Aquila Network Blog

The Libyan government is planning to lay off 400,000 of their employees in an effort to decrease their national budget and increase their private sector:

“Each public employee who is laid off will be given a full salary for three years or will be granted up to $40,800 in loans to start a business, he said in his speech, which was broadcast on national television.”

“The Libyan leader, Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi, has frequently said that his nation of five million people, a member of OPEC, depends too heavily on its income from oil, which is the source of almost all of Libya’s hard currency earnings.

He has also said Libyans are too dependent on foreigners and imports of consumer goods. Colonel Qaddafi has said he intends to move toward economic self-reliance and to make changes that will support the private sector in an effort to reduce unemployment, now at least 13 percent.”

There could potentially become an amazing market for Kingdom-minded consultants to assist these newly unemployed Libyans in developing the skills necessary to start their own business. Libya is one of the most unreached countries in Africa and any opportunities to spread the Gospel in that dark country should be seized upon.

If you feel the Lord is directing you to pursue Business as Missions in Libya, be sure contact Frontiers.org. Frontiers is an excellent agency with experience both in Business as Missions and North Africa.