Small importers demonstrate in front of CBL against complicated banking procedures – CBL holds meeting with them
Oct 29 Sami Zaptia

Small importers demonstrate in front of CBL against complicated banking procedures – CBL holds meeting with them

A group of small traders and importers held a protest in front of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) in Tripoli yesterday, including members of several C...

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Acting Economy Minister meets smaller merchants objecting to restricting imports to official banking transactions
Jan 8 Sami Zaptia

Acting Economy Minister meets smaller merchants objecting to restricting imports to official banking transactions

The Acting Minister of Economy and Trade, Suhail Abu Shiha, met with the committee formed by merchants yesterday at the Ministry’s headquarters, to di...

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CBL launches pre-loaded US$ 100,000 debit card for small business
Feb 25 Sami Zaptia

CBL launches pre-loaded US$ 100,000 debit card for small business

To facilitate and encourage small merchants ((owners of individual licenses)) and industrial and service companies, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) an...

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Fourth edition of SMEs exhibition attracts 42 percent female participation
Mar 12 Sami Zaptia

Fourth edition of SMEs exhibition attracts 42 percent female participation

By Sami Zaptia.London, 12 March 2019:The fourth edition of the Libyan Small and Medium Sized (SME) fair kicked off at the Al Mahari Radisson Blu Hotel...

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Tripoli entrepreneur turns queues to profit
Jul 13 Nigel Ash

Tripoli entrepreneur turns queues to profit

By Libya Herald reporters. Tripoli's Ahmed Al-Bey lines up for profit  (Photo: social media)Tripoli, 13 July 2017:Standing in a queue for long hours h...

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Small business ideas win project grants
May 23 Michel Cousins

Small business ideas win project grants

By Moutaz Ali.One of the winners plans to set up a business extracting scorpion venom to create an antidote serum for scorpion stings Tripoli, 23 May...

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Tripoli's wedding fair - more than just dresses
Mar 21 thomwestcott

Tripoli's wedding fair - more than just dresses

By Taziz Hasairi.Tripoli, 21 March 2014:Tripoli’s three-day Wedding Fair at the Corinthia Hotel ended yesterday, in an event which saw the main exhibi...

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May 4 Nigel Ash

Young Benghazi entrepreneurs get down to business

Benghazi, 4 May 2013:Benghazi aims to train young entrepreneurs and owners of small and medium-size businesses to get started and to get competitive.T...

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