Overview
The National Investment Board (NIB) of Sierra Leone is the nation’s premier One Stop Shop Centre for facilitating, promoting, and sustaining investments. Positioned as the primary gateway for investors, NIB provides streamlined services to reduce bureaucracy, promote transparency, and enhance investor confidence. Our core mandate includes driving private sector growth, facilitating Public–Private Partnerships, and enabling investment-led development aligned with Sierra Leone’s long-term national goals. We serve as a trusted partner, connecting investors to opportunities, incentives, and vital government and private sector stakeholders.
Our Comprehensive Services
From initial inquiry to long-term aftercare, NIB supports investors across the entire investment lifecycle. We offer expert advisory, institutional coordination, and digital platforms to make business entry and operations in Sierra Leone faster, smarter, and more secure.
Investment Promotion
- Delivering targeted investment leads and project profiles.
- Providing detailed sectoral studies and risk-return analyses.
- Promoting Sierra Leone globally through investment missions and events.
- Advising on eligibility for strategic incentives and tax benefits.
Export Promotion
- Supporting local producers to access regional and global markets.
- Facilitating linkages to trade fairs, buyers, and export consortia.
- Assisting SMEs with export documentation, standards, and certifications.
- Providing market trend reports and export readiness assessments.
Investment Facilitation
- Guiding investors through licenses, permits, and approvals.
- Coordinating with MDAs for timely decision-making and problem-solving.
- Reducing administrative barriers and increasing process transparency.
- Assisting in obtaining Investment Certificates and site development support.
Business & Company Registration
- Operating a centralized digital registration portal for all investors.
- Facilitating quick incorporation, TIN, and statutory compliance filings.
- Offering in-person and remote registration support via our One Stop Shop.
- Reducing turnaround time and ensuring document integrity and security.
Public–Private Partnerships (PPP)
- Structuring and facilitating PPPs in infrastructure, health, education, and energy.
- Providing transaction advisory, legal due diligence, and procurement support.
- Creating frameworks for fair, transparent, and sustainable partnerships.
- Engaging private sector players through investment dialogues and project pipelines.
Aftercare & Investor Support
- Maintaining strategic engagement with operating investors for retention and reinvestment.
- Resolving investor grievances through high-level inter-agency coordination.
- Facilitating community integration, environmental compliance, and labor management.
- Enabling access to expansion incentives and reinvestment planning.