📝 Blog & Stories

Ideas, stories, and insights

From student journeys to industry analysis — straight from the people building Sierra Leone's tech scene.

How to build your first portfolio with no prior experience

You don't need years of experience to have a strong portfolio. Here's the framework we share with every student we visit — build three projects, deploy them, and make them findable.

Tech Inspire SL

Tech Inspire SL Team

6 min readJan 2026Read article

Perspective

Why Sierra Leone's digital moment is now — and what we're doing about it

Mobile internet is growing. Smartphone prices are falling. A generation of Sierra Leoneans has decided to build. Tech Inspire SL exists because this moment is real — and it will not wait.

Tech Inspire SL

5 min read

Founder Perspective

7 Lessons Every Startup Founder Should Know

I attended the Startup World Cup Semi-Final in Sierra Leone representing Tech Inspire SL. We didn't pitch — we showed up to listen, learn, and connect. Here is what stuck with me.

Mohamed Super Dumbuya

5 min read