Driving a 51-page business plan from blank page to investor-ready blueprint incorporating signed government agreement and actionable plans across energy, water, agriculture, education, trade, and software.
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Revelnation’s leadership had already secured a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Sierra Leone through in-person visits, government meetings at every level, and relationship-building across ministries covering water, energy, education, agriculture, and infrastructure. What they needed next was the document that turned that agreement into action, a business plan that could be presented to investors and serve as the operational blueprint for everything the MOU promised.
That’s where I came in.
My responsibilities included:
Revelnation had a signed MOU with the Republic of Sierra Leone but no single document that translated that agreement into an actionable plan for investors and operational teams.
The challenges we were solving for:
I treated the business plan like a product. Once evaluating the many documents, a pattern emerged which became the framework (Purpose / Vision / Short Version / Approach) which scaled across all six domains. This gave every contributor a container for their knowledge and gave me a structure I could enforce without micromanaging the content.
Layered Coordination. Miro for collaborative editing and visual review. Spreadsheets for financial modeling coordination. War rooms for the most complex sections — energy and water in particular, where domain experts worked through details while I captured, synthesized, and structured the output.
Encouraged everyone for specifics. Government documents from Sierra Leone had to be obtained, evaluated, and distilled. External research from the World Bank, UNICEF, WFP, USDA, and others had to be pulled, verified, and woven into the narrative. Partner organizations provided technical specifications for patented water pump technology, agricultural education center plans, and energy generation estimates.
When needed, authored unique data visualizations, climate and precipitation charts sourced from World Bank data, food security trend infographics, energy generation breakdowns by location and source type, population statistics, and financial projection charts. I designed the document layout, the infographics, and the narrative flow. I reformatted the risk management framework provided by the Director of Risk to make it more consumable for the target audience.
When one key contributor stalled on the financial projections, the president of the organization stepped in and did the work. I kept the rest of the plan moving forward.
When people doubted the scope or their own ability to contribute, I was the one in the room saying here’s what’s next.
Energy infrastructure – targeting 2,000 kWh per capita from under 15, with hydroelectric, solar, and waste-to-energy generation plans across five urban centers and rural areas.
Water distribution – targeting 75% clean water access from 2%, leveraging patented pump technology with less than 0.25 watts per gallon consumption, partnered with Guma Valley Water Company, NWRMA, and SALWACO.
Sustainable agriculture – addressing 78% food insecurity through aquaponic education centers, food forests, no-till farming, livestock programs, cold storage and distribution infrastructure, and companion crop planning.
Education – university campus overhaul (Njala University), trade school revamp (Kenema), agricultural education centers, in-school gardens and livestock programs, and the RevelU EdTech platform suite.
Trade and logistics – 8 ports, cold storage expansion, mineral transport, railway restoration.
Software products – Education Companion App (designed by me), safe social media platform, edutainment streaming platform.
Supported by 10-year financial projections, risk management framework with enterprise risk management structure, filed trademarks and patents, and the signed MOU with the Republic of Sierra Leone.
I did not present the final plan at the investor summit. But every page of what was presented, I drove to completion.
When you don’t think something is impossible, suddenly – there are no barriers. There was never a point where I questioned whether we could create this. It is a business plan of business plans, a master which summarizes 6+ distinct business plans into a cohesive story. It’s contents meant getting people across continents, governments, disciplines, and philosophies to converge on a single coherent story. Funding was uncertain, contributors came and went, and the political landscape shifted mid-project. Parts of our tech stack did, too. We still managed to rally these many-threads into something cohesive.
My gratitude towards everyone who worked on this is beyond measure.
The framework – the repeating Purpose / Vision / Short Version / Approach pattern – was the thing that made convergence possible. It gave everyone a structure to contribute within and gave me a way to maintain coherence across six domains that were deeply interdependent. Energy affects water. Water affects agriculture. Agriculture affects education. None of it could be written in isolation.
Full deliverable available for review under NDA during a live walkthrough.