Discover how Sierra Leone is taking a powerful step toward stronger collaboration between government and business.
Invest Salone’s new Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) Guide provides a practical, actionable toolkit designed to make policymaking more inclusive, transparent and effective.
Discover how Invest Salone helped unlock the potential of Sierra Leone’s palm oil sector. By connecting refineries with smallholder producers, mobilising capital and providing targeted support, the programme strengthened sustainable production, and demonstrated the sector’s viability, contributing to over USD 75 million in exports in 2025.
This safeguarding toolkit supports private sector companies in Sierra Leone to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) in the workplace. It provides practical guidance to help businesses align with national laws, strengthen workplace safeguarding systems, and promote safer, more inclusive environments for all employees and stakeholders.
A rapid assessment of Sierra Leone’s tech startup ecosystem and blockchain potential, highlighting opportunities, challenges, and policy recommendations.
In 2024, Invest Salone hosted the “Women in Tourism: Market and Investment Readiness” conference to explore one of the biggest challenges facing women in Sierra Leone’s tourism sector: access to finance. The event brought together financial institutions, policy-makers and entrepreneurs to share insights, build networks and identify opportunities to strengthen women-led businesses.
A practical guide to institutionalising public–private dialogue (PPD) in Sierra Leone, bridging business and government to drive inclusive growth.
Women’s access to finance is a critical driver of social and economic empowerment and sustainable development, yet significant disparities especially between genders persist, particularly in low-income countries such as Sierra Leone.
This issue is a round-up of Invest Salone’s work supporting sustainable finance, diaspora engagement and private sector development in Sierra Leone. It features highlights from the country’s first ESG conference, updates on the Fashion Design and Textile Association’s national symposium, a refreshed Investment Toolkit for SMEs and insights from events promoting climate finance and green investment.
This briefing was prepared by Invest Salone in collaboration with the Association of Carbon Conservation and Reforestation (ACCR), a formal business membership organisation established in 2024 to represent carbon credit project developers in Sierra Leone.