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Tebboune seeks to breathe new life into the privatisation of public banks

The privatisation of state-owned banks, which was a real headache during the Bouteflika era, is back on the agenda for President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 26.01.2022

Smuggling aggravates cooking oil shortages

Cooking oil producers, Cevital in the lead, have more than enough supply, yet shortages are beginning to create political havoc. Confidential statistics show how border regions supply the black market in neighbouring countries.

Subscribers only Business 24.01.2022

Algiers boosts its army and police helicopter fleet with Airbus and Leonardo

The talks begun mid 2021 between Airbus Group and the general staff of the ANP have been fruitful. According to our sources, Airbus has entered the final phase of negotiations for a contract to modernise helicopters for the armed forces and the gendarmerie.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 20.01.2022

Metito sets ball rolling for new desalination plants

The seawater desalination plant of Tenes © AEC

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2022

Rebrab heirs seek to go it alone in e-commerce

Issad Rebrab's heirs, who now run the Cevital industrial empire, have set up an online marketplace on the back of their Uno hypermarkets. Their aim is to break free from their current partners, African giant Jumia and Algerian start-up Yassir.

Subscribers only Business 14.01.2022

Sonatrach's Hakkar ends Baker Hughes' industrial venture in Oran

Subscribers only Energy 10.01.2022

Russian and Argentinian wheat imports soar as France is barred from market

Barely a year after Algeria's new rules on wheat imports were introduced to break the domination of French suppliers, the changes have already had the desired effect: French imports have dwindled to barely nothing while orders from Russia and Argentina have soared.

Subscribers only Business 06.01.2022

Cevital turns to oil exports to soften the blow from end of subsidies

The food giant set up by Issad Rebrab is worried about a historic contraction of the domestic market with the dismantling of subsidies planned by President Tebboune. As such the company is planning to increase its oil exports, in particular via its Geneva-based trading subsidiary.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders, Business 05.01.2022

Tebboune strives to boost Oran Mediterranean Games

The next Mediterranean Games, to be held in Oran, have already been postponed because of COVID by one year to June 2022, and President Tebboune is pushing to move things forward. The organising committee has already attributed the drug testing bid but there is much left to do.

Subscribers only Politics 03.01.2022

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Foreign minister Lamamra already reshuffling his Sahel team

The head of Algerian diplomacy, Ramtane Lamamra, is shortly due to appoint a new special envoy for the Sahel. Since this summer the post has been occupied by Boudjemaa Delmi, a very close friend of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.12.2021

Tebboune seeks to drive a wedge between Saïed and Sisi

The Algerian president, who has just granted an emergency loan of $300m to Tunisia, is demanding in return that the country rein in its growing ties with Cairo, which have strengthened since the coup d'etat orchestrated by Kaïs Saïed on 25 July.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.12.2021

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed (right) welcomes his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune on his arrival in Tunis on 15 December 2021.

Nadia Akacha takes charge of diplomacy and protocol for Tebboune's visit

Kaïs Saïed's chief of staff was at the centre of the Algerian president's two-day visit to Tunis. In terms of the programme, protocol and diplomacy Nadia Akacha was omnipresent.

Subscribers only Politics 20.12.2021

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed's chief of staff Nadia Akacha.

Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

Algiers has been slow to make good on its ambitions to develop Sahel trade by building logistics hubs in the far south. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government touted the grand plans as a means of boosting the country's influence in the region.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.12.2021

French military still banned from Algerian air space despite diplomatic outreach

Paris hopes Algeria will soon lift its ban on the use of its airspace to resupply military operations in the Sahel, namely Barkhane. The army is currently using private foreign sub-contractors, not part of the ban, to fly equipment over Algeria.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.12.2021

Billionaire Abdelmalek Sahraoui's clan back on track in state construction

The former FLN MP for Mascara, Abdelmalek Sahraoui, a key business figure of the Bouteflika era, has been in prison for corruption since April. His construction company Irrigout, run by his brother Omar Sahraoui, has however just won an important road contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 09.12.2021

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ENI remains on course to become oil number one

The Italian major ENI is working to consolidate its stature as Algeria's future leading private oil and gas producer. It is preparing to buy BHP Billiton's assets, as well as BP's.

Subscribers only Energy 08.12.2021

Taipei strengthens its trade centre in Algeria, a Chinese stronghold

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council has entrusted the management of its Algiers branch to Susi Hsiao, who was previously in charge of the Paris branch. However, Beijing packs a much heavier punch than Taipei in Algeria.

Subscribers only Business 07.12.2021

Susi Hsiao, director of the Taiwan Trade Center in Algiers, with Fethi Ammour, president of the Club des entrepreneurs et industriels de la Mitidja (CEIMI), on Sunday 28 November 2021.

Macron and Tebboune quietly mend their fences

The French president spoke at length with his Algerian counterpart in late November. The two leaders agreed to gradually ease the tensions between them over the next few months. Meanwhile Paris and Algiers have resumed discussions of the Sahel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.12.2021

General Electric in court over Hadjret En Nous power plant

The US giant GE, whose slow decline prompted it in November to divide its business up into three distinct entities (energy, health and aviation), is currently grappling with a lawsuit centred around the Hadjret En Nous power plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.12.2021

Algeria wins an epic battle as its candidate becomes head of OPEC gas

After a fierce fight, and for the first time, an African will become the next general secretary of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

Subscribers only Energy 23.11.2021

Mohammed Hamel, new Secretary General of the GECF.

Algiers-Nouakchott maritime route sinks offshore Southern France

Launched with the support of Algiers, the sole Algeria-Mauritania maritime link has been suspended following a dispute between its owners, Global Maritime Algeria (GMA) and Anisfer Line.

Subscribers only Business 22.11.2021

Dar Group comes to the rescue of Magtaa plant

Dubai-based engineering firm Dar Group has been selected to restore the Magtaa desalination plant located in Oran province and owned by Algerian Energy Company (AEC).

Subscribers only Business 15.11.2021

Tebboune resurrects and keeps tight rein on Bouteflika's hospital projects

The Algerian president is looking to begin construction on two of the ten teaching hospitals promised by Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He has entrusted this sensitive project to his housing minister and trusted lieutenant Tarek Belaribi, while keeping the health minister at arm's length.

Subscribers only Business 04.11.2021

The Chiali group moves into real estate development in Oran

The Chiali Group, which operates in the water, gas and construction sectors, is launching a real estate development business. It is in the middle of negotiations to buy building land in Oran.

Subscribers only Business 02.11.2021

Turkish SKN moves from university site to housing with Mohamed Saada

Following some setbacks with university building sites, Turkish group SKN Group Insaat's Algerian subsidary is getting back on track. On 10 October, it won a contract for 140 housing units in the province of Algiers, in a consortium with the Algerian company SM Fort.

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2021

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Algeria

Tebboune seeks to breathe new life into the privatisation of public banks

Smuggling aggravates cooking oil shortages

Algiers boosts its army and police helicopter fleet with Airbus and Leonardo

Metito sets ball rolling for new desalination plants

Rebrab heirs seek to go it alone in e-commerce

Sonatrach's Hakkar ends Baker Hughes' industrial venture in Oran

Russian and Argentinian wheat imports soar as France is barred from market

Cevital turns to oil exports to soften the blow from end of subsidies

Tebboune strives to boost Oran Mediterranean Games

Foreign minister Lamamra already reshuffling his Sahel team

Tebboune seeks to drive a wedge between Saïed and Sisi

Nadia Akacha takes charge of diplomacy and protocol for Tebboune's visit

Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

French military still banned from Algerian air space despite diplomatic outreach

Billionaire Abdelmalek Sahraoui's clan back on track in state construction

Spotlight
ENI remains on course to become oil number one

Taipei strengthens its trade centre in Algeria, a Chinese stronghold

Macron and Tebboune quietly mend their fences

General Electric in court over Hadjret En Nous power plant

Algeria wins an epic battle as its candidate becomes head of OPEC gas

Algiers-Nouakchott maritime route sinks offshore Southern France

Dar Group comes to the rescue of Magtaa plant

Tebboune resurrects and keeps tight rein on Bouteflika's hospital projects

The Chiali group moves into real estate development in Oran

Turkish SKN moves from university site to housing with Mohamed Saada

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Algeria

Tebboune seeks to breathe new life into the privatisation of public banks

Smuggling aggravates cooking oil shortages

Algiers boosts its army and police helicopter fleet with Airbus and Leonardo

Metito sets ball rolling for new desalination plants

Rebrab heirs seek to go it alone in e-commerce

Sonatrach's Hakkar ends Baker Hughes' industrial venture in Oran

Russian and Argentinian wheat imports soar as France is barred from market

Cevital turns to oil exports to soften the blow from end of subsidies

Tebboune strives to boost Oran Mediterranean Games

Foreign minister Lamamra already reshuffling his Sahel team

Tebboune seeks to drive a wedge between Saïed and Sisi

Nadia Akacha takes charge of diplomacy and protocol for Tebboune's visit

Promised Sahel export hubs slow to get off the ground

French military still banned from Algerian air space despite diplomatic outreach

Billionaire Abdelmalek Sahraoui's clan back on track in state construction

Spotlight ENI remains on course to become oil number one

Taipei strengthens its trade centre in Algeria, a Chinese stronghold

Macron and Tebboune quietly mend their fences

General Electric in court over Hadjret En Nous power plant

Algeria wins an epic battle as its candidate becomes head of OPEC gas

Algiers-Nouakchott maritime route sinks offshore Southern France

Dar Group comes to the rescue of Magtaa plant

Tebboune resurrects and keeps tight rein on Bouteflika's hospital projects

The Chiali group moves into real estate development in Oran

Turkish SKN moves from university site to housing with Mohamed Saada

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