Latest Liberia business and economic news, including government revenue, investment, trade, markets and economic developments.
The government, through the Liberia Intellectual Property Office (LIPO), has announced that it is on track to surpass its annual intellectual property registrat…
James Kollie Galakpai, agricultural activist and Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Liberia Feed Yourself Agriculture Initiative–Inc. (LIFAI–Inc.), is c…
MONROVIA — Youth and Sports Minister Cornelia Kruah has urged greater investment in intellectual sports, saying Liberia’s hosting of the 2026 Africa Scrabble Ch…
MONROVIA — Liberia has begun assembling the team to develop its proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation compact, Finance and Development Planning Minister Aug…
KIGALI, Rwanda — Liberia is looking to Rwanda’s technology-driven approach to revenue collection to speed up decentralization reforms that have struggled to tak…
Liberia is looking to Rwanda’s experience in gold processing, mineral verification and revenue monitoring for practical lessons to strengthen domestic revenue c…
MONROVIA — Liberia’s Law Reform Commission and civil society organizations are calling for sweeping reforms of the country’s mining laws, warning that outdated…
The Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) has reaffirmed its commitment to women’s health by providing 50 breast cancer screening opportunities for female e…
MONROVIA — Stephen M. Yekeson Jr. told senators Wednesday that he wants to be “judged by what is delivered.” His confirmation statement gives the Senate one pro…
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Senator Momo Cyrus, Chair of the Senate Committee on Defense, Security and Veteran Affairs, has called for a review or cancellation of the c…
Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has held high-level talks with Kristin Gilmore, the newly appointed Chief of Mission and Charg…
GBARNGA — Bong County Senator Prince Kermue Moye has called for the modernization of Liberia’s key industries through digital technology, urging young people t…
Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon. Stephen Yekeson, has reaffirmed the Government of Liberia’s commitment to strengthening domestic manufacturing, p…
MONROVIA – Stephen M. Yekeson, Jr. did not offer senators slogans. He offered a test. Within 100 days, rice, fuel, and cement prices go public weekly in all 15…
MONROVIA – Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe has reached for the harshest word in the fiscal vocabulary. A budget that rewards a few officials over the many, he argues,…
Monrovia — Thousands of students in school uniforms marched on Liberia’s legislature on Tuesday, chanting “We want to learn too.” They were protesting months of…
The National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC-Liberia) is expected to submit a proposed budget of slightly more than US$72 million to the Government of Libe…
Consider a tailor who sews as well as anyone in her neighborhood. Her training taught her to cut, stitch and finish a garment, but she does not know how to …
Commerce Minister Nominee Promises Lower Business Costs, Consumer Protection, More Jobs and Greater Opportunities for Liberian Entrepreneurs
Weedor calls for predictable election funding and greater investment in Liberian expertise as the Commission plans fresh biometric voter registration for 2028.
MONROVIA— A Maryland trade mission arriving in Liberia next week will bring businesses with specific proposals in mango and pineapple exports, waste recycling i…
CAPITOL HILL, Monrovia, October 21, 2026: Gbarpolu County Senator and former Finance Minister Amara Mohamed Konneh has questioned why Liberia’s reported US$1 bi…
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 21, 2026: Prince George’s County Councilwoman At-Large Wala Blegay will lead a Maryland–Liberia Trade Mission from October 29 to Novem…
MONROVIA — Former Ambassador Sheikh Al-Moustapha Kouyateh has called on Liberians to resist the country’s concession agreements and demanded they be renegotiate…
