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Archive n° 904 - 12/03/2009

Gaelle Arenson

NORTH AFRICA

Editor in Chief

Brainstorming Session for State Funds

How to inject fresh impetus into investment in North Africa? With European investors applying the brakes and stock markets in the Gulf on the verge of imploding, Rabat will soon play host to the leading donors in the region to mull ways of getting the cash flowing again. (...) [556 words] [$9.5]

ALGERIA

Technical KO for Sonatrach Over Spain

Repsol and Gas Natural are going to bitterly regret ever asking an international arbitration court to rule in their dispute with Sonatrach. (...)

Which Bank Will Settle in Malabo?

The chiefs of Morocco’s banks are displaying a keen interest in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. And that’s specially the case because their countryman Roger Sahyoun, boss of SOMAGEC (Societe (...) [203 words] [$5.4]

Abdelali Berrada - The boss of Palmeraie Developpement, Abdelali Berrada, was made (...) [92 words] [$1.8]

Automotive Branch Interests Taiwan

Have industry minister Hamid Temmar’s appeals to the car trade been heard halfway around the world in Taiwan? (...) [188 words] [$5.4]

Ingra (Igor Oppenheim) and Technika (Filip Filipec), two Croatian construction companies, are both (...) [46 words] [$1.8]

D'Alessandro from Shipping to 3D

Luc d’Alessandro plans to diversify from shipping into audio visual production. He currently heads the family shipping concern D’Alessandro Agent (DAA) which was founded by his grandfather (...) [196 words] [$5.4]

Doghri & Ben Jemaa Seek Tighter Ties

The Doghri Group headed by the brothers Hassine, Kamel, Moncef and Nejib Doghri hasn’t been sparing with its investments in the past few months. (...) [174 words] [$5.4]

Accenture has just opened an office in Tunis. The branch will be run out of Paris by Gianluca Marco (...) [64 words] [$1.8]

Mosaique FM , the private Tunisian radio station owned by Belhassen Trabelsi (brother of Leila Ben A (...) [59 words] [$1.8]

Promax has just started up as a new manufacturer of car parts in Tunisia. (...) [65 words] [$1.8]

Ali Khalifa - The chief executive of Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (Cotunav), (...) [47 words] [$1.8]

Rene Buchler - Up until now the chief executive of the Siemens group in Tunisia, (...) [99 words] [$1.8]

Haroun Slama - The nephew of Ali Slama, Haroun, has moved into higher gear (...) [117 words] [$1.8]

Madar & Libyana a Consolation Prize?

Who exactly will acquire stakes in Al Madar and Libyana? On the government’s drawing board for several years, a project to bring private investors into the two public telephone companies (...) [217 words] [$5.4]

LAP Green , the telecoms branch of Libya African Investment Portfolio (LAAICO), has already found a (...) [131 words] [$1.8]

Banco Espirito Santo has acquired a 40% holding in the Libyan Aman Bank for Commerce and Developmen (...) [51 words] [$1.8]

INTERIOR MINISTRY, RABAT

Laanigri the Sahara’s Top Cop?

King Mohamed VI’s increasingly tough stance on the Western Sahara issue isn’t meant to impress the gallery. And far from being a demotion, the appointment of general Hamidou Laanigri as inspector of the Forces Auxiliares (FA) for the southern zone on Nov. (...) [229 words] [$5.4]

AMERICAN EMBASSY, TUNIS

New U.S. Envoy Backtracks a Little

The new American ambassador to Tunisia, Gordon Gray, is clearly seeking allies in the country’s media. On Nov. (...) [153 words] [$5.4]

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, TUNIS

Algiers: ADB To Assist Private Sector

The African Development Bank will shortly plant its flag in Algeria. According to our sources, the institution’s president, Rwanda national Donald Kaberuka, will travel to Algiers at the end of January or in early February to inaugurate an ADB branch in the city. (...) [185 words] [$5.4]

FRANCE
Pascal Boniface
The director of the Institut des Relations Internationales et Strategies, Pascal Boniface, author of (...) [115 words] [$1.8]

MOROCCO
Abdellilah Benkirane
The head of the Parti Justice et Developpement (PJD), Abdellilah Benkirane, is a happy man. (...) [150 words] [$1.8]

TUNISIA
Kamel Ayadi
A member of the Tunisian Senate, Kamel Ayadi has been chosen by Switzerland to chair the consultative (...) [91 words] [$1.8]

Rome/Tunis

Pietro Benassi , the new Italian ambassador to Tunis, took up his functions on Dec. (...) [87 words] [$1.8]

Tripoli/Brussels

Mussa Kossa , Libya’s foreign minister, summoned the ambassadors of the 27 EU countries in Tripoli to a meeting on Nov. (...) [84 words] [$1.8]

Tunis/Berlin

Rafaa Dkhil is to shortly be named Tunisian ambassador to Germany, according to our sources. (...) [74 words] [$1.8]

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