On Wednesday, 4th February 2026, the Sierra Leone Chamber for Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) participated in a high-level consultation meeting with the World Bank Sierra Leone Country Office as part of the Resilience and Risk Assessment (RRA) Field Mission.
The session focused on understanding Sierra Leone’s resilience landscape — spanning economic, social, institutional, and private sector dimensions — with particular attention to agribusiness development, SME sustainability, and private sector growth as drivers of national stability and economic transformation.
During the dialogue, SLeCAD highlighted critical challenges affecting agribusiness and SMEs, including access to finance, high transaction costs within the banking system, infrastructure gaps such as energy and road networks, export standards limitations, port inefficiencies, and taxation pressures that hinder business scaling.
The discussion also emphasized opportunities: strengthening domestic private sector capacity, improving financial inclusion, enhancing agricultural value chains, fostering innovation at community level, and expanding Sierra Leone’s competitiveness in regional and global markets.
SLeCAD reaffirmed its commitment to supporting policies, partnerships, and investment pathways that enable agribusiness enterprises to thrive while contributing to national resilience, food security, employment creation, and sustainable economic development.
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