This case study showcases how SOBA’s Innovation Lab (iLab) successfully supported the scaling up and replication of innovative business practices generated through interventions across key markets. SOBA uses a market systems approach to facilitate pro-poor economic growth in Sierra Leone. The programme collaborates with private sector businesses to trial and to scale innovative and inclusive business practices that reduce poverty and improve economic opportunities for poor women and men.
Building a Coalition for Catalytic Capital – Invest Salone Showcase, January 2026
Key government and private‑sector leaders gathered on Friday, 16 January 2026, as Invest Salone, a UK-funded private sector development programme, hosted a high‑level event aimed at deepening collaboration and boosting investment in Sierra Leone’s expanding private sector. The event showcased Invest Salone’s contribution to improving the business environment and reinforced its role as a partner and facilitator, bringing together diverse stakeholders to address systemic constraints through dialogue and cooperation.
Topic: Entrepreneurship and innovation, Finance, Financial instruments for business, Investment, Investment and export promotion
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Invest Salone