Technology · Digital Economy
E-commerce, digital services, and the businesses operating Liberia online.
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technology
Liberian-founded EKAN International is building a platform that embeds payments, invoicing and escrow directly into encrypted conversations — betting that in Africa's mobile-first economy, the messaging thread is a better checkout lane than the banking app.
banking
The financial-institutions sector expanded about 6.8% to US$161 million in 2025, a steady climb even as banks lent more to the government than to business. The sector's growth outpaces the credit reaching the private economy.
economy
Communication prices dropped 5.0% in the year to March 2026, one of the few categories getting cheaper, as mobile and data competition pushes costs down. The decline is a quiet dividend of Liberia's expanding digital economy.
