USAID, Western Union Launch Diaspora Marketplace
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Western Union have launched the Libya Diaspora Marketplace (LDM). The LDM will award up to four winning businesses with matching...
View ArticleDeadline for Libya Diaspora Marketplace Extended
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Western Union have extended the application deadline for the Libyan Diaspora Marketplace (LDM) to Monday, June 24. The LDM encourages...
View ArticleFirst Graduates from Women’s Entrepreneurship Course
MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) recently celebrated the graduation of its first training group from the Libya Women Economic Empowerment (LWEE) project. LWEE, reaching 210 women...
View ArticleWinners of Entrepreneurship Competition Announced
USAID and The Western Union Company have announced the winners of the Libya Diaspora Marketplace (LDM) entrepreneurship competition. Three winners were selected from more than 20 business plan...
View ArticleOpportunities for Libyan Entrepreneurs
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a key component of any healthy economy, and all the more so for Libya as it tries to diversify away from its overwhelming dependence on the energy sector....
View ArticleUSAID Seeks Country Representative
The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking applications from qualified U.S. citizens to provide personal services as a Country...
View ArticleThe Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL) Explained
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has issued the following helpful primer on the Stabilization Facility for Libya (SFL): Quick Facts: Grantee: United Nations Development Programme...
View ArticleUS, Denmark support Local Elections Processes
At a ceremony in Tunis on October 4, the United States Government and the Government of Denmark announced their joint support to strengthen Libya’s electoral processes. The Government of Denmark...
View ArticleUSAID Women’s Economic Empowerment Conference
USAID/Libya has convened a cross section of prominent Libyan business women, activists, and Libyan local government representatives for a Women’s Economic Empowerment conference in Tunis, Tunisia to...
View ArticleUS, Libya agree Further Cooperation
At a ceremony in Tunis on October 10, the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Government of Libya, through the Ministry of Planning, signed...
View ArticleUSAID Provides Essential Supplies to Schools in Benghazi
When students at three schools in downtown Benghazi returned to class last week, they found their classrooms now contained essential equipment like desks, whiteboards, IT equipment, and other vital...
View ArticleUS has Invested more than $550m in Assistance in Libya
Ambassador Mark Green, Administrator to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), arrived in Tunis, Tunisia on February 16 for a series of discussions about USAID assistance...
View ArticleMulti-sectoral Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Libya
Multi-sectoral Preparedness and Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Libya The United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID) will provide UNICEF with...
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