Resources
Publications
Guides, sector briefs, laws and reports for investors, exporters and anyone doing business in Sierra Leone.
Guides for investors
- Investment opportunities in Sierra LeoneNIB's investment brochure: why to invest, the priority sectors and the opportunities open now.
- Sierra Leone: an investor's guideA private sector view of the investment landscape, from sector profiles to the legal framework.
- Handbook of tax incentives for investment in Sierra LeoneThe tax incentives available to investors and the conditions for each.
- Agribusiness investment approval processHow an agribusiness investment is approved in Sierra Leone.
- Agribusiness investment approval process: consultation guideThe consultation guide that accompanies the approval process.
- Registering and formalising a small business in Sierra LeoneA starter guide for entrepreneurs moving from informal trading to a registered business, published with the European Union, the OACPS, the ILO and UNDP.
- The National Investment Board and Sierra Leone at a glanceWhat the Board does, the country in figures, the national priorities and the sectors with the most potential.
- Sierra Leone Diaspora Financing InitiativeHow Sierra Leoneans abroad can invest in national development, and the institutions that take part.
- Sierra Leone trade and investment factsheetStatistics on trade and investment between the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone, published by the UK Government.
Sector briefs
- Invest in agriculture in Sierra LeoneA full sector report on agriculture.
- Invest in agricultureA four-page brief on the opportunity in agriculture.
- Invest in renewable energyA four-page brief on the opportunity in renewable energy.
- Invest in tourismA four-page brief on the opportunity in tourism.
- Invest in tourism in Sierra LeoneA full sector report on tourism.
- Innovation in educationA four-page brief on education.
- Powering Sierra Leone's growthThe energy sector's priority investment projects and what the Government asks of investors in them.
- Investment-ready health projectsHealthcare projects the Ministry of Health opens to private investors, development partners and the diaspora.
Law, budget and policy
- The National Investment Board Act, 2022The Act that established the Board and sets out its functions.
- Finance Act, 2021The Act that gives effect to the Government's 2021 financial proposals.
- Finance Act 2020: summaryA summary of the 2020 Finance Act.
- Finance Act 2019: key changesThe main changes made by the 2019 Finance Act.
- National Revenue Authority tax and non-tax revenue guideSecond edition of the guide to taxes and other revenue.
- Government budget and statement of economic and financial policies, 2023The budget speech for the 2023 financial year.
- Government budget and statement of economic and financial policies, 2021The budget speech for the 2021 financial year.
- Medium-term national development planThe Government's plan for national development over the medium term.
- National AGOA response strategy, 2019 to 2025How Sierra Leone plans to use access to the US market under AGOA.
Company law reform
- Companies and Business Registration Bill, 2026The draft Bill to repeal and replace the Companies Act. A draft, not law.
- Validation workshop presentation on the Companies BillThe consultant's presentation on the consultation and its outcomes.
- Simplified business registration and incorporationInternational standards for simplified registration, presented at the validation workshop for the draft Bill.