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 list of studies on COVID-19 in response to the impact of the pandemic on the private sector in Sierra Leone. The aim of this initiative is to support collaboration…
Private and development sectors to support Africa’s food systems amid COVID-19
A news article about a private sector roundtable on COVID-19, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
Geographic Focus: Africa
Building food security during the pandemic
Project Syndicate article on the importance of including the protection of food supply chains in COVID-19 strategies.
Geographic Focus: International
Published by: Project Syndicate
COVID-19: Farmers count losses as commodities perish for lack of buyers
News article in The Guardian about the impacts of COVID-19 on farmers and how policy responses could help to lessen these impacts.
Locally manufactured electric buses hit the streets of Uganda
Face2Face Africa article about electric buses manufactured by Makerere University students in Uganda, now in use with improved health guidelines.
Geographic Focus: Africa
Published by: Face2Face Africa
What is COVID-19 teaching us about food vulnerability and ‘People as Infrastructure’?
Oxford Urbanists case study on COVID-19 and food security in Lagos, Nigeria.
Geographic Focus: Africa
Published by: Oxford urbanists
COVID-19 supply chain impact update by some of the world’s leading supply chain and logistics academics
Independent academic platform hosted by the University of Turku to complement available government, industry association or practitioner material on the supply chain and transport impacts of COVID-19.
What happens after the lockdown ends? Lessons from the 2015 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone
International Growth Centre blog post on how lessons from the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone can be applied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reopening and reimagining Africa
McKinsey & Company article about how the COVID-19 crisis can catalyze change across Africa.