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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 finance is required to grow solar sales. This document also indicates financing alternatives compared to standard commercial options: PAYG solutions; patient capital and impact investment; and blended financing options.

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)

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Strengthening Sierra Leone’s fashion and textiles sector

This timeline summarises Invest Salone’s work with the fashion and textile sector, from strengthening individual businesses to building a more coordinated, competitive and internationally connected sector.

Topic: Fashion, Investment and export promotion, Textiles

Sector: Fashion, Textiles

Published by: Invest Salone

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Knowledge bank: Fashion and textiles

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Topic: Investment and export promotion, Investment Insight

Sector: Fashion, Textiles

Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone

Published by: Invest Salone

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Building a Coalition for Catalytic Capital – Invest Salone Showcase, January 2026

Key government and private‑sector leaders gathered on Friday, 16 January 2026, as Invest Salone, a UK-funded private sector development programme, hosted a high‑level event aimed at deepening collaboration and boosting investment in Sierra Leone’s expanding private sector. The event showcased Invest Salone’s contribution to improving the business environment and reinforced its role as a partner and facilitator, bringing together diverse stakeholders to address systemic constraints through dialogue and cooperation.

Topic: Entrepreneurship and innovation, Finance, Financial instruments for business, Investment, Investment and export promotion, Public private dialogue (PPD)

Sector: Business, Finance, Investment, Manufacturing

Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone

Published by: Invest Salone

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Sierra Leone voluntary sustainable finance principles: Sector-level guidance for financial institutions

This sector-level guidance supports financial institutions with the implementation of the voluntary sustainable finance principles. It is tailored for a diverse range of financial institutions – from microfinance lenders to larger commercial banks – and focuses on the “everyday” business of banking with micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Sierra Leone, covering the key sectors: agriculture, fisheries and forestry; construction; energy and energy efficiency; and value chains (e.g. manufacturing and wholesale/retail trade).

Topic: ESG, Finance, Sustainable business, Sustainable finance

Sector: Finance

Geographic Focus: Sierra Leone

Published by: Invest Salone

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