Connoisseur Consult Sierra Leone, in partnership with the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency, will host the Capital & Business Lab on Saturday, 12 December 2026, at Lagoonda Resort in Aberdeen, Freetown.
The event will begin at 10:00 a.m. and bring together 120 selected participants, including business owners, banking representatives, insurers, professional service providers and diaspora investors.
Mahawa Kamara, founder of Connoisseur Consult Sierra Leone, said the initiative grew from her team’s engagement with more than 200 enterprises across Freetown, Bo and Makeni over the past two years.
She said many businesses had viable products, regular customers and active operations but lacked the systems needed to track earnings, demonstrate profitability and manage investment effectively.
According to Kamara, common challenges included mixing personal and business finances and failing to maintain financial records that banks or investors could assess.
“The Capital & Business Lab addresses this specific challenge,” she said.
The organisers say the Lab will help participants understand funding requirements, strengthen business protection and explore opportunities to expand into new markets. It will also address practical issues such as separating business finances, calculating profit margins and establishing systems that allow businesses to operate beyond their owners’ daily involvement.
The programme will open with a keynote address by Sidi Saccoh on reducing perceived risk when seeking investment. A practitioner panel titled “What Nobody Tells You” will examine the realities of managing investment in Sierra Leone.
Participants will then join three roundtable tracks: Capital Gateways, Business Protection and Market Gateways. The organisers say these sessions will encourage attendees to work with information from their own businesses rather than rely only on general examples.
A structured networking lunch will provide opportunities for participants to connect with potential business partners and service providers.
Kamara said attendees should leave with a clearer assessment of their business or investment position and a practical next step. Participants will also join a monitored group, with follow-up checks planned at six and twelve months to contribute information to the Sierra Leone Business Health Report.
Registration is open. Local delegates will pay NLe1,000 per seat and can book through beamsl.com/events/16, using mobile money. Diaspora and international delegates will pay £40 per seat, with card bookings available through the Connoisseur Consults website.
Organisations requiring several seats or an invoice can contact the organisers directly. Places will be allocated in order of payment, with registration scheduled to close on 5 December 2026, or earlier if all 120 seats are filled.
For enquiries, contact +232 78 798 967 or info@connoisseurconsults.com.
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