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Archive n° 848 - 09/25/2008

Gaelle Arenson

LIBYA

Editor in Chief

How will Libya's New Economic Paradigm Work?

Many are wondering how reforms announced by Muammar Kadhafi and his son, Saif el Islam, will affect the way that Libya’s government runs. (...) [350 words] [$7]

TUNISIA

Poor Harvest in Tunisia

The country produced 12 million bushels in 2007-2008 compared with 17 million in the previous season. Tunis will roll over loans to farms and provide new money. (...)

algiers

Bouteflika Revives His Network of Friends

To win backing for his plan to stand for a third term in office, president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has re-activated the Academie de la Societe Civile Algerienne (ASCA), a network implanted in all of the 48 administrative regions in the country. (...) [105 words] [$2,1]

Laksaci Tells it Straight to Banks

The governor of the Banque d’Algerie, Mohamed Laksaci, called in luminaries from banks operating in Algeria for a closed-door meeting on Sept. (...) [111 words] [$2,1]

Airliner Contracts for Up for Grabs

Air Algerie and Tassili Airlines, the air transport arm of the Sonatrach oil company, are intent on increasing their fleets. (...) [81 words] [$2,1]

rabat

Air Arabia Picks Rabat as Hub

The low cost United Arab Emirates carrier based in Sharjah, Air Arabia, is to inaugurate a hub in Rabat in coming months to serve Europe, Africa and the Middle East. (...) [73 words] [$2,1]

Carrefour in Talks

A year following Auchan’s departure from Morocco, Carrefour has begun talks on setting up business in the country. (...) [50 words] [$2,1]

tunis

JV Between Tunisair and Sita Finally Takes Off

Although both sides had pushed for it for years, a joint venture between Tunisair and SITA, a Geneva-based multinational firm that specializes in managing airline computer systems, the deal ran into a major hitch: (...) [139 words] [$2,1]

tripoli

Areva Still Waiting for Kadhafi to Keep Promise

Although it signed three contracts worth EUR 300 million last December to help GECOL build up its power grid, Areva is still waiting for one of them worth EUR 230 million to come into effect. (...) [114 words] [$2,1]

State-Owned Firms Up for Sale

Tripoli intends to privatize around 10 companies that mainly produce consumer goods and use a lot of steel in their manufacturing processes. (...) [89 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	ALGERIA
	EMIA
	EMIA, Entreprise du Metro d'Alger, has issued a call for bids for the extension of it's first subway line. (...) [35 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	GDF Suez
	GDF Suez has just bought 20% of an oil concession in Libya from the Greek concern Hellenic Petroleum. (...) [28 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Charles Riley
	Charles Riley, a French consultancy, has been selected by Algeria's industry ministry to audit Societe Nationale Vehicules Industriels and make recommendations on its strategy. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	OCEA
	OCEA, a French naval constructor headed by Roland Jouassard, is currently executing a EUR 130 million contract to supply 21 patrol boats to Algeria. (...) [24 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	SFBT
	SFBT, a Tunisian brewery run by Hamadi Bousbiaa, has just created a new farm production and cattle breeding concern. (...) [19 words] [FREE]


	LIBYA
	Rusal
	Rusal, the Russian mining company, has penned an agreement with Libya to build an aluminum smelter with a capacity of 600,000 tons. (...) [40 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Repsol
	Repsol, the Spanish oil firm, took legal action against a decision by the Spanish industry ministry that went in favor of Algeria’s Sonatrach with regards the Medgaz pipeline. (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	USTDA
	USTDA, the American trade agency, has lent USD 332,000 to the Office National Marocain des Hydrocarbures et des Mines to finance campaigns to promote Morocco’s upstream oil sector. (...) [28 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	Blue Expo
	Blue Expo, a floating trade show sponsored by the Turkish government, will be held on Oct. (...) [33 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA/FRANCE
	Abdelkrim Benahmed
	After working for Air Algerie for 20 years, Abdelkrim Benahmed has been named to the highly coveted job of running the company’s operation in Paris, which has its office on the posh Avenue de l’Opera. (...) [55 words] [$2,1]


	LIBYA
	Hadeed Al Treiki
	The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has just named Libya’s Hadeel Al Treiki as head of its Tripoli office, which she has just opened. (...) [59 words] [$2,1]


	FRANCE/LIBYA
	Saleh Al Tayar
	The secretary general of the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce, Saleh Al Tayar, met with Muammer Kadhafi during a visit he made to Tripoli between Sept. (...) [91 words] [$2,1]