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Business in Liberia: Freeport of Monrovia, tax haven, Kpelle

Liberia is a West African country

1. Total Liberian population: 4.3 million inhabitants
   1. 2001: 3.2 million inhabitants
2. Capital of Liberia: Monrovia (1 million inhabitants)
3. Iron ore deposits
4. Liberia is a tax haven
5. Freeport of Monrovia.
   1. Liberia has the second largest ship registries in the world
6. Currency of Liberia: Liberian Dollar
7. Liberia share borders with Ivory Coast, Guinea and Sierra Leone
8. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize
9. 2014: Ebola virus epidemic

Transport and Logistics

1. Access to the Dakar-Lagos Transport Corridor

Trade and Business Organisations (Liberia)

1. West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
2. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
3. Mano River Union (MRU)
4. African Union
5. AUDA-NEPAD
6. Economic Commission for Africa
7. African Development Bank

Liberian Students from Liberia

1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
2. Doctorate in African Business

More information: International Trade and Business in Liberia, at EENI Global Business School Website.

1. English is the official language of Liberia (only 15% of Liberians speak English)
2. In Liberia, more than thirty languages are spoken:
   1. Kpelle: 20% of the population
   2. Bassa: 13%
   3. Grebo: 10%
   4. South Sotho
   5. Gio

1. Total Liberian area: 111,369 km²
2. Calling code of Liberia: 231
3. Liberian code top-level domain: .lr

Regions of the Republic of Liberia

The Republic of Liberia is composed of fifteen counties (capital/population in thousands of people):

1. Bomi (Tubmanburg/66)
2. Bong (Gbarnga/255)
3. Gbarpolu (Bopolu)
4. Gran Bassa (Buchanan/160)
5. Gran Cape Mount (Robertsport/79)
6. Gran Gedeh (Zwedru/100)
7. Gran Kru (Barclayville)
8. Lofa (Voinjama/248)
9. Margibi (Kakata/97)
10. Maryland (Harper/85)
11. Montserrado (Bensonville - Monrovia)
12. Nimba (Sanniquellie, 314)
13. River Cess (River Cess)
14. River Gee (Fish Town)
15. Sinoe (Greenville)

Religions and Global Business - Religious diversity

Religion in Liberia:

1. African Traditional Religions
2. Christianity (85%)
3. Islam

Liberians ethnicities

The main Liberian ethnicities (% of the Liberian population) are:

1. Kpelle: 20
2. Bassas: 13
3. Grebo: 10
4. Dan: 8
5. Mano: 8
6. Krou: 6
7. Loma: 5
8. Gola: 4
9. Vai: 4
10. Krahn: 4
11. Mandinka: 3

History of Liberia

1. 1461: contact with the Portuguese (Costa da Pimenta)
2. Slave Trade
3. 1602: arrival of the Netherlander
4. 1663: arrival of the English
5. 1822: foundation of Liberia by the American colonization Society, with the objective of installing freed black American slaves.
6. Independence of Liberia: 1847 (U.S.). Liberia was the first African nation to obtain its independence
7. 1880: annexation of the Kingdom of Medina
8. 1989: first civil Liberian war

Higher Education in Liberia

Public Universities

1. University of Liberia (Monrovia, Montserrado)
2. University William V. S. Tubman (Cape Palmas, Maryland)

Private Universities

1. University of Cuttington (Suakoko, Episcopal Church of the United States)
2. African University Bible College (Yekepa, Nimba)
3. African Methodist Episcopal University (Monrovia, Montserrado)
4. Stella Maris Polytechnic (Monrovia, Montserrado)
5. United Methodist University (Monrovia, Montserrado)

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