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Gaelle Arenson
NORTH AFRICA Editor in Chief
North Africans in France’s Islamic Banking?
Change is sweeping the tiny world of Islamic finance in France. With finance minister Christine Lagarde determined to turn Paris into a world-class financial center, financiers, legal experts and clerics are taking a close look at Islamic finance, a sector that is both unexplored and highly promising. (...)   [365 words]   [$11,2]
ALGERIA
Italians Set Sights on Algeria?
Already solidly entrenched in Libya and Tunisia (Italy is respectively the first and second trading partner of the two), Italian businessmen spy a lot of opportunities in Algeria as (...)

Moroccan Initiation for US Officers?
   Will Marrakech turn out to be a compulsory stopover for the American military before it moves on to Iraq? Newly-minted US Army officers are to spend a good six months in Morocco,  (...)  [155 words]   [$7]
Netgem Plants Flag in North Africa?
   France’s Netgem has positioned itself on North Africa’s promising triple play (telephone, Internet, television) market by penning a four-year accord with Algeria Telecom.  (...)  [180 words]   [$7]
General Electric (GE) is to inaugurate a maintenance center at Boufarik in Algeria in April.  (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]

A Business-Oriented “Sciences Panel”?
   The creation of a Comite de Haut Niveau de la Science et de la Technologie ought to please Tunisian businessmen working in high tech areas.  (...)  [202 words]   [$7]
Zenaidi Contends with “Viagra Lobby”?
   Health minister Mondher Zenaidi finds himself confronted with a rather unexpected threat. It’s neither a devastating virus or the threat of a strike by medical personnel but rather  (...)  [174 words]   [$7]
Sparkle is intent on increasing its footprint in Tunisia. An affiliate of Telecom Italia, Sparkle, which  (...)  [102 words]   [$2,1]
Hologram Industries has just landed its first contract in North Africa.  (...)  [82 words]   [$2,1]
Diotasoft, a French start-up specializing in 3D engineering tools and mobile applications, has opened  (...)  [53 words]   [$2,1]
Jamel Eddine Limam  -  A former striker for Tunisia’s national football team, Jamel  (...)  [93 words]   [$2,1]
Zeid Oueslati  -  The managing director of Tuninvest, plans to attend the Forum  (...)  [97 words]   [$2,1]
Abou Hafs Amor Najai  -  The Zitouna bank, latest project of Sakher el Materi, has just  (...)  [89 words]   [$2,1]

Former Verenex Men Back in Business?
   The old executive team of the Verenex oil company has turned to fresh vistas. The former CEO and co-founder of the firm, Jim Mc Farland, is using the money earned by selling Verenex  (...)  [208 words]   [$7]
ZR Events, a Lyon-based firm that specializes in organizing events, is investing in the North African  (...)  [85 words]   [$2,1]

SWISS EMBASSY, TRIPOLI
Has Kadhafi Clan Sidelined Kossa?
   Has Mussa Kossa become a collateral victim of the clash between Switzerland and Libya? While an outcome to the dispute appears imminent, the foreign minister and ex boss of the secret service appears isolated after the crisis.  (...)  [160 words]   [$7]
EL MITAQ RESIDENCE, ALGIERS
Gueant Works to Defuse Tension?
   The man who undertakes special and delicate diplomatic missions for French president Nicolas Sarkozy, Claude Gueant, was back on the road on Feb.  (...)  [233 words]   [$7]
CITY HALL, FEZ
Chabat Bucks the Tide over Wine?
   Hamid Chabat is risking a lot by proposing to ban the sale of alcohol in Fez. By floating the idea, the turbulent mayor of Fez , the holiest city in Morocco, could only irritate the authorities and specially the wali of Fez-Boulemane, Mohamed Rherrabi.  (...)  [194 words]   [$7]
ALGERIA
 Mohamed Said
The president of the new Parti de la Liberte et de la Justice has trouble concealing his impatience  (...)  [84 words]   [$2,1]
LIBYA
 Abdallah Senoussi
The former boss of military security, general Abdallah Senoussi, has been busying himself in Benghazi  (...)  [107 words]   [$2,1]
MOROCCO
 Lahcen Latif
A “caravan for the autonomy of Western Sahara” will leave Brussels on April 10 for Lagouira in the far  (...)  [155 words]   [$2,1]


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