Liberia: Domestic Timber Value Chain Analysis
12 January 2017
Building Markets is pleased to announce the launch of Liberia: Domestic Timber Value Chain Analysis. Our hope is that this study will increase accountability and transparenc...
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Building Markets Champions Female Engineer Working to Build Liberia
11 May 2016
Ruth Coker Collins, founder of Tabitha Renaissance Engineering & Design, has been an avid user of Building Markets’ USAID-funded SMI-L services since 2013. She originall...
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A Year in Review: Building Markets Liberia Presents 2015 Market Overview Report
22 January 2016
A year ago, containing the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and reducing the escalating number of cases was the number one priority in Liberia. Now, the public health emergency has r...
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Building Markets Liberia Takes its Show on the Road
9 October 2015
After driving for two hours on the paved road to Buchanan, the trip to Sinoe County cuts through the jungle along a red, rutted road. Between stretches of deep green foliage a...
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SME Partners with Building Markets to Create Culture of Workplace Safety
2 August 2016
After 30 years of working for the Ministry of Labor, Philip H. Davis had a firm understanding of the problems employees faced in the workplace. After retiring from the Ministr...
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Swamps, Snakes & Sawyers: Logging Data on Liberia’s Forests
1 April 2016
In February 2016, a team from Building Markets traveled to Maryland County in southeastern Liberia to meet with stakeholders and conduct research. This included collecting dat...
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2015 MSME Conference Shines Spotlight on Liberian Entrepreneurs
16 December 2015
For the third year in a row, Building Markets worked with the Liberian Government’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) and other partners to produce the MSME Conferenc...
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SMI-L Advanced Bid Compilation Training Facilitates Over $6.8 Million in Contracts
5 August 2015
One of the primary obstacles Liberian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face when competing for contracts is assembling a complete and effective bid document. Bid docu...
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SMEs in Nimba County Win Contracts, Train Youth
20 June 2016
Ganta is the busy economic center of Nimba County and the second largest city in Liberia. Situated along the border with Guinea, businesses in Ganta benefit from the cross-bor...
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Monrovia’s “Cassava Queen” Dreams Up New Ways to Extend Her Reign
12 February 2016
Wedour Emily Freeman has big ideas. She owns and operates Bravo-Sister Enterprise, a business that produces and packages gari (also known as tapioca), flour made from ground c...
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SME Relies on SMI-L Services to Train Staff and Form Business Connections
10 November 2015
Athanase K. Kintiga and his wife, Augusta Davis, started their restaurant, Eden Park Cafeteria & Catering Services (Eden Park), in 2012 in Gbarnga, Bong County. Mr. Kintig...
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SME Links to Concession Supply Chain with Support from SMI-L
5 May 2015
Extractive companies have long been active in Liberia, but incorporating local companies into their supply chains has been difficult for both buyers and suppliers. Local small...
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