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Business Daily – Sherbro Island: can Sierra Leone build a global business hub?

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Off the coast of Sierra Leone, Sherbro Island has been earmarked for an ambitious transformation: a new centre for international business and investment, designed to rival cities like Singapore or Hong Kong. The BBC’s Ed Butler travels to the island to investigate the project and speaks to developer Siaka Stevens, who is leading the effort alongside supporters including film-star Idris Elba, about the vision and what it will take to deliver it. But how realistic is the ambition, and can it become more than a promise?

Presenter/producer: Ed Butler
Editor: Stephen Ryan

Each Monday on Business Daily, we take you around the globe to the heart of the stories and meeting those living through them.

You can email the team: businessdaily@bbc.co.uk

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