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French Exporters Dominate the Lucrative Maghreb Cereal Market

As the year 2008 draws to its end, the Algerians would have spent $1 billion to import French wheat. Morocco is also a big consumer and importer of wheat and other cereals.
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Growing Signs of a Cooling Tunisian Economy

Tunisia, the region’s most aggressive and best run economy has witnessed a cooling of its growth in late 2008, a trend that will persist in 2009....
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A Brief Look at Algeria’s Trade Relations with France and Japan

While Algerian officials are generally satisfied with their country’s economic ties with France, there is growing frustration over Japan’s position in general....
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Is Morocco Sheltered from the Global Financial Meltdown?

The Moroccan financial authorities and national experts are hoping the global financial meltdown will not affect their own banking sector. ...
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An Impossible Mountain to Climb for Oil Producing Countries

Oran was in the media spotlight like never before. Hundreds of reporters and dozens of television cameras descended on the Algerian western city on the Mediterranean to cover an event that could potentially reshape entire economies and even political systems. ...
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2009 Economic Outlook: North Africa Staring at a Tough Year

By Arezki Daoud: Despite statements that their economies are in good shape and built to withstand the ongoing global economic meltdown, North African politicians must be aware that the outlook looks shaky at best. Various indications hint that the region should brace for a tough time this year, as each country in the region is facing a specific set of challenges. ...
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Algeria: Businesses Edge Closer to Universal Weekend

Completely out of synch with the world, Algeria is one of the handful of countries whose weekend is officially Thursday and Friday. ...
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Libya and Italy Sealing their Rapprochement with Libyan Investment in ENI

The Italian oil giant ENI is a big interest for the Libyan government. ENI has always been an active player in the Libyan hydrocarbon sector, even when the country was isolated. ...
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Algeria and the Urgency of Diversifying Beyond the Oil Economy

Oil producing nations that have large populations and are heavily dependent on oil exports are particularly vulnerable to global economic volatility...
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Tunisia: Painful Recovery for the Business Sector

As if the Jasmine Revolution was not enough in itself, the Tunisian economy is also suffering from a massive drop in trade with its troubled eastern neighbor of Libya. Government data suggests that during the recent disturbances, Tunisia lost in all between 5 to 8 billion dinars as a consequence of the inevitable crisis.
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Challenges Cripple the Tunisian Business Sector, Expect Recession

Despite the promises of democracy, the Jasmine Revolution has had the expected debilitating impact on the conduct of business and the Tunisian economy at a large. The multi-billion dollar support packages promised by the likes of the G8, the World Bank, the EU and individual nations are not for trivial purposes. They are about keeping a country from moving into chaos and economic bankruptcy as entire industries and almost all companies are struggling to survive
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Global Investors Reassessing their MENA Posture: Investments in the Region Likely to Drop Considerably

[By Arezki Daoud | daoud@north-africa.com | 508-981-6937 | Twitter: @northafrica] Ever since former President Ben Ali was toppled by the Tunisian people, risk management and assessment executives in global corporations have been working around the clock to figure out what posture to take. The subsequent events that followed in form of a domino effect, starting with the deterioration of the Egyptian market, then the acceleration of risk in Libya as that country exploded forced corporations to halt operations, evacuate foreign staffs out of the danger zones, and reevaluate where they stood.
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The Irrelevance of Japan in Africa

Japan is one of the latest economic powers to make it loud and clear that it wants to compete for influence in the Middle East and Africa . But can its leaders build strong economic ties that would compete with those of China? Today’s situation suggests that the Japanese climb will be steep and difficult. Just in Africa alone, the Japanese economic presence is about one third of that of China and further dropping given the fast expansion of China there.
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Competing for Africa: Turkey Rising

The North Africa Journal | In a briefing we held with a former Turkish Ambassador to the U.N., he noted that global corporations generally like to point to the strong economic growth of markets like Brazil, China, India and Russia. But he added that they often neglect to mention the stellar performance of the Turkish economy.
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Announcing the U.S. - Maghreb Entrepreneurship Conference

[The North Africa Journal | Conferences] The U.S. Department of State and the U.S.-Algeria Business Council will host the U.S. - Maghreb Entrepreneurship Conference in Algiers on December 1-2, 2010. This conference is a direct result of the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship held in Washington, D.C., in April, 2010 and demonstrates the continuing work of business and non-governmental organizations to create regional partnerships that promote entrepreneurship. North Africa Journal Editor Arezki Daoud will moderate a panel of business leaders during the event
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A New War on the African Continent

[The North Africa Journal | Economy] There is a different type of war being waged on the African continent and North Africa is not spared. Economic influence is the goal and money in its many forms is the weapon used by powerful interests for the dual purposes of wining contracts in a slowly emerging Africa, while guaranteeing access to increasingly scarce commodities.
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Despite Global Economic Downturn, Tunisia's Economic Growth Stays in Positive Territory

Tunisia has managed somewhat to resist the effects of the world’s economic recession in 2009.
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Signs of Economic Recovery in Morocco

The Moroccan economy is showing some positive momentum after a difficult time reacting to global economic crisis. With demand from European consumers picking up, Morocco is beginning to tally some good news. Although there is some temptation to credit European consumers for this start of recovery, the biggest positive impact has no doubt been the excellent weather conditions that have had strong positive repercussion on farming.
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Not a Bad Year for Some After All

Moroccan companies have released their results for fiscal 2009 and while most faced a challenging environment, a few managed to do very well. These reports look at five leading companies that are publically traded and review their 2009 financial performance.
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Sihem Hajji

Ms. Sihem Hejji [1ère année mastère GRH à l' ISG Tunis] is a Tunis-based human resources and education columnist. She focuses on employment and link to schools while pursuing a graduate degree in the field. Sihem worked for Citibank Tunis.
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