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Sierra Leone, a West African country with a Muslim majority and an OIC member since 1972, is building the foundations of Islamic finance. In 2026 the Islamic Development Bank launched a project to help the Central Bank of Sierra Leone develop an Islamic finance framework for the banking sector: stronger legal and governance rules, training for supervisors, and new liquidity and lender-of-last-resort tools.
The project is meant to produce a roadmap for the growth of Islamic finance in the country. This guide lists the institutions behind each part, with their pages on Wasabih.
The development bank supporting Sierra Leone's Islamic finance framework.
Multilateral development bank fostering economic development and social progress of member countries in accordance with Islamic principles.
Islamic finance is at an early stage. The Central Bank of Sierra Leone is building a framework for Islamic banking with the support of the Islamic Development Bank.
Its project "Developing Islamic Finance Framework for the Banking Sector in Sierra Leone" helps the central bank with legal and governance rules, supervisor training and Islamic liquidity tools, and a roadmap for the sector.
The Central Bank of Sierra Leone, which is the beneficiary of the IsDB project to develop the Islamic finance framework.
Sierra Leone has no national Halal law; exporters should use certification bodies recognised by their buyers' countries.
Sierra Leone has been a member state of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation since 1972.
Part of the Halal economy in Sierra Leone?
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