The Invest Salone Resource Bank brings together a collection of resources related to Invest Salone’s work to encourage investment, generate exports, create jobs and diversify four key sectors in Sierra Leone. Pooling resources produced by Invest Salone and external contributors, this tool will grow to provide a broad range of resources related to investing and doing business in Sierra Leone. Use the filters below to explore the resources by type, sector, topic and more.
COVID-19 series rapid literature review: Governance and state capability
A rapid literature review, by the Maintains programme, which explores economic and social impacts of pandemics and how countries respond to pandemic health shocks.
Tourism and COVID-19 – Assessing the economic consequences
This report published by UNTAD assess the implications of the COVID-19 crisis on the tourism sector. It also puts forward policy recommendations for governments to avert the worst effects and…
Planning for the worst and hoping for the best: Forecasting COVID-19 for sub-Saharan Africa
This report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change presents the analysis of the Covid-19 trajectory in 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – including those the Tony Blair…
The state of entrepreneurship in Sierra Leone: Snapshot
This snapshot outlines the key issues that hamper the productivity of Sierra Leone’s entrepreneurial landscape across SOBA’s main focus areas. Interventions conducted by SOBA and other players in the ecosystem…
The state of entrepreneurship in Sierra Leone: Full report
This is a study on the impact of each of the pillars of entrepreneurial ecosystems (Business Support, Finance, Human Capital, Culture, Policy, R&D, Infrastructure and Markets) on small and growing…
This document presents analysis of the solar market to better understand the constraints and opportunities faced by the sector and to determine best-placed and systemic investments for the programme. It…
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…
Network analysis of vegetable trade & trade-related communications
Presentation on vegetable and trade communications flows. It explains the need for a network analysis, the components of the network – from the basic elements and parameters to the statistics…
Customer experience in Sierra Leone agricultural sector
Most farmers in Sierra Leone consider that the available inputs in the country are of good quality but they feel that these inputs are rarely available through their local agro…