Category: SIERRA LEONE

8 IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM IN SIERRA LEONE

  • SIERRA LEONE has earned foreign exchange in form of invisible export from thousands of tourists who visit the country from Europe, Asia and from other continents due to her tourist potentials. Such income has been used to rehabilitate roads, set up heath units, etc.




  • The industry has provided employment opportunities to many people of SIERRA LEONE such as those working in Hotel like Serena, tour and travel agencies, game guides. This has earned income to workers and thus improved standards of living.
  • It has led to conservation of wildlife of flora and fauna through gazetting and restricting of areas. this has helped to modify SIERRA LEONE’s climate by forests and protecting her heritage for future generation.
  • Tourism facilitates the development of important infrastructure such as air field, health units, lodges for tourist accommodation. These have led to the development of SIERRA LEONE.
  • It has promoted and reflected the cultural heritage of SIERRA LEONE i.e. historical sites, museums, cultural sites, all protect BOTSWANA’s image abroad.
  • Tourism has led to development of the craft industry and agricultural sector through providing market to the products of such sectors. This means provision of more jobs and income from craft industry thus improved living standards of people of SIERRA LEONE.
  • Tourism has led to diversification of SIERRA LEONE’s economy from over dependence on the agricultural sector. This has resulted into increased foreign exchange used to set up schools and health centers thus SIERRA LEONE’s development.
  • It has improved on international relationship between Uganda and the countries like Norway, Germany and Britain, where tourists come from. This has helped SIERRA LEONE to become politically stable.




  • Training of skilled man power like hotel attendants, game guides, etc.
  • Government revenue through taxing tourist transport companies, tourists hotels, etc.
  • Growth of urban centers
  • Promoted environmental conservation through forest reserves, gazzetting of national parks.
  • It has promoted education and research in botany and zoology.

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8 PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIALIZATION IN SIERRA LEONE

  • Inadequate capital to inset in the industrial sector local investors depend on basic provision from the government and foreign aid and grants which may not be adequate or has too high interest rates.
  • Most industrial suffer from inconsistency in the supply of raw materials due to fluctuation in output especially agricultural raw materials, industries dependent on natural raw materials, e.g. minerals suffer shortage when the mineral deposits decline




  • Most industries face the problem of limited market due to the fact that much of the population is unemployed hence has low purchasing power.
  • The country faces inadequate managerial skills which result in mismanagement and embezzlement of funds and unnecessary spending.
  • There is the problem of poor transport and communication which hinder transportation of raw materials to factories and industrial goods to the market.
  • The country faces the problem of insufficient and expensive power supply which hinders industrial development especially in the rural areas.
  • Some industrial in SIERRA LEONE face stiff competition from industrial nations whose products have a big competitive edge over those from the country.

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IMPORTANCE OF NOMADIC PASTORALISM TO THE ECONOMY OF SIERRA LEONE

Importance of nomadic pastoralism to the economy of SIERRA LEONE

  • Source of human food with valuable proteins e.g. milk, meat/beef, and blood.
  • It is a source of income to the pastoralists by selling farm products hence improving their standards of living.
  • It is a source of employment e.g. through trade hence providing a livelihood for many people.
  • It is a source of government revenue for setting up roads through taxing livestock transporters and dairy factories.
  • The government earns foreign exchange used for setting up hospitals by exporting animal products e.g. hides and skins.
  • It has helped to diversify the economy of SIERRA LEONE hence ensuring constant capital inflow and reduced dependency on crop growing.




  • Nomadic pastoralism has provided raw materials for industries that provide jobs e.g. meat packers and the leather tanning industry.
  • It has helped to put idle land into use hence reducing resource wastage
  • Animals are used as beasts of burden e.g. for transport and for pulling ox-plows hence promoting farming.
  • Animal wastes are used as a source of fuel e.g. cow dung is used for bio-gas hence offering alternative sources of energy.




  • Source of wealth for social and economic status e.g. bridewealth hence promoting cultural conservation.  

Nomadic pastoralism is still practiced by a number of communities in SIERRA LEONE




Nomadic pastoralism is one of the major economic activities in SIERRA LEONE, however, governments are pushing for the modern way of rearing battles to protect the environment and enable the pastoralists to generate more income

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POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SIERRA LEONE

  • Government should ensure family planning by sensitizing the masses; this will reduce on the population growth rate hence reduction of competition on jobs.




  • Change in the education system and curriculum to suit African conditions like Uganda is now emphasizing practical science subjects.
  • Encouragement of people to go to schools, colleges and other institutions of learning to acquire skills to fit in the job market.
  • Controlling rural- urban migration by putting up industries, social services, factories and other processing plants in the rural areas.
  • Building a strong standing army to guard against political instabilities.
  • Improving economic infrastructures such as roads, railways for easy mobility of labour.
  • Emphasizing merit in appointments, promotions rather than tribe or birth.
  • Encouraging labour intensive productive techniques and even subsidizing such firms by the government.
  • Most economies should change to monetary instead of being subsistence.
  • Strict laws and rules should be put up to handle corrupt and inefficient officials.
  • The economies should be diversified; Africans should stop depending on Agriculture.
  • Regional groupings should be encouraged to ease mobility of labour all over Africa; economic integration too will increase production hence employment.




  • Transformation of the land tenure system to favor all the people.
  • Improvement of workers conditions like giving them good pay, allowances for extra work load

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