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N-Ways in Sierra Leone
Find any place in Sierra Leone.
Search a place or a business in Freetown, Bo, Kenema or Makeni and N-Ways takes you to the door, by car, okada or on foot. It knows the okada and keke fares in leones, keeps okadas out of Freetown’s centre, and plans the water taxi to Lungi.
- Capital
- Freetown
- Money
- Le Leone
- Clock
- GMT UTC+0, all year
- Drives on the
- Right
- Language
- English Krio is the common tongue
- Toll for a car
- Le5 A gate, Wellington–Masiaka
What works in Sierra Leone
From the Western Area to the east, on one map.
N-Ways covers the whole country on one map. Here’s what you get when you open it in Sierra Leone.
Search by name or Plus Code
Places, streets and businesses in all five provinces. Sierra Leone has no postcodes, so search by the name of the place or the street, or type a Plus Code to find any spot.
Turn-by-turn, in English
Spoken directions, lane arrows and road signs, with the province you’re in shown on the map, like “Western Area · Sierra Leone”.
Okada, keke and taxi fares
What a ride should cost in leones, from the government’s fares: one stage by okada or keke, and per-seat fares for shared taxis and poda-podas.
Fuel in leones
Tell N-Ways your car once and every trip shows its litres and what they cost at the national pump price, Le40 a litre of petrol since 8 September 2026.
The Freetown okada ban
The police ban commercial okadas from Freetown’s Central Business District. Okada routes don’t cut through it, and N-Ways suggests driving or the bus instead.
Help after a crash
N-Ways shows the numbers to call: 117 for the National Emergency Medical Service and 900 for the police.
Main cities
The provincial capitals. Search any of them, or a street or business inside.
- Freetown Western Area
- Bo Southern
- Kenema Eastern
- Makeni Northern
- Port Loko North West
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: Sierraloaded (government fares), AYV News (fuel, September 2026), Premier Media (toll fees), Wikipedia (languages), Sierra Leone Police, UK FCDO.
Lungi and the city centre
Across the estuary by water taxi, around the centre by car.
Freetown sits across the Sierra Leone River from Lungi and its airport: about three hours by road through Masiaka and Port Loko, or about 45 minutes by water taxi. Choose Boat in Directions and N-Ways plans the way to the terminal, the crossing and the way on.
- Water taxis: SeaBird and Sea Coach Express, from Aberdeen to Lungi, timed to the flights. About US$50 for an adult, one way. No timetable is published, so times are estimates.
- Take the water taxis, not wooden canoes or pirogues, and expect delays when the sea is rough.
- The CBD okada ban, in force since 1 February 2025, covers about 35 streets, from Kissy Road and Fourah Bay Road to Pademba Road and Wallace-Johnson Street. N-Ways notes it hasn’t been confirmed since 2025, and lets you route through if you choose.
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: SeaBird, Wikipedia (Lungi), National Tourist Board, UK FCDO, Sierraloaded (CBD ban), Sierraloaded (in force).
Codes
A code for every compound, from Kroo Bay to Kabala.
The name of your community or town and a number said in groups, unique in the whole country: Moyamba 157 27 leads a courier, a keke or an ambulance to your gate. In Freetown, the council’s Plus Code comes first. Codes start provisional and are confirmed by the people who live there.
Open N-Ways at home, tap Get my code, and share it in one tap.
Get my code Read the research paper
For developers: look codes up, find the code at a point or decode them with the home codes API guide. No key is needed.
Host it yourself: every code, the areas, the engine and a ready-made server are open at github.com/n-ways/open-addresses-sierra-leone, free to run on your own servers under their licences (data ODbL 1.0, engine Apache 2.0). Credit when you use it: N-Ways Addressing for Sierra Leone, © N-WAYS LIMITED (nways.ng)
Moyamba DistrictBorders
Into Sierra Leone from Guinea or Liberia.
- From Guinea: Pamelap to Gbalamuya on the paved road from Conakry, where both countries’ officers share one building.
- From Liberia: Bo Waterside to Jendema over the Mano River Bridge, with a temporary joint border post since August 2026.
- Bring a passport, ECOWAS ID card or travel certificate, a yellow fever card (Sierra Leone asks every traveller), and for the car its papers and an ECOWAS Brown Card.
- Same clock: GMT on every side. Borders can close at short notice, so check before you set off.
Checked 18 October 2026. Sources: WFP Logistics Cluster (Gbalamuya), FrontPageAfrica (Jendema), WHO (yellow fever), UK FCDO.
What N-Ways does in Sierra Leone
Every screen here is the real app in Sierra Leone. Swipe through each row.
Find what’s near
Pharmacies around Freetown, with their opening hours.
Right to the door
The last metres on foot, to the entrance of Big Market.
Turn-by-turn in Freetown
Every turn called with the street’s own name, on Freetown’s roads.
Potholes, lane by lane
Know which lane the pothole is in before you reach it, across Freetown.
Police ahead
Other drivers’ reports warn you before a checkpoint in Freetown.
Your rights in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone’s emergency numbers and where to report misconduct, one tap away.
Ask while you drive
“How far to Wellington?” Tap the mic and ask, in English or French.
Maps without data
Save the Freetown map area once and it works with no signal.
What it fixes for you, free.
The everyday problems of getting around, and what N-Ways does about each. No subscription, no account needed.
“Call me when you reach the junction.”
Addresses that don’t exist on any map. Search a postcode, a digital address or a landmark, and N-Ways walks you to the door.
See howData finished halfway there.
Save the map for offline use and keep going with no signal. It tidies itself when storage is short.
See how
Works with Apple CarPlay.
Connect your iPhone and N-Ways opens on your car’s screen: the same map and voice as on the phone, with big buttons made for driving. A trip you started on the phone carries on in the car.
The next turn onto Ikorodu Road with its green road sign, fuel for the trip in litres and the arrival time.
The map turns dark when your car switches to night.
Each route’s time and distance before you set off, then Go.
Bad road ahead, in time to slow down.
Places, businesses and postcodes, picked from a list.
Look around, then one tap brings the map back to the car.
Shown on a drive in Lagos.
- Turn by turn
- The distance, the road’s name and its green sign, and on iOS 18 the lane to be in.
- Spoken directions
- Through the car’s speakers, turning your music down while it talks.
- Warned in time
- Potholes, bad road, crashes, traffic lights, tolls and borders ahead. “Still there?” takes one tap.
- Find your way there
- Places, businesses and addresses, or Home, Work and your recent trips.
- Pick your route
- Time and distance for each before you go, and a faster way offered on the road.
- Report from the wheel
- Crash, police, traffic, roadworks, hazard or closure, from six big buttons.
Part of the N-Ways app for iPhone. You need an iPhone and a car with CarPlay.
Also on iPhone, in testing: your next turn, the road sign and your lane on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
Your trips, your data.
Your trips stay yours
We don’t sell where you go, and ads never get your trip history.
No account needed
Search and drive without signing in. Sign in only to keep places and points on another phone.
Recordings stay on your phone
A checkpoint video is never uploaded unless you choose to back it up.
Delete it all
Remove your account and everything in it at any time. Privacy policy
Building an app for Sierra Leone?
The N-Ways Maps Platform: the maps, address search and routes behind the app, as APIs and SDKs for the web, Android and iOS. Free calls every month, then prices in your own currency.
Your business, on the road to it.
A short billboard shows to drivers heading your way, only when they’re stopped or slow, never near a turn. Pay for the days you choose.
Questions about N-Ways in Sierra Leone
How do I find an address in Freetown?
Sierra Leone has no postcodes, so search by the name of the place or the street, or type a Plus Code to find any spot. N-Ways covers all five provinces, from Freetown to Bo, Kenema, Makeni and Port Loko.
How much is an okada or keke in Sierra Leone?
N-Ways shows what a ride should cost in leones, from the government’s fares: one stage by okada or keke, and per-seat fares for shared taxis and poda-podas. Petrol is Le40 a litre since 8 September 2026, and every trip shows its fuel cost.
Where are okadas banned in Freetown?
The police ban commercial okadas from Freetown’s Central Business District: about 35 streets, from Kissy Road and Fourah Bay Road to Pademba Road and Wallace-Johnson Street, since 1 February 2025. Okada routes don’t cut through it; N-Ways notes the ban hasn’t been confirmed since 2025 and lets you route through if you choose.
How do I get from Freetown to Lungi airport?
About three hours by road through Masiaka and Port Loko, or about 45 minutes by water taxi. SeaBird and Sea Coach Express run from Aberdeen to Lungi, timed to the flights, for about US$50 an adult one way; no timetable is published, so times are estimates.
How much is the toll on the Wellington–Masiaka road?
Le5 a gate for a car.
What number do I call after a crash in Sierra Leone?
117 for the National Emergency Medical Service and 900 for the police. N-Ways shows them as numbers to call.
Is there a free GPS app that works offline in Sierra Leone?
N-Ways is free, and it can save a city for when there’s no signal; maps you stop using tidy themselves away when your phone runs low on space. The map works in your browser at map.nways.ng.
How do I cross into Sierra Leone by road?
From Guinea, Pamelap to Gbalamuya on the paved road from Conakry, where both countries’ officers share one building. From Liberia, Bo Waterside to Jendema over the Mano River Bridge, with a temporary joint border post since August 2026. Bring a passport, ECOWAS ID card or travel certificate, a yellow fever card (Sierra Leone asks every traveller), and for the car its papers and an ECOWAS Brown Card. Borders can close at short notice, so check before you set off.
Where are you going in Sierra Leone today?
Type a place or a business. N-Ways does the rest.