Op-Ed: Libya's premium real estate, undervalued strategic assets in Central Africa – wasted potential needing leverage beyond oil through a new African partnership vision
May 2 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Libya's premium real estate, undervalued strategic assets in Central Africa – wasted potential needing leverage beyond oil through a new African partnership vision

After spending some time recently in the Central African Republic, I got to see firsthand what the Libyan African Investment Company (LAICO) has built...

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Fake LAICO CEO jailed for ten years for embezzling seven million dinars
Mar 5 Sami Zaptia

Fake LAICO CEO jailed for ten years for embezzling seven million dinars

The Attorney General’s Office reported yesterday that Tripoli Criminal Court convicted a defendant impersonating the CEO of the Libyan African Investm...

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Radisson Blu will rebrand and take over the management of Libya’s Laico hotel in Tunis
Jun 26 Sami Zaptia

Radisson Blu will rebrand and take over the management of Libya’s Laico hotel in Tunis

LAICO hotel, in Tunis, belonging to the Libyan African Investment Company, has been handed over to, and will be rebranded as, the Radisson Blu hotel.L...

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LAICO Central African Republic CEO imposter detained over LD 7.186 million embezzlement
May 23 Sami Zaptia

LAICO Central African Republic CEO imposter detained over LD 7.186 million embezzlement

The Attorney General’s Office announced last Monday (20 May) that criminal proceedings have begun against a person accused of the embezzlement of inve...

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Libya’s Laico Tunis hotel reopens after delayed refurbishment
Apr 25 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Laico Tunis hotel reopens after delayed refurbishment

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 April 2018: The Libyan owned hotel, Laico Tunis, opened on Monday after years of refurbishment. The hotel was initially open...

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Mar 19 Michel Cousins

Gabon buys Libyan hotel

Tripoli, March 19: One of the main hotels in Gabon’s capital Libreville, the Okoume Palace, has been bought for 12 billion CFA francs ($24 million) fr...

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The Gambia returns some, but not all Libyan assets
Mar 9 Nigel Ash

The Gambia returns some, but not all Libyan assets

Tripoli 8th March 2012:The Gambian High Court has ordered the handover to Libya of previously frozen assets, belonging to the Libyan African Investmen...

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