- +232 73 253666
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- 1 Hannah Benka-Coker Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Setting up in Sierra Leone, done properly
Company registration, tax registration, bank accounts, permits and local compliance, managed for you by a team on the ground in Freetown.
Prefer to talk? Call +232 73 253666 or message us on WhatsApp.
We help you choose the right type of entity, prepare and file the registration documents, and register with the National Revenue Authority and NASSIT. Once you are registered, we can make sure the right returns are filed from the start.
We help you open corporate business accounts and put the right signatories, structures and records in place, so you can start trading.
Investors, expatriate staff and their families need residence permits, investor visas and work permits. We manage your permits and licences from start to finish. Depending on the permit and the country, our own team handles the application or we work through trusted local partners, and you have one point of contact throughout.
Once you are operating, we can keep your company records and filings up to date, review your compliance with local rules, help with contract structuring, and support company changes, including liquidation when a company is closed.
International and local NGOs have their own registration and reporting requirements. Read our guides:
For most new entrants the sequence is similar: choose the structure, register the company with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), register with the National Revenue Authority (NRA) for a taxpayer identification number, open a corporate bank account, register with NASSIT before employing staff, and obtain any sector licences and local council business licences. Investors and expatriate staff then need the right residence and work permits.
NGOs follow their own route, including registration with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. We set out the exact checklist for your situation at the start, so you know what documents are needed and roughly how the steps fit together, and we keep you informed as each one is completed.
Based in the UK, Europe, the US or beyond? You can contract with SLONEC Advisory Group instead and keep one point of contact outside Africa, with delivery in Sierra Leone by our Freetown team. See Route into Africa
Scope and fees are agreed in writing before work starts.
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Initial consultation about your plans and the right structure.
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Document checklist setting out exactly what is needed.
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Applications, permits and licences managed for you, with one point of contact throughout.
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Ongoing support with accounts, tax, payroll and compliance once you are set up.
The first steps are to register the business, register for tax, open a bank account and make sure you and your staff can legally live and work here. We handle these in the right order, with complete documents.
Yes. We help you choose the right type of entity, prepare and file the registration documents, and register with the National Revenue Authority and NASSIT.
Yes. We help investors, expatriate staff and their families with residence permits, investor visas and work permits, preparing the applications and following them up.
Yes. International and local NGOs have their own registration and reporting requirements; our guides explain the steps and our team can help.
Yes. International and local NGOs have their own registration and reporting requirements. We can guide you through them and keep your filings up to date. See our guide to setting up a charity or NGO in Sierra Leone.
Yes. We manage residence and work permits from start to finish. Depending on the permit, our own team handles the application or we work through trusted local partners, and you have one point of contact throughout.
Freetown · 1 Hannah Benka-Coker Street
Your work is handled by the SLONEC Consultancy team at our Freetown office and overseen by Ishmael Bangura, who founded SLONEC in 2023 and is a professional accountant. When you get in touch, we tell you who your day-to-day contact will be and how to reach them, and we agree the scope and fee in writing before any work starts.
Tell us what you need, or book a call to talk it through first.
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SLONEC is an accountancy and consultancy firm that specialises and provides a wide range of accountancy and consultancy services to individuals, businesses, and organisations within Sierra Leone and beyond.