Economy

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

Fixing the Economy or Fueling Division? Libya and the 2026 Unified Budget
Economy

Fixing the Economy or Fueling Division? Libya and the 2026 Unified Budget

On the surface, Libya appears to have achieved a historic breakthrough. For the first time in over a decade, a...

Libya Approves 13 Decisions to Expand Foreign Companies’ Operations
Economy

Libya Approves 13 Decisions to Expand Foreign Companies’ Operations

Libya has approved 13 new administrative and regulatory decisions aimed at expanding the operations of foreign and joint venture companies...

How Greece Is Trying to Re-enter Libya’s Energy and Maritime Landscape
Economy

How Greece Is Trying to Re-enter Libya’s Energy and Maritime Landscape

Can Athens’ renewed engagement reshape competition in the Eastern Mediterranean?   In the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya remains central to the...

Numisma Bank to Supply New US Dollar Cash Shipments to Libya’s Central Bank
Economy

Numisma Bank to Supply New US Dollar Cash Shipments to Libya’s Central Bank

Libya’s Central Bank (CBL) is preparing to receive new batches of US dollar cash as part of an ongoing effort...

Central Bank of Libya and US Co-Host Launch Unified Financial Spending Agreement
Economy

Central Bank of Libya and US Co-Host Launch Unified Financial Spending Agreement

The Central Bank of Libya Central Bank of Libya and US charge d’affaires Jeremy Berndt co-sponsored a high-level meeting on...

Libya Pushes to Localize Manufacturing as Employment Data Highlights Urgency of Economic Reform
Economy

Libya Pushes to Localize Manufacturing as Employment Data Highlights Urgency of Economic Reform

Libya is pushing ahead with a coordinated effort to rebuild domestic manufacturing and cut its heavy dependence on imports. This...

The Private Sector in Libya: An Absent Partner or a Marginalized One?
Economy

The Private Sector in Libya: An Absent Partner or a Marginalized One?

When the question of the private sector in Libya is raised, it often appears in simple terms: is it absent...

Libya and US Launch Mineral Resource Talks to Expand Economic Cooperation Beyond Oil
Economy

Libya and US Launch Mineral Resource Talks to Expand Economic Cooperation Beyond Oil

Libya is expanding its economic dialogue with the United States as both sides begin exploring the country’s untapped mineral potential....

Libya launches 100-day plan to boost agriculture sector and reduce food dependency
Economy

Libya launches 100-day plan to boost agriculture sector and reduce food dependency

Libya has launched a 100-day agricultural reform plan. The plan aims to reshape the country’s food production system. It also...

Tunisia Launches New Maritime Freight Route Linking Italy and Libya
Economy

Tunisia Launches New Maritime Freight Route Linking Italy and Libya

Tunisia has launched a new maritime freight route connecting its ports to both Italy and Libya, marking a significant step...