For investors
Invest together. Learn together. Build lasting value.
SAN membership gives you access to vetted deal flow, peer learning, investor education, pitch events and the opportunity to mentor the founders you back.
What members contribute
Capital, time and judgement
Annual membership fee
Members pay an annual fee that supports the Secretariat and the network's operations.
A soft annual investment commitment
An indicative amount members intend to deploy each year. It is not binding — no member is ever obliged to invest in a specific deal.
Time and expertise
Attending pitch sessions, supporting due diligence and mentoring founders in your area of competence.
Introductions
Opening doors to customers, suppliers, advisers and co-investors for the businesses SAN backs.
What members receive
Structure around every decision
Vetted opportunities
Screened, comparable early-stage businesses, not unfiltered inbound.
Investment memos
Written analysis prepared by the Secretariat for each opportunity that reaches members.
Due diligence
Diligence conducted or coordinated by the Secretariat, with member participation where useful.
Co-investment structures
Member consortia and deal-specific SPVs so members can invest alongside peers.
Investor education
A structured programme covering the craft of angel investing in a frontier market.
Networking and governance
Peer learning, pitch events and a voice in how the network is run.
The network
Investment starts with trusted relationships
SAN brings experienced professionals, business leaders and institutions into one room to exchange judgement, build confidence and invest alongside peers.
Membership
Individual and corporate members
SAN is open to professionals, business owners and executives in Sierra Leone and the diaspora, and to corporations that want to participate in early-stage investment locally.
Individual membership
For professionals and business owners
You invest your own capital, participate in pitch sessions and diligence, and choose the deals you take part in. Diaspora members are welcome and can participate remotely.
Corporate membership
For companies and institutions
Organisations join through nominated representatives, who take part in the network on the company's behalf and can contribute sector expertise alongside capital.
Current membership terms are provided to applicants by the Secretariat.
Membership process
Five steps from application to participation
- 1
Apply
Complete the membership application form.
- 2
Secretariat review
The Secretariat reviews your application and may follow up for a conversation.
- 3
Board decision
The Board of Directors considers and decides on membership.
- 4
Onboarding
Orientation on the network, the process and member obligations.
- 5
Participate
Attend pitch sessions, review memos, invest where you choose and mentor founders.
Investor education
Angel investing is a practice
SAN runs a continuing programme so members build the judgement that early-stage investing in a frontier market demands.
- Portfolio construction
- Frontier-market valuation
- Due diligence
- Governance
- Exit strategy
Risk notice
Participation in any investment is voluntary. Members assess each opportunity themselves and decide independently whether to invest. Early-stage investments are illiquid, high-risk and can result in the total loss of capital. Nothing on this website is an offer, solicitation or recommendation to invest, and SAN does not publish investment opportunities publicly — they are shared only with members.