Sierra Leone’s first Creative Economy Report captures the sector’s footprint:
• 4.5% of GDP
• More than 10% of formal jobs
• Over 11,000 workers in fashion and textiles alone
It also outlines the conditions creators operate in — micro-enterprises, weak copyright systems, limited finance, and very little production or training infrastructure.
In the past 18 months, governments across the continent — including historically quiet regions like Botswana and Zambia — have released screen-sector strategies or creative-economy diagnostics. Sierra Leone’s entry adds to this sequence of states treating culture and media as part of economic diversification.
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