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Sierra Leone

No Open Banking

A coastal West African country.

A graphic image showing world countries and border lines in different shades of blue, Sierra Leone is made prominent being filled in orange colour.

Sierra Leone’s internet penetration rate stood at 32% of the total population by 2022. Mobile connections in Sierra Leone were equivalent to 113% of the total population in January 2022.

29% of adults in Sierra Leone had bank accounts in 2021, leaving 71% unbanked.