The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is undertaking early market engagement (EME) in advance of a potential future procurement for a new private sector development programme in Sierra Leone. This programme is expected to complement a joint FCDO-British International Investment (BII) programme, Horizon Sierra Leone, which focuses primarily on unlocking near-term investment opportunities. The proposed new programme will focus on strengthening the underlying conditions required to make investment in Sierra Leone´s tradable sectors, particularly agriculture and manufacturing, more attractive, productive, and inclusive. Indicative areas of support may include: - Provide targeted support to investors and businesses to identify opportunities, reduce market-entry risks and costs, test new business models, and unlock investment through market scoping, feasibility studies, pipeline development, business viability assessments, and piloting innovative financing solutions - Technical assistance and advisory support to businesses that strengthen market systems and create wider benefits to sector(s), including providers of inputs, logistics, infrastructure, capital goods, and other enabling services. - Support to anchor firms to adopt more inclusive business practices, including employing more women into better-quality jobs, promoting women into leadership positions, and strengthening sourcing from women-owned businesses within supply chains. - Provide targeted assistance to government ministries, departments, and agencies to deliver priority reforms that unlock sectoral growth, improve the business environment, and strengthen the financial sector.