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 action plan, created by the Open Government Partnership and the Government of Sierra Leone, outlines the action the Sierra Leonean government will take to increase political transparency and engage…
UNDP and Government of Rwanda deploy smart anti-epidemic robots to fight against COVID-19!
This article from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) discusses the UNDP Accelerator Lab partnership with the Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation to acquire and deploy five smart anti-epidemic…
A briefing paper produced by SOAS University on the relationship between lockdown strategies and governance constraints which can limit the emergency response to COVID-19. The paper focuses on corruption as…
Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak
A WHO report providing advice on mental health and psychosocial considerations during COVID-19. It offers tailored guidance for the general population, healthcare workers, managers in health facilities, carers for children,…
Guidance for mental health and psychosocial support for COVID-19
A report from the Africa Center for Disease Control and Preparation offering guidance to African Union Member States on key mental health and psychosocial support considerations in relation to COVID-19.…
Investing in chiefdoms and local councils to fight COVID-19 from the ‘last mile’
This article by the United Nations Development Programme looks at ways of decentralising the national COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone to the districts and chiefdoms.
A report on OpenIDEO’s COVID-19 Business Pivot Challenge to better understand and support business adaptation in response to COVID-19. This report brings together the lived experience from the 700+ business…
COVID-19 and smallholder producers’ access to markets
A research brief by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on how smallholder farmers can respond to a health crisis, drawing on lessons learnt from Sierra Leone,…