Copernicus Sierra Leone

Patrick Sheika Dumbuya of Copernicus West Africa, based in Sierra Leone, talks about how to successfully enter the local markets with your business product or service, the importance of local representation when doing international business and how to "Trade without Travel".
Investment opportunities in Sierra Leone that Copernicus can help you with include:-
Agribusiness
Investment Opportunities
Rice
• There are huge opportunities to invest in the production, processing and marketing of domestically produced rice produced.

Oil palm
• Oil palm is an important cash and export crop that can be produced in many parts of the country.
Cocoa and Coffee
• There are opportunities to invest in the rehabilitation of existing plantation or establishing new plantations.
Cassava
• As the diet of many Sierra Leoneans become even more diversified to include cassava based foods such as gari and fufu; and with opportunities for industrial production of starch and cassava flour, the cultivation of cassava offers tremendous opportunities.

Groundnut, Pepper and Vegetables
• There are favourable opportunities in the cultivation and processing of all these crops both for local consumption as well as for export.
Fruits
• There is scope to facilitate the regeneration of the nucleus-estate activity that existed before the war, stimulating also growing by smallholders and in developing the marketing infrastructure for these high value crops.

Livestock
• There is scope to invest in animal rearing, slaughter facilities and developing a more efficient marketing chain.
• Other investment opportunities include;
• cotton, rubber, ground nut planting, processing industries for fruit juice, meat processing factory, rice processing factory, fish processing and poultry etc
Energy

Investment Opportunities
• Harnessing untapped hydro potential of up to 268mw for which there is a readily market available.
• Binkongor is one of the largest sources of hydro power supply in Sierra Leone with energy generation potential of up to 160 mw if fully exploited.
• There are significant opportunities of biomass from green vegetation.
• There is also another huge opportunity for renewable energy investment for which there is a local market readily available.
• A tropical climate conducive for solar investment.
• There is also investment opportunity in the country transmission and distribution network.

Fisheries
Investment Opportunities
• Fish processing.
• Adding value.
• General infrastructure including fisheries harbour, landing site and fish harbour complex.
• Shrimps fishing.
• Aquaculture fishing.
• Water transportation and industrial fishing.
• Fresh water and semi- industrial fishing.

Mining
Investment Opportunities
• Proven exceeding Mineral Deposits in the Country – proven and sufficient existing precious and non- precious minerals to allow increased investment and production for the foreseeable future.
• Development of Oil and Gas Port Infrastructure
• Development of Oil Refinery Facilities and operations
• Marketing and Distribution into Local and international markets

Tourism
Investment Opportunities
• New and Existing Opportunities: There is significant untapped space for new investments in Sierra Leone’s bourgeoning tourism sector. Also, as private sector investors look for joint venture partnerships, there are tourism projects that target mid-range recreational tourists on prime seafront land and other amenities within prominent tourist areas.

• Tourist Leisure and Sports: The long Atlantic coastline offers tremendous opportunities for marinas, speed-boating, sailing, sport fishing, etc.

• Tourist Entertainment: Significant price premiums on food and drinks in the market segment which offers high return on investments and rapid payback.


Infrastructure
Investment Opportunities
Road Construction
In light of the Government’s road construction and rehabilitation programme, there are opportunities:
For road construction companies to participate in the construction and/or maintenance of over 3,700Km of roads ,
Road Transport
• There are PPP opportunities to develop and implement a road transport master plan that is based on a mass transit system that uses buses for transport of persons and light cargo.
Riverrine Transport
• There are opportunities for private sector participation in the construction of jetties to support transportation of commuters along the Freetown coastline, as vehicle traffic continues to increase;
Airports
• The Government is promoting Public-Private partnerships for the development of various forms of air transport infrastructure.
International Shipping and Ports
• For private sector participation in the expansion of the port to capitalize on the natural advantages of Freetown’s natural harbour and strategic global location between Africa, Europe and the Americas, to transform the existing facility into a regional trans-shipment hub

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