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Archive n° 699 - 06/16/2005

Gaelle Arenson

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Editor in Chief

Telecoms Gold Rush in Algeria

Lionel Coussi, the co-founder of Djezzy, the mobile telephone affiliate of Orascom Telecom Algerie, was a very happy man when he turned up for a seminar on « Doing business in Algeria » at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris on June 14. (...) [334 words] [$7]

MOROCCO

Fall in Moroccan Exports

Morocco's exports to the European Union have dropped sharply since the arrival of Chinese goods in Europe. The IMF is advising Rabat to devalue the dirham. (...)

algiers

BOUTEFLIKA TIGHTENS GRIP ON CNES

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has appointed his social affairs adviser Mohamed Seghir Babes as boss of the Conseil National Economique et Social (CNES), a consultative body that had acquired a degree of independence in recent years. (...) [64 words] [$2,1]

RULES ON MEDICINE IMPORTS TO BE EASED

The Algerian government is expected to shortly do away with the requirement that importers of medicines established in Algeria must invest in building production units in the country within two years of their arrival. (...) [142 words] [$2,1]

FIRMS PRE-QUALIFIED FOR ?MAO? WATER CONTRACT

The Agence Nationale des Barrages opened bids for the three parts of the project to transfer water to Mostaganem-Arzew-Oran (MAO) on June 9. (...) [86 words] [$2,1]

rabat

MOROCCANS AT THE PARIS AIR SHOW

Anxious to attract aerospace companies thinking of re-locating some of their operations, Morocco made sure it had a stand at this week's Paris Air Show. (...) [83 words] [$2,1]

PACKAGING CONTRACTS

Several deals were cut by Alfa Laval SAS, Geismann & Fils and Netpak with small and medium sized Moroccan firms during a meeting of suppliers to the food and drink trade in Casablanca last week. (...) [112 words] [$2,1]

AFD TO BANKROLL TANGIERS-TANGIERS MED RAILWAY

Agence Francaise de Developpement will put up 25 million euros towards construction of the railway linking Tangiers to the new Tangiers Med port, the total cost of which is 330 million euros. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]

tunis

THREE FIGHT FOR PICK-UP TRUCK MARKET

As the 6th Tunis automobile show opened its doors between June 14-19, three groups are lining up to fight for supremacy on the fast-expanding market for pick-up trucks, which is increasing by 7% per year. (...) [198 words] [$2,1]

TUNISIAN BONDS SNAPPED UP IN LONDON

A 300 million bond issue by Tunisia's Central Bank in London last week did better than planned. (...) [54 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	FRANCE/TUNISIA
	POULINA
	POULINA a model of Tunisian management methods ? Agence Francaise de Developpment devoted the latest issue of its magazine Notes et Documents to a management model ? (...) [39 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	GEODIS
	GEODIS, a transportation and logistic affiliate of Thales, inaugurated its new Tunisian subsidiary on June 10. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	ITALY/TUNISIA
	FINMECCANICA
	FINMECCANICA (Italy) intends to invest in nanotechnology in Tunisia. Its vice president and diplomatic adviser to Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Giovanni Castellaneta, was in Tunis last week. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	CHINA/TUNISIA
	EXIM BANK
	EXIM BANK in China is sounding out the Tunisian market. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	ENGINEERING INDIA LTD
	ENGINEERING INDIA LTD has penned a technical assistance contract with Algeria's Naftec for rehabilitation of the oil refinery in Algiers. (...) [23 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	COBA
	COBA, a Portuguese consultancy, has been contracted to provide technical assistance for a project to supply drinking water to several towns in the Tizi Ouzou region in Algeria. (...) [38 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA/SWITZERLAND
	BONNARD ET GARDEL
	BONNARD ET GARDEL (Switzerland) has been picked by Office National Algerien de l'Assainissement to supervise a project involving water purification, irrigation and flood prevention in the Oued Souf region in southern Algeria. (...) [48 words] [$2,1]


	SPAIN/UNITED KINGDOM/MOROCCO
	SEACORE
	SEACORE (UK) has almost completed a fourth drilling campaign as part of a project to build a tunnel under the straits of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain. (...) [31 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	PHILIPPE DOUSTE-BLAZY
	New French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy will travel to Morocco before the end of the month. (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	ELISABETH GUIGOU
	Former French justice minister Elisabeth Guigou is working with the ex Moroccan ambassador in Paris, Hassan Abouyoub, to draft proposals on reviving the Barcelona Euro-Med process. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	CORINNE BREUZE
	France's consul general in Casablanca, Corinne Breuze was named French ambassador to Kuwait in May. (...) [28 words] [FREE]


	FRANCE/MOROCCO
	GERARD PELISSON
	The Accor hotel group's CEO, Gerard Pelisson, paid a visit to Morocco last week. (...) [49 words] [$2,1]


	UNITED STATES/LIBYA
	GREGORY BERRY
	The chief of the American liaison office in Tripoli, Gregory Berry, has become a key figure in the space of just a few months. (...) [77 words] [$2,1]


	ALGERIA
	HOCINE CHEKIRED
	Musical chairs at state-owned Sonatrach. Up to now head of the group's central audits department, Hocine Chekired was appointed vice president for the transportation in succession to Abdelhamid Zerguine. (...) [54 words] [$2,1]