This document offers pay-as-you-go (PAYG) information to inform distributors entering Sierra Leone’s solar market. It includes an overview of PAYG best practices from aggregated learnings across sub-Saharan Africa to inform the development of the PAYG opportunity in Sierra Leone. The brief also offers recommendations for targeted investments to inform internal business process improvement to support PAYG roll-out and sector-level interventions to support wider PAYG expansion, based on learning in Sierra Leone.
Angel Investment Brief
Sierra Leone’s startup ecosystem is at a pivotal moment, with rising entrepreneurial activity but a critical funding gap in the ‘missing middle.’ This brief explores why angel investment is essential, the first-mover advantages for investors and the opportunities emerging in one of West Africa’s most dynamic early-stage markets.