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.
A website page by African Business with the latest news updates, case studies and commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
African tourism has been put on ice by coronavirus – here’s how some countries are reviving it
An article from The Conversation which outlines how COVID-19 has affected the tourism industries in the Gambia and Kenya, and how they are responding to this change.
Investment policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
This Special Issue of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) Investment Policy Monitor (IPM) analyses what the bleak forecast means for investment policymaking and provides an updated overview…
Topic: COVID-19, Financial instruments for business, Government and policy, Investment and export promotion
Sector: Other
Geographic Focus: International
How countries can leverage trade facilitation to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic
This paper by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development presents trade facilitation solutions, supported by country cases, to defeat trade challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sector: Other
Geographic Focus: International
Business and COVID-19 (The legal implications)
This article by Gelaga King and Christopher Greene, posted by GPK Legal on LinkedIn, explores the legal implications of COVID-19 for businesses in Sierra Leone and the permissible mitigating steps.
Governing Africa during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
This is a recording from an online seminar, run by the Institute for Security Studies, that discusses current governance realities on the continent, lessons for African governments and what to…
Informing COVID-19 preparedness in Sierra Leone
This article from MIT news outlines how the MIT Governance Lab and the Institute for Governance Reform are working with the Government of Sierra Leone to conducting rapid-response surveys to…
When a global virus meets local realities: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in West Africa
A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that takes stock of some of the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and outlines a number of policy implications…
Geographic Focus: Africa
New policies to speed up financial inclusion and digital payments launched
A Goldstreet Business article on three policy initiatives, launched by the Ministry of Finance in Ghana, designed to deepen financial inclusion and accelerate the shift to digital payments.