Economy

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

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...

One dollar, one price? What the Central Bank’s FX shift could mean for Libya’s economy
Economy

One dollar, one price? What the Central Bank’s FX shift could mean for Libya’s economy

Libya’s Central Bank is reportedly preparing to cancel the commodity tax and apply a unified exchange rate of 6.37 dinars...

Libya’s FX Gap: The Structural Arithmetic Behind Dinar Instability
Economy

Libya’s FX Gap: The Structural Arithmetic Behind Dinar Instability

When the Libyan dinar weakens in the parallel market, public debate often attributes the movement to speculation, seasonal liquidity shortages,...

Libya and Egypt Advance Industrial Partnership with Tripoli Exhibition Agreement
Economy

Libya and Egypt Advance Industrial Partnership with Tripoli Exhibition Agreement

Libya and Egypt are finally moving past handshakes and high-level meetings this week after the Ministry of Economy and Trade...

Turkey Deepens Its Stake in Libya’s Energy Revival
Economy

Turkey Deepens Its Stake in Libya’s Energy Revival

Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar recently announced that Turkey’s state oil company (TPAO) has acquired a 40% share in two...

Tripoli Port Upgrade Signals Shift in Libya’s Logistics Strategy
Economy

Tripoli Port Upgrade Signals Shift in Libya’s Logistics Strategy

Modern Equipment and Digital Upgrades Are Streamlining Tripoli Port Operations   As part of ongoing Libya port modernization efforts, Tripoli...