Business & Economy

Monrovia – For many Liberians, decisions about saving, budgeting, borrowing, investing and using digital financial services are part of everyday life. But makin…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — There is something profoundly contradictory about the way Liberia is pursuing development. While the government travels from one internation…

The exchange rate has moved from about L$190 to L$170 for US$1, but small traders say wholesalers still convert their purchases at the old rate. The government…

MONROVIA – Liberian ministries and agencies will not get everything they ask for in the 2027 budget, Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan warned Thursday, a…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has hailed the Liberian media as a key partner in strengthening domestic revenue mobilization, citing it…

MONROVIA, Liberia — Former Liberian President George Manneh Weah has marked his 60th birthday in an unusual but deeply personal way, turning the occasion into w…

MONROVIA — Leading Liberian civil society organizations and mining-affected communities are calling for an urgent and comprehensive overhaul of the country’s mi…

Monrovia – There are birthdays bought with imported wine and gold-rimmed invitation cards, and then there is the one Liberia watched on its phones this week. Wh…

Monrovia – Liberia’s 2027 budget begins with a hole already in it. Finance Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan opened the Executive Budget Hearings on Thursday wit…

MONROVIA, October 2, 2026 — Seven civil society organizations and representatives of mining-affected communities have called for comprehensive reforms of Liberi…

MARGIBI COUNTY — A FrontPage Africa investigation into alleged environmental damage and deteriorating living conditions in communities surrounding China Union’s…

The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has hailed the Liberian media as a key partner in strengthening domestic revenue mobilization, citing its important role in…

The National Housing Authority (NHA) has outlined a framework aimed at converting growing interest among Liberians in the diaspora into concrete investment in L…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia has called for stronger legal, institutional and anti-corruption measures in the c…

MONROVIA, October 1, 2026 — The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) will begin Executive Budget Hearings for Fiscal Year 2027 on Thursday, Octob…

MONROVIA, October 1, 2026 — Liberian lawyer and law professor Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has called on the Monrovia City Police to stop what he describes as the…

Monrovia, September 30, 2026 – In an effort to have the 2027 National Budget submitted on or in time so as to enhance its full implementation, the Ministry of F…

MONROVIA, LIBERIA – The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening engagement with Liberians in the diaspora to promote tax…

MONROVIA — China has reaffirmed its commitment to expanding economic and diplomatic ties with Liberia, reporting a 20.5% surge in bilateral trade during the fir…

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai took his government’s report card to Liberians abroad. At a town hall in Olney, Maryland, he asked the Diaspora to move…

MONROVIA, September 30, 2026 — President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has called for the establishment of a credible and regularly updated national diaspora database aim…

MONROVIA — For 45-year-old Ellen Doe, selling fish in Monrovia’s bustling West Point community is more than just a way to earn a daily living. It has become a p…

Monrovia, Liberia – September 29, 2026: The Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with civil society orga…

ACCRA, GHANA, 24 September 2026 — The West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) and the Society of Women in Taxation West Africa (SWITWA) have signed a Memo…