Economy

📊 Insights on Libya’s markets, trade, and financial policies – tracking shifts that shape business and daily life in the country. 

Libya and Italy Launch New Push for Sustainable Cooperation
Economy

Libya and Italy Launch New Push for Sustainable Cooperation

Libya and Italy have opened a new chapter in bilateral relations after officials and experts met in Tripoli to prepare...

Libya Starts Trial Run of Delayed Gas Pipeline as Export Plans Gather Pace
Economy

Libya Starts Trial Run of Delayed Gas Pipeline as Export Plans Gather Pace

Libya has started the trial run of a major gas pipeline that could strengthen domestic energy supply and support higher...

How Can the Central Bank of Libya Maintain Exchange Rate Stability and Narrow the Gap with the Parallel Market?
Economy

How Can the Central Bank of Libya Maintain Exchange Rate Stability and Narrow the Gap with the Parallel Market?

Exchange rate stability in Libya remains one of the most pressing economic challenges, given its direct impact on prices, living...

Libya Approves First Unified Budget in Over a Decade
Economy

Libya Approves First Unified Budget in Over a Decade

Libya’s government approved its first unified national budget in more than ten years, marking a significant step toward economic stability...

Tunisia advances trans-African corridor through Libya to expand regional trade links
Economy

Tunisia advances trans-African corridor through Libya to expand regional trade links

Tunisia has moved forward with plans to develop a trans-African land corridor in coordination with Libya, aiming to connect North...

Libya Food Expo Signals a Bigger Push for Trade, Industry and Food Security
Economy

Libya Food Expo Signals a Bigger Push for Trade, Industry and Food Security

The seventh Libya Food Expo opened in Tripoli this week with a message that goes well beyond product displays and...

Why Rising Shipping Costs Could Become Libya’s Next Inflation Shock
Economy

Why Rising Shipping Costs Could Become Libya’s Next Inflation Shock

Libya’s next economic shock may not come from oil exports. It may come from the goods that enter the country....

Libya and South Korea reopen a broader economic conversation
Economy

Libya and South Korea reopen a broader economic conversation

Libya’s latest talks with South Korea may have focused publicly on education, technology, and health, but the wider significance lies...

The Future of Digital Payments in Libya: Are We at the Beginning of a Real Transformation?
Economy

The Future of Digital Payments in Libya: Are We at the Beginning of a Real Transformation?

For years, public debate in Libya has focused on cash liquidity. Yet experience has shown that the deeper problem was...

What Sharara’s pipeline fire reveals about Libya’s oil infrastructure
Economy

What Sharara’s pipeline fire reveals about Libya’s oil infrastructure

Although Libya avoided a full shutdown at Sharara, the pipeline fire has renewed attention on a quieter economic risk facing...