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How a falling currency raised personal income taxes without an act of the Legislature

Monrovia — SpoonTV CEO Stanton Witherspoon has secured his release after prosecutors credited him with providing substantial assistance in the investigation and…

Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has set a US$1.3 billion domestic revenue target for Liberia by December 2026, as the governme…

MONROVIA – President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has warned that Liberia’s growing problem of non-performing loans is no longer simply a concern for banks, saying unpai…

MONROVIA — The Government of Liberia is moving to intensify its fight against illegal mining, with the National Taskforce to Combat Illicit Mining Activities pr…

Sinoe County Senator and political leader of the People’s Economic Movement (PEM), Crayton Oldman Duncan, has launched a blistering attack on foreign concession…

‎Monrovia – Liberia is leaving the equivalent of 5.3 percent of GDP on the table every year through weak tax compliance, inefficient spending and poor managemen…

MONROVIA – Liberia has no shortage of young people with ideas. What it lacks is the machinery to turn those ideas into businesses banks will lend to and investo…

Monrovia, September 7, 2026 – A latest report on the review of Liberia’s Public Finance for 2026 has shown progress made in strengthening macroeconomic and fisc…

Monrovia – The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), officially launched the Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank Manag…

MONROVIA, Liberia, September 8, 2026 — The House Committee on Ways, Means, Finance and Budget has postponed its FY2026 Revenue Performance Hearings, which were…

MONROVIA, Liberia, September 8, 2026 — The Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank Management Company (YEIB-MANCO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerc…

The Civil Society Network of Liberia (CSNL) says it has uncovered a calculated and sinister political ploy by a group of misguided and self-seeking politicians…

In a nation rich in youthful energy, untapped talent, and entrepreneurial ambition, countless young people aspire to build businesses that can transform their l…

MONROVIA — The World Bank Group has commended the Liberian government for restoring macroeconomic and fiscal stability, while outlining a strategic roadmap to t…

Monrovia – Guus Kouwenhoven, the Dutch entrepreneur whose timber empire made him one of Liberia’s most powerful foreign businessmen — and whose alleged arms-tra…

Liberia’s newly established Global Methodist Church (GMC) has scored another major leadership victory on the denomination’s world stage, with L. Olando Boyce el…

MONROVIA, September 7, 2026: The Government of Liberia is preparing to fully deploy a multi-agency task force to crack down on illegal mining, strengthen regula…

School of Postgraduate Studies in Economics, University of Liberia, West Africa, Monrovia, Liberia

Questions are mounting over who authorized an attempt to move a 40-foot container onto Western Cluster concession area in Bomi County, amid allegations that ind…

Monrovia – The administration of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is facing growing criticism over the demolition of market stalls at Rehab Junction in Paynesville…

Maryland County Senator James Biney is pushing for investment in the Port of Harper, arguing that the rehabilitation of the facility could unlock new economic o…

Africa’s mobile money industry has helped bring millions of people into the formal financial system. But if the sector is to keep growing, the focus may need to…

MONROVIA, September 4, 2026: Tension is reportedly mounting at the Western Cluster Liberia (WCL) concession in Bomi County after unidentified individuals allege…