April 2021

Invest Salone adapts programme resources to ensure economic resilience beyond COVID-19

Invest Salone, working with Sierra Leone’s private sector on adapting to the new market circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, is also adjusting to a significantly less predictable economy and limited…

8th March 2021

A fairer labour market for women in Sierra Leone

Women in Sierra Leone participate in the labour market at a similar rate to men, but seldom on an equal footing, according to Invest Salone, the FCDO-funded private sector development…