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Allab, Tosyali, Bora and Demiral blaze trail for Erdogan's Algerian business crusade

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

A small group of Turkish and Algerian billionaires are serving as the advance guard for President Erdogan in Algeria. They stand ready to replace French entepreneurs, who are increasingly losing support in the North African country, and compete with the omnipresent Chinese. This business offensive is being run from plush lounges, far from the brouhaha of the Libyan crisis, in which Algiers and Ankara are officially on different sides. [...] (1208 words)

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in January 2020. © Reuters

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CREA employers' federation seeks to embody Algerian economic revival

As they return to Algiers, French bosses caught between old and new worlds

RATP negotiates exit from Algiers metro

Tebboune seeks to complete Bouteflika's cursed highway Free

Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

Algeria walks a tightrope between Ankara and Abu Dhabi

Despite Tebboune's promises, domestic flight market won't open up anytime soon

French Embassy stays in diplomatic quarantine as François Gouyette takes charge

Summa, Erdogan's best ambassador in Malabo

Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

Social Housing: Tebboune's Turkish favourites, Dekinsan and Atlas, win contracts worth $171m Free

Jones Group hopes to train Tripoli's troops under Erdogan's shadow

Erdogan plays mediator for Embalo

Erdogan exploits Djibouti summit to consolidate influence in Horn

Rome shields investments from Turkey's insatiability

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