The Invest Salone Resource Bank brings together a collection of resources related to Invest Salone’s work to encourage investment, generate exports, create jobs and diversify four key sectors in Sierra Leone. Pooling resources produced by Invest Salone and external contributors, this tool will grow to provide a broad range of resources related to investing and doing business in Sierra Leone. Use the filters below to explore the resources by type, sector, topic and more.
This document presents analysis of the solar market to better understand the constraints and opportunities faced by the sector and to determine best-placed and systemic investments for the programme. It…
Sector: Energy
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Solar market snapshot – Solar home system and solar energy policy
This document presents the government’s view of solar energy in Sierra Leone. In 2013, the government’s National Energy Policy and a Strategic Energy Plan set out their view for the…
Sector: Energy
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Solar distributors & SOBA private sector partners
Solar distributors remain challenged with limited working capital, high costs associated with import and transportation requirements and long-term consumer financing, limited low-cost distribution options and limited solar product awareness. SOBA…
Sector: Energy
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Solar market snapshot – Financing gap
Current financial analysis indicates that: solar distributors in Sierra Leone are high risk investments; distributors require significant working capital to finance needs but find limited financing options; and long-term consumer…
Topic: Financial instruments for business, Investment and export promotion, Research and analysis, Sustainable business
Sector: Energy
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Network analysis of vegetable trade & trade-related communications
Presentation on vegetable and trade communications flows. It explains the need for a network analysis, the components of the network – from the basic elements and parameters to the statistics…
Sector: Agriculture
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Customer experience in Sierra Leone agricultural sector
Most farmers in Sierra Leone consider that the available inputs in the country are of good quality but they feel that these inputs are rarely available through their local agro…
Sector: Agriculture
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Ag-input supplier sales tool
Detailed information on farmer and crop requirements based on the growing calendar. This information is presented pictorially with icons representing farming activity by season. Additionally, the document features an example…
Topic: Business resilience
Sector: Agriculture
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Invest in Sierra Leone: Opportunities in agricultural inputs
This document is intended to inform potential investors about the opportunities for the provision of agricultural inputs in Sierra Leone. In addition to the historical context of the country, there…
Sector: Agriculture
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Smart subsidy implementation guide
The ‘Smart Subsidy’ Implementation Guide is a manual for those interested in implementing a market-oriented subsidy and learning from Sierra Leone’s Smart Subsidy Pilot. This pilot was designed as a…
Sector: Agriculture
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)
Smart subsidies pilot programme
Demonstrating a new, more efficient and market-oriented approach to boosting farmer productivity in Sierra Leone. In addition to demonstrating that the country’s nascent commercial ag-sector can procure, transport and sell…
Sector: Agriculture
Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone
Published by: Sierra Leone Opportunities for Business Action (SOBA)