Sierra Leone
Business Summit
& Investment Expo
Unlocking New Frontiers for Economic Growth
Mobilising Capital for Accelerating Sustainable Economic Transformation
DATE
25 – 26 May, 2026
LOCATION
Freetown, Sierra Leone
FORMAT
Two-Day Summit
ATTENDANCE
Limited & Curated
Partners & Sponsors
About the Summit
Sierra Leone Is Moving Forward.
Are You In The Room?
Investment interest is rising. Businesses are expanding into new ground. Policy is shifting to create room for bolder moves. If you're already operating in Sierra Leone, you're feeling it. If you're exploring entry, you're asking the right questions.
What's often missing is a setting that brings it all together.
The Sierra Leone Business Summit & Investment Expo 2026 is designed to be the foremost gathering of business executives and industry leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, policy and change makers. This private sector led conference will feature:
- High-level knowledge sharing and policy dialogue
- Strategic networking between business executives, investors and development partners
- Showcasing bankable projects and investment-ready opportunities across key sectors
- Partnership building that translates into real economic impact
FEATURED VOICES
Meet the Speakers
This Summit convenes leaders who are directly shaping capital flows, enterprise growth and economic decision-making across Sierra Leone, from the boardroom to the field.
Lima Sufian-Kargbo
CEO, Sierra Rutile & President, Sierra Leone Chamber of Mines
Sebastian Ashong-Katai
CEO, Ecobank Sierra Leone
Valerie N.E. Entsiful
Country Manager, ARIA
Bowofade Elegbede
Associate Director, Acumen Fund
Mohammed Sowe
Finance Director, PeeCee Holding
Hussine Yilla
External Affairs Manager, Sierra Rutile
David Kamara
CEO, ACTB Savings & Loans
Fatima Sesay
Founder & MD, Unimax SL
Nicola Asgill
Head of Corporate Development, Sustainability & Investor Relations, FG Gold
Kofie Macauley
CEO, Sewa Energy
Mariama Khadija
MD Sierra Leone, RAIN – Redsalt Angel Investment Network
Ndeye Koroma
National Coordinator US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
Jasmin Roberts
VP, Head of Energy Solutions Marampa Mines
Donald Ola Smart
Managing Director Mountain Lion Agriculture
Two Days Built Around What Matters
Every session conversation and connection is engineered for relevance to shape the future of the business and investment landscape in Sierra Leone.
This Room Is For Decision-Makers.
Is That You?
Whether you’re deploying capital, building a business from the ground up, evaluating a market entry or contributing to the policy environment, this Summit is built around the decisions you’re already navigating.
Investors, corporate leaders, financial institutions, public sector stakeholders and active market operators will all be in the room, each approaching the same conversation from a different vantage point, and all with something real to contribute.
Two Days Built Around What Matters
Every session conversation and connection is engineered for relevance to shape the future of the business and investment landscape in Sierra Leone.
This Room Is For Decision-Makers.
Is That You?
Whether you’re deploying capital, building a business from the ground up, evaluating a market entry or contributing to the policy environment, this Summit is built around the decisions you’re already navigating.
Investors, corporate leaders, financial institutions, public sector stakeholders and active market operators will all be in the room, each approaching the same conversation from a different vantage point, and all with something real to contribute.
