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Archive n° 851 - 10/16/2008

Gaelle Arenson

FRANCE
NORTH AFRICA

Editor in Chief

Institut du Monde Arabe Back in Reasonable Health

Has France's Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA: World Arab Institute) finally turned the corner? A recent report that senator Adrien Gouteyron drafted on behalf of the Senate's finance committee took stock of an operation to rescue IMA. (...) [341 words] [$7]

TUNISIA

Construction Slow-down in Tunisia

A shortage in manpower and of available land have combined with higher material costs to cause a dip in construction over the past four years. (...)

algiers

Hasseni Affair New Thorn in Relations with Paris?

Algerian foreign minister Mourad Medelci was hastily received by his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner on Oct. (...) [88 words] [$2,1]

Algeria a Hub for Chinese Car Industry?

Around 30 senior executive of big Chinese car makers and parts manufacturers (Faw, Hafei Automobile, Zhongtong, Saic, etc) are due to arrive in Algeria on Nov. (...) [58 words] [$2,1]

Spaniards Look at Wine Venture

Spain’s Business Uno-Cellers is in advanced talks with Algeria’s Office National de Commercialization des Produits Viti-Vinicoles (ONCV) on the possibility of forming a joint wine production concern at Ain Temouchent in western Algeria. (...) [152 words] [$2,1]

rabat

Spaniards Set on Getting into TV Business

France’s Lagardere Active is known to be bidding for a radio broadcasting license that has been put out to tender again by Morocco’s media authority, HACA. (...) [99 words] [$2,1]

US and Germany in Exclusive Photovoltaic Deal

A German solar energy company, Asola, has signed an exclusive agreement to establish a joint venture in photovoltaic modules in Morocco with a local company Majdaline Holding. (...) [82 words] [$2,1]

tunis

ETAP Funding Project Compromised

On the drawing board for 18 months, a bid by Entreprise Tunisienne des Activites Petrolieres (ETAP) to raise USD 400 million on international capital markets to finance its share of work on the Hasdrubal field with British Gas may well come to grief because of the current financial crisis. (...) [119 words] [$2,1]

Five Picked for New Cement Works

Out of 15 local and foreign candidates to build cement works in Tunisia, only five were authorized to do so, including one project submitted by Belhassen Trabelsi, brother of Leila Ben Ali, wife of Tunisia’s president. (...) [95 words] [$2,1]

Japanese and Italians Bid for Power Plant

Three Italian operators Edison, Enel and Sorgenia, and the same number of Japanese concerns (Itochu, Marubeni, Sumitomo) are interested in a Tunisian-Italian project to build a power plant at El Haouaria in north-east Tunisia. (...) [62 words] [$2,1]

ECONOMICS/BUSINESS


	MOROCCO
	Instantiations Inc
	Instantiations Inc, an American publisher of automation tools software, has signed a partnership and marketing agreement with Morocco. (...) [19 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Prosid-Snci-Intermetal
	Prosid-Snci-Intermetal, a Tunisian firm operating in steel-making and metal construction, has turned its interest to real estate. (...) [41 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Setcar
	Setcar (Tunisia) has just opened a new affiliate, Setcar IT, specializing in computer engineering services. (...) [32 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	El Watan
	El Watan, the French-language Algerian daily, and El Khabar, the leading Arabic language daily, are preparing a Friday issue which could be compared to Britain’s Sunday newspapers. (...) [37 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	L’Entreprises de Promotion du Logement Familial
	L’Entreprises de Promotion du Logement Familial (Algeria), which has been achieving good financial results, could be restructured or disbanded. (...) [33 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA
	Deyaar
	Deyaar (UAE) plans to invest in Tunisia to constitute a real estate portfolio that could be tied into future property projects. (...) [21 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	EEIC
	EEIC (UAE) is in advanced talks to acquire a stake in the Entreprise de Transformation de Marbre (Enamarbre) in Algeria. (...) [20 words] [FREE]


	ALGERIA
	La SEEM
	La SEEM (France) has been contracted by the Mediterraneenne des Travaux Publics in Algeria to supply a tug under a EUR 1. (...) [25 words] [FREE]


	MOROCCO
	BDDP Ltd
	BDDP Ltd was selected by the Office National Marocain du Tourism to conduct its new advertising campaign in Europe. (...) [19 words] [FREE]

WHO'S WHO


	ALGERIA
	Ali Haddad
	Planned to come out on Oct. 9, the first issue of the Algerian daily Le Temps, owned by Ali Haddad’s ETRHB group, was once again put back. (...) [66 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Dominique Strauss-Khan
	The Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT) plans a big blow-out on Nov. (...) [56 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Hedi M’henni
	The former secretary-general of the ruling RCD party, Hedi M’henni, was named minister-adviser to president Zine el Abedine Ben Ali with responsibility for political affairs. (...) [36 words] [FREE]


	TUNISIA/LIBYA
	Hassan Zargouni
	The organizers of the “Young Mediterranean Leaders” (YML) Forum in Tunis on Oct 16-18 called on Hassan Zargouni to persuade the Libyans to attend the gathring. (...) [88 words] [$2,1]


	TUNISIA
	Hafedh Sbaa
	The ex chief of asset management at UBCI (affiliate of BNP Paribas), Hafedha Sbaa, is now wholly in charge of Tuniso-Saoudienne d’Intermediation (TSI), a stock market brokerage that was bought in 2007 by Hedi Ben Ayed from Société Tuniso-Saoudienne d’Investissement. (...) [76 words] [$2,1]