International impact investor Acumen and the UK funded private sector initiative Invest Salone have revised the Investment Toolkit for SMEs in Sierra Leone for 2025, marking another step forward in strengthening Sierra Leone’s entrepreneurial...
Find out how Invest Salone is working with the tourism sector to overcome challenges and identify opportunities for growth.
Find out how a partnership between Invest Salone, Vista Bank Sierra Leone and the Small Foundation is shifting the bank’s portfolio toward lending to SMEs by strengthening credit assessment tools and improving sector knowledge, with support from a risk-sharing guarantee.
The March 2026 edition includes coverage of our January showcase and highlights stories and resources about the partnerships, technical support and investment outcomes exhibited at the event.
Discover more about Freetown Waste Transformers, the operational support they received from Redsalt Angel Investment Network and the impact of investment in the company.
Discover more about Jolaks, the ecosystem support they received and the impact of Proparco’s investment in the company.
Explore Jolaks’s investment journey to its deal with Proparco.
Find out about how Jolaks, one of Sierra Leone’s largest oil palm refineries, is taking a new approach to working with smallholder farmers to create jobs and a sustainable revenue stream for farmers, as well as offering training and development opportunities.
Find out more about the power of public–private dialogue to deliver policy reforms that address trade and business challenges in Sierra Leone.
Explore how Invest Salone supported So Pure to becoming investor-ready, leading to investments from Zvilo and Ecobank.
Discover the impact of investment on So Pure’s business growth and how Invest Salone supported the company to become investment ready.
Explore how Invest Salone supported Freetown Waste Transformer’s investment journey.