This series showcases businesses in Sierra Leone that are finding innovative ways to operate. The Red Lion Bakery became the first bakery in Sierra Leone to introduce online sales. Read about their story here.
A rapid assessment of Sierra Leone’s tech startup ecosystem and blockchain potential, highlighting opportunities, challenges, and policy recommendations.
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.
A practical guide to institutionalising public–private dialogue (PPD) in Sierra Leone, bridging business and government to drive inclusive growth.
This issue is a round-up of Invest Salone’s work supporting private sector investment and growth in Sierra Leone. It features highlights from the Sierra Leone Investment Summit, an agribusiness investment field trip, collaboration with banks on sustainable lending and stories on how tourism, arts and food are being showcased through Invest Salone’s Made in Salone initiative.