Discover how Invest Salone helped unlock the potential of Sierra Leone’s palm oil sector. By connecting refineries with smallholder producers, mobilising capital and providing targeted support, the programme strengthened sustainable production, and demonstrated the sector’s viability, contributing to over USD 75 million in exports in 2025.
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.
Read about Invest Salone’s new downloadable Investment-Readiness Insights Report that provides impact investors with practical guidance on how to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sierra Leone to become more investment ready.
Discover how designers are championing their heritage by giving a contemporary twist to classic Sierra Leonean textiles and techniques.
Fashion One is at the forefront of change in Sierra Leone’s fashion sector, with a business model which bridges the gap between bespoke tailoring and off-the-shelf clothing.
By incorporating smallholders into their supply chain, firms in Sierra Leone have identified a competitive opportunity to support local agriculture and contribute to rural livelihoods. Find out how Jolaks, a palm oil refinery and processing plant in Wellington, Sierra Leone, is transforming oil palm production.
In this issue, we share Invest Salone’s new downloadable Investment Toolkit for SMEs in Sierra Leone, which provides support to help firms prepare for impact investment.
Discover how Sierra Leonean designers like Mary-Ann Kai Kai, Madam Wokie, are bringing a contemporary twist to traditional artisanship and introducing Sierra Leonean textiles to new audiences.
Made in Salone explores the benefits of local manufacturing and production in Sierra Leone. Find out how Sierra Bo Garri, a cassava farm and processing plant in Bo District, Sierra Leone, is working to industrialise cassava processing.