Sabi Salone
What is Sabi Salone?
Sabi Salone is Sierra Leone’s first comprehensive evidence engine, bringing together the country’s most important knowledge sources in one trusted platform.
It houses national policies, laws, evaluations, and grey literature, making it easy for policymakers, researchers, NGOs, and citizens to search across them all and find reliable, referenced information.
Powered by AI, Sabi Salone helps users quickly locate, understand, and apply evidence from verified documents.
What you can do with Sabi Salone
- Perform unified searches: Access Sierra Leone’s key evidence sources — national policies, evaluations, and grey literature — all gathered into one searchable platform.
- Get referenced results: Every result includes in-text citations and a full bibliography for transparency and traceability.
- Save your work: Create an account to save searches, revisit past work, and build on previous projects.
- Sabi Salone is fast and intuitive. It is powered by AI for a smooth, accurate, and user-friendly search experience.
Why use Sabi Salone?
- Spend less time searching, more time acting. Get the facts you need, fast.
- Design stronger programs and proposals. Base your work on credible, local evidence.
- Stay aligned with national priorities. Build on what’s already known and learned.
- Drive evidence-led change. Ensure decisions are transparent, accountable, and grounded in Sierra Leone’s own data.
AI with Integrity
- Built in Sierra Leone, by Sierra Leoneans: Developed by the Institute for Development (IfD) — a trusted national research institute with a strong record of national and international partnerships.
- Decolonised approach to AI: Every response is drawn directly from Sierra Leone’s national policies, laws evaluations, and grey literature — ensuring factual, locally relevant answers.
- Accuracy and transparency: Each result links back to its original, verified source, providing clear evidence for every response. No hallucinations!
- Privacy and security: Designed to meet international data protection and responsible AI standards, safeguarding user information and promoting ethical data use.