Mrs. Nadine Tawk, a business development trade lead at USAID Trade & Investment Facilitation (TIF) project and Mr. Danny Maalouly, Investment Lead at USAID Trade & Investment Facilitation (TIF) project.– INTERVIEW
Executive talks to Mrs. Lara ElKhoury (Program manager-Berytech), Mrs. Angie Meskawi (founder of cheeserie) and Mrs. Sarah Joseph (founder of Olive bio) – INTERVIEW
Given the absence of the government’s’ efforts to deal with the challenges that the agriculture sector is facing, private sector and international NGOs have stepped up to address destructive solutions to startups and young entrepreneurs in order to fight food insecurity. – NARRATED ARTICLE
Lebanese agriculture today is a field with many plots whose diversity has already grown when compared with some five years ago. Economically or politically dismissing the weed option in agricultural development scenarios would be extremely counterproductive to hopes for optimally developing the agricultural sector. – NARRATED ARTICLE
An entrepreneurship ecosystem captures the essence of entrepreneurial energy in a cycle of economic life. Those will often be minds emerging from the tertiary education system, although the entrepreneurial spirit can just as well shine in self-taught enterprise builders who have fortified themselves. – NARRATED ARTICLE
A circular economy has the potential to address some of the holes in Lebanon’s agricultural economy, like transforming residues into products of their own: think left over grape, apple or olive. These natural products can play a role in boosting the economy if we can adopt the circularity approach – NARRATED ARTICLE
Around three-quarters of our crops depend on pollinators like honeybees to yield fruit and vegetables, but even as the threat of their existence grows, there importance is not realized. How long before the planet is unfit for both our crops and our honeybees?Capital-EE) – NARRATED ARTICLE
As the world wakes up to insecure food supply and access, it is a chance for Lebanon to reassess and refocus on its neglected agro-sector. Strategies are needed to better the country’s export potential, while also ensuring the population has access to affordable and healthy foodstuffs. – NARRATED ARTICLE
Executive talks to Atef Idriss (CEO of the Middle East and North Africa Food Safety Associates) and Marc Bou Zeidan (a cluster manager at Qoot) – INTERVIEW
Executive sits with Ms. Alia Ibrahim (the co-founder and CEO of news platform Daraj) and Mr. Ahmad Salman (general manager of As-safir Newspaper/As-safir online) – INTERVIEW
An overview of the legal, institutional, and practical solutions required to improve electricity supply and support the Lebanese economy – NARRATED ARTICLE
Lebanon’s wind farm project in Akkar never kicked off. One of the pioneer investors behind the project discusses what could have been and what could still be a boon to the region and Lebanon – NARRATED ARTICLE
How the proposed Distributed Renewable Energy Law could provide much needed incentives for the private sector to invest in generating and distributing electricity from renewable energies. – NARRATED ARTICLE
How the proposed Distributed Renewable Energy Law could provide much needed incentives for the private sector to invest in generating and distributing electricity from renewable energies. – NARRATED ARTICLE