A youth-centred creative economy and innovation lab in Sierra Leone.
PISIS Hub is a youth-centred creative economy and innovation organisation that designs, tests and scales solutions that help young people build skills, access opportunities, create sustainable livelihoods and contribute to inclusive development.
PISIS Hub is a youth-centred organisation working at the intersection of creativity, culture, technology, entrepreneurship and social innovation. We are moving beyond one-off training activities toward designing, testing and scaling evidence-informed solutions for young people and their communities.
We started by gathering young Sierra Leoneans around hands-on creative work and mentorship. As the need became clearer — skills without pathways, talent without infrastructure, ideas without support — we grew into an innovation lab designing broader solutions across the creative economy, culture, digital inclusion, opportunity systems and community wellbeing.
Too many young people in Sierra Leone leave education without a clear pathway into work, enterprise or civic contribution. PISIS Hub exists to close that gap — building the skills, tools, networks and opportunity systems that let young people create, innovate and thrive.
A future in which every young person can access the tools, knowledge, networks and opportunities needed to create, innovate and thrive.
To empower young people through creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, digital inclusion and opportunity systems that expand economic participation and improve livelihoods.
An innovation lab, not a training provider.
PISIS Hub combines direct programmes with three developing innovation units — the Heritage Lab, the Pathways Lab and the Innovation Lab — that identify problems, co-design solutions, test them in real contexts and support what works to scale.
PISIS Heritage Lab
Researches, documents and reimagines culture and heritage.
PISIS Pathways Lab
Builds and tests systems for employment, entrepreneurship, career navigation and opportunity access.
PISIS Innovation Lab
Co-designs, pilots and evaluates practical responses to youth and community challenges.
The building blocks of everything we do.
- 01
Creative Economy and Skills Development
- 02
Culture, Heritage and Creative Research
- 03
Digital Inclusion and Future Skills
- 04
Entrepreneurship, Employment and Opportunity Systems
- 05
Social Innovation and Community Wellbeing
How we design, test and scale solutions.
Every programme moves through this six-stage cycle. It is what makes PISIS Hub an innovation lab rather than a training provider.
- Step 01
Listen and Research
Understand young people, communities, systems and barriers.
- Step 02
Co-Design
Develop solutions with young people and relevant stakeholders.
- Step 03
Test
Pilot practical interventions in real-world contexts.
- Step 04
Measure
Track implementation, outcomes, cost and learning.
- Step 05
Improve
Use evidence and participant feedback to refine the model.
- Step 06
Scale or Share
Support adoption by institutions, partners and communities.
Present in every programme.
- Gender equality
- Youth leadership
- Disability inclusion
- Climate action
- Safeguarding
- Research and evidence
- Technology and innovation
- Cultural relevance
- Local ownership
- Sustainable development
PISIS Hub is led by a founding team based in Freetown, supported by a growing network of mentors, advisors and partner institutions. Full leadership and governance information will be published as the organisation formalises its structure.
Team profiles coming soon.
We work with young people, so safeguarding is not optional. We follow inclusive practice across gender, disability and background, and are developing formal safeguarding policies that will be published and applied across every programme and partnership.
Two organisations. One creative ecosystem.
PISIS Hub is a nonprofit, youth-centred creative economy and innovation organisation focused on skills, opportunities, research and inclusive development.
PISIS Freetown is a separate fashion brand and social enterprise that may collaborate with PISIS Hub on selected creative, cultural and circular economy programmes. It is not the identity of PISIS Hub.