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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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‘‘She Leads’’ women’s entrepreneurship programme launched
Nov 15 Sami Zaptia

‘‘She Leads’’ women’s entrepreneurship programme launched

The "She Leads" project to support entrepreneurship for women in the cities of Tripoli and Sabha were launched at an event in the Old City, Tripoli ye...

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30 trainers from 15 educational institutions across Libya trained in inclusive entrepreneurship TOT
Jun 10 Sami Zaptia

30 trainers from 15 educational institutions across Libya trained in inclusive entrepreneurship TOT

The German government’s foreign assistance implementing agency, GIZ, reported today that it had recently concluded a Training of Trainers (TOT) sessio...

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Entrepreneurship Readiness in Libya: An Assessment of Entrepreneurial Tendencies, Opportunities, and Challenges
Nov 24 Sami Zaptia

Entrepreneurship Readiness in Libya: An Assessment of Entrepreneurial Tendencies, Opportunities, and Challenges

A study by the Deraya Initiative’s research team investigated the question: ‘‘Are Libyans ready to embrace entrepreneurship as a path toward economic...

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IOM’s YESS Programme organises private sector networking workshop in Benghazi
Nov 11 Sami Zaptia

IOM’s YESS Programme organises private sector networking workshop in Benghazi

IOM Libya announced last Tuesday that it had organised a private sector networking workshop in Benghazi as part of its Youth Employment One-Stop Shop...

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Jan 6 Sami Zaptia

Labour Ministry adopts SME’s economic empowerment programme

By Sami Zaptia.The Tripoli Labour Ministry has adopted the Economic Empowerment Programme (Logo: Tripoli Labour Ministry).London, 6 January 2021: Liby...

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Six young Libyan entrepreneurs win grants to develop their business ideas
Nov 8 Sami Zaptia

Six young Libyan entrepreneurs win grants to develop their business ideas

By Sami Zaptia.London, 8 November 2018:Six young Libyan startups, two of them run by women, today won grants totalling LD 400,000 to support their pro...

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Libyan women business networking shows resilience and hope
Jun 21 Sami Zaptia

Libyan women business networking shows resilience and hope

By Intissar K. Rajabany.Tripoli, 21 June 2017:In its over four years of implementation by MEDA in Libya, the USAID Libya Women Economic Empowerment pr...

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Hundreds of Libyan women receive entrepreneurship training - project expanded to all Libya and into 2017
Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

Hundreds of Libyan women receive entrepreneurship training - project expanded to all Libya and into 2017

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 January 2017: USAID and MEDA’s Libya Women Economic Empowerment (LWEE) programme's success led to its expansion to the whole...

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Dutch NGO starts workshops for Libyan entrepreneurs to promote private sector development
Jul 31 Michel Cousins

Dutch NGO starts workshops for Libyan entrepreneurs to promote private sector development

By Libya Herald reporter.Tripoli, 31 July 2016:SPARK, a Dutch NGO, held its first workshop for 20 Libyan entrepreneurs in Tripoli last week to address...

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Jun 13 Sami Zaptia

Launch of the Libya Women’s Economic Empowerment Program

By Intissar K. Rajabany.Tripoli, 13 June 2013:In Libya, business support networks for entrepreneurs in general, and for women entrepreneurs in particu...

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