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Sierra Leone

A nation of 8.8 million with three quarters of its power from water, which secured $211.5 million from the IMF for climate resilience in June 2026.

Perfect Nations values what Sierra Leone owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Sierra Leone at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to Sierra Leone

What we do for Sierra Leone

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Clean Grid to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels3 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Energy is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Sierra Leone toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 75.3%Of electricity from renewable sources, 2021

    The Clean Grid

    Rivers already give three quarters of the power; four in ten have electricity, and every new line can be clean.

  • 19,331 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

  • 55.2%Of the land in agriculture, 2024

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 34%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Standing forest that stores carbon and water, and can earn as it stands.

  • 8.8mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    37.7% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Rivers, iron and a climate arrangement.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Sierra Leone owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • $211.5MIMF Resilience and Sustainability Facility, approved 18 June 2026IMF, 2026
  • $158.6MTotal disbursed under the Extended Credit Facility after the third review, June 2026IMF, 2026
  • 47.3%Public debt, share of GDP, projected for 2026, from 50.8% in 2024; high risk of distressPremier Media, 2025
  • $137MRegional digital integration programme with Benin and Liberia, March 2026allAfrica, 2026

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralApprovedResilience and Sustainability Facility$211.5M

    IMF · Approved 18 June 2026

    Climate resilience, public investment and financial stability; SDR 155.55 million.

    IMF

    Source
  • MultilateralActiveExtended Credit Facility

    IMF · Approved 31 October 2024 · 38 months

    Third review completed 18 June 2026; a safe-harbour pricing formula for iron ore among the prior actions.

    IMF

    Source
  • RegionalApprovedWest Africa Regional Digital Integration (WARDIP2)$137M

    World Bank · Approved 10 March 2026 · With Benin and Liberia

    Jobs through an integrated regional digital market.

    World Bank

    Source

The Sierra Leone Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Isata Kamara, Nation Steward of Sierra Leone

Isata KamaraNation Steward of Sierra Leone · SI Researcher

Already working in Sierra Leone.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Sierra Leone, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

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  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Sierra Leone are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Sierra Leone, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Sierra Leone in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Sierra Leone: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Sierra Leone.WATER10.9%SHELTER16.8%ENERGY2%FOOD11.9%EDUCATION57.1HEALTH48LIVELIHOOD43.2%
2%
Energy · furthest from reach2% cook with clean fuels and technology; 39.2% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Sierra Leone

To be set with Sierra Leone, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Sierra Leone, each year.

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  • Food11.9%Not food insecure; 88.1% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2024
  • Water10.9%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter16.8%Safely managed sanitation; 49.3% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy2%2% cook with clean fuels and technology; 39.2% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education57.157.1% of young people complete lower secondary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • Health48WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood43.2%Above the national poverty line; 56.8% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2018

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Sierra Leone. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group. Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Sierra Leone

All Solutions

  • The Solution for Sierra LeoneEnergy

    Finance clean power and clean cooking at national scale.

    • 01The challenge98% Of Sierra Leoneans still cook without clean fuels. World Bank, 2024
    • 02The dealSovereign green bond, proved in India, 2023: INR 16,000 cr in the first issuance. Reserve Bank of India, 2023
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where energy is furthest from reach should issue a sovereign green bond ring-fenced for clean power and clean cooking. With super intelligence, the switch can be priced for every household still cooking with wood, charcoal or kerosene, and every project the bond finances reported to investors.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsSierra Leone

Dear Sierra Leone,

Your rivers already give three quarters of your power, and you renew more fresh water per person than most of the world.

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About one in nine of you drinks safely managed water. Let the rivers that light the grid also fill every tap.

“The rivers already light your grid. Let them fill every tap as well.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Sierra Leone ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Sierra Leone, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Sierra Leone, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Energy, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Sierra Leoneans and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Sierra Leone into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Sierra Leone, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Sierra Leone.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Sierra Leone already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Sierra Leone.

    Become a Co-designer

The Sierra Leone ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Sierra Leone with us.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API, last updated 8 October 2026), accessed 10 November 2026: population 2025, ages 0 to 14 2025, land area and agricultural and forest land 2024, renewable fresh water per person 2022, natural resource rents 2021, renewable electricity output 2021, electricity access and clean cooking 2024.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, PR 24/432 (22 November 2024), PR 25/424 (16 December 2025), PR 26/213 and Country Report 26/168 (June 2026).
  4. Premier Media, IMF debt projections; CGTN, 19 June 2026; allAfrica, 12 March 2026.
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