Tina Abou Rizk (Jordan-Lebanon)
Researcher and financial analyst. Freelance consultant for European NGOs in Lebanon for development projects.
Lebanon: beware of China’s appetite
Vultures are craving to strip the flesh from Lebanon's bones. The August 4, 2020 explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in...
Lebanese Pound’s crisis, an opportunity in disguise?
The glamorous rate of the Lebanese Pound, artificially indexed to the US dollar for so many years, is history now. In recent...
Lebanon: The banking system needs reforms to stop the bleeding, not politics
Something has to change in the wonderful world of the Lebanese banking system. The manner in which Lebanon is addressing its financial...
The Swiss job: the greatest heist in Lebanon's History?
Swiss banks have been like Heaven on Earth for some Lebanon's “creme de la creme” for a long, long time. Will it...
How nomadism made Africa a land of disruptive innovation
Mobility, innovation and stability, three of the most important civilizational factors in economic development, are not calibrated the same way in every...
Why Lebanon should follow Africa’s path to Agriculture 4.0
Could digital agriculture end Africa’s food scarcity as it is projected to house nearly a population of two billion by 2050? Farms...
Lebanon: Electricity plan needs a clear majority
Is the recovery for Lebanese electricity sector ailing for thirty years, finally in sight? Lebanese parliament is now ready to sanction a...
Everything you need to know about Agriculture 4.0
Is Agriculture 4.0 the answer to future food security? Let's take a look. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. reported...
Lebanon: waterscape challenges hide future opportunities
What is the future of Lebanon's waterscape? This was the question which formed the central discussion theme in the youth conference which...
Debt restructuring is ‘absolutely not’ on the card
Introducing a restructured debt wasn’t an imminent
future in Lebanon, thought Goldman Sachs. However, the country has turned its
focus on investors’ recovery while...