Liberia: Enforcing the Liberianization Act: Time to Kickout Non-Liberians Operating in These Sectors

By law, at least 26 businesses are reserved exclusively for Liberians under the Liberianization Act. The Act, originally established in 1976 and expanded in 1998, is a legal framework designed to protect and empower Liberian-owned businesses.

Framers of this Act listed 26 exclusive business activities, such as transportation (taxi and trucking services) and retail (sale of rice, cement, timber, planks, ice, and pharmaceuticals), services (Travel and advertising agencies, commercial printing, tire…