Special Report

Many entrepreneurs have had their chance at launching a business thanks to loans supported by Kafalat, the government-sponsored loan guarantee company. In fact, of the 20 entrepreneurs featured in this …

Bit by bit, the Lebanese entrepreneurial puzzle is coming into place. A startup in Lebanon now can have access to incubators, accelerators and associations supporting entrepreneurship as well as financial …

Lebanese with entrepreneurial spirit and a business idea are no longer left to their own devices. Locally, they can find an incubator willing to provide a place to work from …

  In March this year the government drafted a law for the importation and use of cars that run on ultralow-sulfur diesel, also known as “green” diesel, in compliance with …

If you go by the headlines in financial reports, the car market is doing surprisingly well given the staid economic climate;  growth of 7.6 percent was registered in the first …

Lebanon’s productive sectors are often short-changed in favor of tourism, real estate and banking. What’s more, Minister of Industry Vrej Sbounjian commands a paltry budget of LL7.71 billion ($5.14 million). …

Neemat Frem is the president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists, chief executive officer at INDEVCO Group and founder of technology service provider Phoenix Machinery. He recently sat down with …

To Lebanon’s older generation, Carosserie Abillama is a household name, with ‘Abillama’ stenciled on the back of nearly every truck, tipper, tanker or ambulance in the country. The company, which …

Syrian industry has been seriously hit by the ongoing conflict, suffering from a lack of raw materials, workers, energy and capital amid heightened risk. Multinational companies such as Proctor & …

If the Syrian crisis escalates further and the border with Syria closes, Lebanon would be cut off from the rest of the region with the only way in and out …