Sierra Leone’s annual consumer price inflation climbed sharply to 14.77% in June 2026, up from 12.69% in May, according to official figures released by the Statistics Office. The 2.08 percentage point jump marks one of the steepest monthly increases this year, underscoring mounting pressures on households and businesses.
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West African leaders have formally backed one of the continent’s most ambitious energy projects: a 6,800-kilometre gas pipeline linking Nigeria to Morocco, designed to deliver fuel directly to Europe.
Read MoreSierra Leone’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been handed a new set of resources designed to help them attract investment and strengthen their role in the country’s private sector growth.
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The centrepiece Lungi International Conference Centre is being built under a PPP with Turkish firm FB Group, financed through bank borrowing with government guarantees rather than direct budget allocations.
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Sierra Leone’s fiscal consolidation, which delivered a domestic primary surplus in 2025, is now facing mounting challenges in 2026. According to the IMF in its latest review under the extended credit facility arrangement, the authorities achieved a domestic primary surplus of 1.3 percent of GDP in 2025, reversing a 2.7 percent deficit in 2024.
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