[8] Bo is the leading financial, educational and economic centre of southern Sierra Leone[citation needed].

Bo is the principal home of the Mende people, who form the plurality of the city's population.

After Freetown, Bo is the leading transportation, commercial, and educational centre of Sierra Leone.

The SLPP has won every Sierra Leone presidential elections in the city and the rest of Bo District by an overwhelming majority.

With assistance from the Revenue Development Foundation Bo City Council has started to collect property taxes.

The city is home to a significant numbers of many of the country's ethnic groups as well as a large Liberian community.

Immediate plans include collaboration on a pilot environmental programme for the collection and disposal of waste.

The primary purpose for the formation of this organization is for its membership to explore every possible lawful avenue to solicit generous donations in cash, food, clothing, educational and agricultural.

In August 2006, in partnership with the British Council Sierra Leone, they were able to facilitate a one-month tour for six artists from Bo with the aim of promoting awareness of global issues through music and encouraging global citizenship through the linking of youth groups in the UK and Sierra Leone.

The Organisation also awards scholarship to students from poor family backgrounds who are unable to meet their educational needs.

The school has a long history of producing the elite of Sierra Leone, especially the country's top politicians.

Bo School also maintains a unique tradition of seniority which has consistently augured well for social cohesion among the students.

They are expected to always observe all rules of deference association with their positions and comply fully with specific instructions from senior students.

Commercial station Capital Radio uses 102.3 MHz and BBC World Service also has an FM relay.

There are several clubs from Bo Town in the lower divisions of Sierra Leone league system.