In September, Invest Salone attended the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) annual conference. Invest Salone consultant, Pooja Melwani, was invited to speak and shared our experience of the broad range of private sector development strategies we employ to support the private and public sectors in tackling constraints to doing business in Sierra Leone.
Women in Tourism: Market and Investment Readiness
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.