Five SME funds in five main cities set up – Economy Minister Abufunas
By Sami Zaptia Tripoli, 11 December 2013: At the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce organized conference on the "Shadow Economy - Phenomenon, ...
Tag: SMEs
Opinion: GEW Libya: An economy based on Entrepreneurship?
By Amr Farkash. Tripoli, 14 November 2013: This month sees the launch of the largest event on entrepreneurship worldwide – ...
USAID announce winners of Libya Diaspora Marketplace Entrepreneurship Competition
Tripoli, 5 November 2013: USAID announced last week the winners of the Libya Diaspora Marketplace (LDM) entrepreneurship competition. Three winners were selected ...
Kick starting job-creating growth in the Middle East and North Africa
By Sami Zaptia. The region needs to create jobs despite its political troubles the panel felt (Photo: Sami Zaptia). Washington ...
Fourth International Food, Pack and Machinery Show opens
By Nihal Zaroug. Visitors at 4th Food and Machinery Show queuing to enter after the opening ceremony. (Photo: Nihal Zaroug) ...
GNC approves LD 10 billion for 30,000 to train and study abroad.
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 25 April 2013: Omar Hmeidan, the GNC’s official spokesperson, confirmed during Tuesday’s (23 April) press conference ...
Learning from Tunisian and Egyptian Arab Spring experiences – part three: Economics
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 06 April 2013: The Programme on Arab Reform and Democracy’s 4th Annual Conference was held in ...
World Bank holds off on Tunisian $50m power plant fund; implications for Libya
By PK Semler. Tunis, 10 March 2013: The World Bank is holding off . . .from financing a $50-million fund ...
North Africa needs private sector investment, not charity.
By Peter K. Semler. Washington DC, 20 February 2013: Tunisia, the Arab world’s first democracy, is under threat not because ...
Row at Libyan Businessmen’s Council forum
The business community were unhappy at the slow . . .progress of reform in the economy (Photo: Sami Zaptia). By ...
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