|
| PREVIOUS
ISSUES
|
Issue
208
07-05-2008
Topics include: The Next American President: What Should
the Maghreb Expect *** Morocco, Tunisia: Not Giving up on
Oil and Gas *** Bluefin Tuna Fishing in Algeria: Under the
Radar Screen *** Scarcity of Tuna Hits Moroccan Canning
Industry *** Ouyahia Returns to Power, Re-appointed PM of
the Algerian Cabinet *** Structural and Administrative Issues
and Declining Demand Hinder Morocco’s Travel Industry ***
Germany's RWE Dea Aggressive Stance in North Africa ***
Global Demand, Domestic Speculation and the Rise in Construction
Materials Prices in Morocco *** and other topics
|
|
Issue
207
07-05-2008
Topics include: The Sahel Region Troubled by a Touareg War
*** Libya’s Seif El-Islam: Steady and Secured March to Succession
*** Algerian Importers turn their Back to the Euro zone
*** Société Générale Enters Information Technology (IT)
Equipment Leasing Sector in Morocco *** Algeria Resists
Pressure from WTO on Domestic Gas Prices *** The Recognition
of the Amazigh Culture: Three Decades of Struggle with Little
Results to Show *** INVESTING: FOUR STOCKS TO WATCH ***
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Daewoo to Handle $2.4 billion
Industrial Project in Algeria *** |
|
Issue
206
07-05-2008
Topics include: North Africa in the Global Economy *** Islamic
Banking Instruments Make Timid Debut in the Maghreb ***
Capital Markets: The Casablanca Stock Exchange in 2007 and
Outlook for 2008 *** Commodities and North Africa: Agriculture:
Shielding Consumers with Self Reliance *** Commodities and
North Africa: How Rising Prices Lead to Shifting Habits
*** Commodities and North Africa: Morocco: Out-of-Control
Subsidy Spending *** Commodities and North Africa: When
the Basic Staples are out of Reach *** StatoilHydro Gives
Sonatrach Access to US LNG Market, Makes Discovery in Algeria
*** and other topics |
|
205th.
issue
04-10-2008
Some topics included in this issue are A Look at the Judicial
Systems of Algeria and Morocco
*** Tunisia’s
Economic Integration into the EU *** North Africa Embraces
WiMAX *** Intense Activity in the Libyan Airline Sector
*** Al Qaeda Scores Major Coup: Dakar Rally Cancelled Due
to Terror Threats *** and more |
|
204th.
issue
12-26-2007
Included in this issue: Terror in Algiers
*** Libya's
Passport Translation Debacle *** Sarkozy the Conqueror ***
The Moroccan IT Distribution Sector *** Turmoil in the Moroccan
Socialist World after Election Defeat *** UN Committee Against
Torture Rules on and Reviews Tunisian Cases *** Earthquake
Readiness: Substandard Housing is Major Risk for Algerian
Cities *** Profile: Morocco's Legal Islamist Political
Party PJD *** and more |
|
203rd.
issue
12-26-2007
Included in this issue: What's Behind the Reversal of Tunisia
Hijab Ban? *** Eni to Pour Billions in North Africa, Secures
Long-Term Supply of Oil and Gas *** Paris' Commercial Diplomacy
Enhances French Companies' Competitiveness in North Africa:
The Alstom Case *** A Brief Look at Maghreb's Retirement
Regimes *** Consolidation and Modernization of the Libyan
Banking Sector Underway *** Despite Being a Leader in North
Africa Financial Sector, Morocco Boasts Low Consumer Banking
Adoption. *** Foreign Currency Exchange and its Impact on
the Algerian Economy *** Latest North Africa Oil and Gas
Activity Roundup *** and more |
|
202nd.
issue
12-26-2007
Included in this issue: Managing PR in North Africa: Avoiding
Crisis Management Mode *** Case Study: Terramin's Position
"We Are Going To Deliver a Modern Mine at Tala Hamza"
*** StatoilHydro Faces Probe for Possible Corruption in
Libya Oil Venture *** Tunisia Wants to Use More Privatization
Proceeds to Lower Debt *** Algeria's Foreign Currency Reserves
Hit New Record High *** Profile of Moussa Koussa, Head of
Libya's Foreign Intelligence Services *** 1H07 Corporate
Results and Outlook: ONA, BCP, Attijariwafa Bank and Brasseries
Du Maroc *** and more |
|
201st,
issue
12-26-2007
Included in this issue: Boeing vs. Airbus: The Libyan Battleground
*** French Automakers Seek More Relocation to the Maghreb
for Manufacturing and Servicing *** What Role for France
in the Mediterranean? ***
Corporate Profile: Risma Morocco
*** Abbas El-Fassi to Form New Government in Morocco
*** Algeria’s
East-West Highway
and its Environmental Impact *** Will Morocco Have its High-Speed
Train on the Horizon? *** and more. |
|
200th.
issue
12-26-2007
In this issue: Food: A Summer of High Prices in North
Africa *** Accor's Maghreb Expanssion *** Risma
Holdings Acquires Hilton Rabat from Emirotel, Strengthening
Accor's Position. *** French Hotel Group Accor to Strengthen
its Position in Algeria *** French Companies Continue to Gain
Momentum in Algerian Infrastructure Market *** Why Moroccan
Consumers Won't Pay Higher Fuel Prices *** Algeria's
New Russian Military Equipment Tested on the Battleground
*** Libya's
Reluctant Recognition of its Amazigh Heritage *** and more
|
|
199th
issue
07-29-2007
Topics include: The End of the Bulgarian Medics Debacle:
A Franco-Libyan Victory of Sorts *** North Africa's Water
Crisis: The Moroccan Case *** Libya Privatizes Sahara Bank,
Sells 19% Stake to BNP Paribas *** Tunisia's Domestic Airliner Tuninter Changes
Name *** Active Summer Season for the Petroleum Sector in
Tunisia *** KBR to Build a $2.8 Billion LNG
Plant in Algeria
*** etc. |
|
198th.
issue
07-06-2007
Topics include: What to do with Guantanamo’s
Algerian Prisoners? *** Morocco to Import a Million Tons
of Cereal Following Poor Harvest and Rising Grain Prices
*** Maghreb Banking Sector Review *** Current State of the
Investment Climate in Algeria and Morocco *** Travel Agents
in Tunisia Angry at Air France for Commission Reduction,
Travelers to Pay More *** Temporary Break in Moroccan Real
Estate Pricing Frenzy *** Algerian Industrial Gas Maker
Sold to German Group in a Transaction Criticized by Labor
Unions *** and more |
|
197th.
issue
07-06-2007
Topics include: Tense Security Situation in North Africa
Forces Algeria and Libya to Talk of Cooperation *** Libya
Attracts Oil Industry Heavyweights *** Shrinking Trade between
Libya and Morocco but Opportunities Abound *** Uncertainty
over Economic Growth Outlook in Morocco as Malaise Sets
In *** Algeria Confronted with Growing EU Imports Almost
tow Years after their Assoc, Agreement is Lauched *** Drought
to Reduce Agricultural Output and Limit Economic Growth
in Morocco *** Higher Penetration of Internet Broadband
into Mainstream and the Extinction of Cybercafés in Morocco
*** and more |
|
196th.
issue
Topics include: Libya’s 2007 Power Sector Review and Outlook
*** Ivory Trafficking on the Rise in Eastern Algeria ***
North African Tourists to Tunisia Surpass European Entries
in 1Q07 *** Algeria to Get Billions of Dollars of Real Estate
Investments, Emaar of UAE Expands in North Africa *** Casablanca
Stock Exchange Undergoes Major Correction *** Embryonic
Electronic Commerce in Tunisia *** and more |
|
195th.
issue
Topics include Strategic Insight: Mauritania Outlook ***
Impact of Overheating Construction Sector in Morocco ***
Egypt’s Orascom Ups its Investments in Algeria with New
Ammonia and Cement Plants *** ALGERIA'S FIRST FINANCIAL
SCANDAL *** Casablanca’s Troubled Billboard Scene *** New
Chinese Telecom Equipment for Algerian and Moroccan Buyers
*** Statoil Tests Appraisal Well in the Hassi Mouina, Algeria,
Prepares to Shoot Seismic in Libya *** Maghreb Minerals
Scales Back Algerian Operation, Ups its Tunisia Business
*** and more. |
|
194th.
issue
02-25-2007
Topics include: RISK ANALYSIS: Should North Africa Brace
for More Terror Attacks? --- Libya’s
Tough Balancing Act: Opening to Market Economy or Supporting
Consumption? ---- Maroc Telecom Records Strong Growth in
2006, Expands Through Acquisitions ---- Algerian-German
Trade Talks Lead to New Business Deals ---- New Arab and
American Investment Funds Make their Debut in the North
Africa’s Maghreb Region --- Société Générale Enters Mortgage
Lending Business in Algeria, Plans Sustained Expansion There
--- Sotheby’s Enters Luxury Real Estate Market in Morocco
--- European and Japanese Contractors Win Trans-Mediterranean
Gas Pipeline Contract --- The Casablanca Stock Exchange:
Performance and Outlook --- and more. |
|
193rd.
issue
02-25-2007
Topics include: THE ISLAMISTS' GROWING MOMENTUM IN MOROCCAN
POLITICS ---- 2007 IS STRONG YEAR FOR ARAB INVESTMENT IN
ALGERIA --- REAL ESTATE TOPS EXPATRIATES INVESTMENTS IN
MOROCCO --- GENERAL ELECTRIC SEEKS MORE BUSINESS IN ALGERIA
AFTER JEFF IMMELT'S VISIT THERE --- ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
IN MOROCCO AND ALGERIA FACING PEAK DEMAND AND RISKS OF BLACKOUTS
---- MOROCCO LIBERALIZES CURRENCY EXCHANGE BUSINESS ----
SMOOTH SAILING FOR THE NEW REGIME IN MAURITANIA ---- RACE
FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL POST IN MAURITANIA BEGINS --- STATE
OF EMPLOYMENT IN MOROCCO'S POLICE FORCES --- and more
|
|
192nd.
issue
02-25-2007
Topics include: Sonatrach Ups Stakes in Medgaz Pipeline
Project After BP and Total Relinquished Theirs --- Tunisia-Libya
to Liberalize their Trade Flow --- Growing Use of Erectile
Dysfunction Medicines in Morocco ---- Tunisia's Shoe Industry
Faces Asian Competition and Poor Internal Workings --- Algeria:
2007 Economic Outlook Summary --- Corporate Profile: BCP
---- Talks with Cheniere Could Open US Market to Algerian
LNG --- and more |
|
191st
issue
02-25-2007
Topics include: The Fear of Open Debate and Alternative
Political Opinion in the Arab World ---- Free-Trade Agreements
Not Yet in Favor of Morocco ---- CPA: First Algerian Bank
to be Privatized --- Morocco's Foreign Debt Down, Domestic
One on the Rise --- Kuwaiti Investors Look at North African
Opportunities --- The Moroccan Construction And Public Works
Sector: Industry Analysis --- Weak Port Infrastructure Challenges
Algeria's Trade Competitiveness ---- Are Slowing Imports
Bad for the Economy? --- No-Guarantee Mortgage Loans Make
their Debut in the Moroccan Market --- and more |
|
190th.
issue
10-11-2006
Topics include: Should the Banned Islamist Opponents in
Algeria Allowed to Resume Political Activity? --- When Globalization
Hurts Western Economies: Anxiety over French Business Relocations
to North Africa --- Central Bank of Tunisia Raises Key Rate
by 25 Basis Points to 5.25% --- Soaring Meat Import in Algeria
with End of Import Ban --- Morocco and Tunisia: Europe's
Next Retirement Hubs --- Inside Algeria's Informal Currency
Exchange Market --- State of the Insurance Market in Algeria
and Morocco --- Algeria’s Assets Abroad --- A Good 2005
for Morocco’s Steel Makers --- and more. |
|
189th.
issue
Topics include: North Africa’s Oil Money: Unhealthy Protectionism,
Legitimate Sovereign Policy or Political Struggle --- Despite
Improvements in their Countries' Economies and Positive
Outlook, Households in North Africa Face Tough Budget Crunch
--- Growing Libyan-Tunisian Trade Benefits the Tunisian
Sahara: Toward Open Border Policy --- Morocco’s Economy
in the First Half of 2006 and Outlook --- Libya’s Oil Sector:
Toward Resource Nationalism By: Geoff Porter --- Central
Bank of Tunisia Maintains Same Key Rate --- White Collar
Crime: Busy Fall Season for Morocco’s Legal System --- and
more |
|
188th.
issue
Topics include: The Other Battle of Algiers, The Fast Disappearing
Affordable Housing in Rabat: Land Shortages, Massive Projects
and Soaring Real Estate Prices, Asian Construction and Engineering
Companies’ Foray into Libya, Orascom’s Impressive Results
in North Africa, As Deadline for Insurgents to Surrender
Expires, Algerian Military Goes on the Offensive, Debt Pre-Payment
Brings Algeria’s Remaining Foreign Debt to Under 4% of GDP
or 10% of 2006 Exports, The Organized Distribution Sector
in Tunisia: Overview, With Tough Foreign Competition, Morocco’s
Drinks Labels Face Tough Times, and more |
|
187th
issue
Topics include: Algeria’s Referendum on the Constitution:
Democracy versus Continuity and Stability?, What’s Ahead
for the Moroccan Privatization Program?, North Africa Airline:
Industry Update, Moulay Hafid Elalamy New Head of CGEM,
The Sorry State of the Internet in Algeria, On Going Battle
Over Urban Transport Concession in Rabat, Industrial Unrests
Intensify in Morocco, and more |
|
186th.
issue
Topics include: North Africa’s Worsening Divisions, U.S.-Libyan
Relations in a Honeymoon Period?, Algeria’s Premiership:
The Reasons of a Sacking, Morocco to Go Ahead with Nuclear
Power Plant and Looks for Renewable Energy Sources, Tunisia's
Alkimia Expands in Algeria and Eyes Investment in Saudi
Arabia, Tunisia’s Karthago Airlines, and more |
|
185th.
Issue
Topics include: Washington's Oil Diplomacy, The Corporate
Status in Morocco to Get a Facelift, US Removes Libya from
Terror List, Renews Diplomatic Relations, Algeria Speeds
up Debt Reimbursement,Dubai Holding to Pour Billions in
Moroccan Property and Travel Sectors, High Oil Prices Remain
a Problem for Tunisia, Industry and Manufacturing in Libya
are Petroleum-Centric, Privatization in Algeria on the Fast
Track, Sonatrach Hires a Japanese Firm to up Safety in 14
Industrial Sites, to Spend $750M in Upgrades, Old Vehicles
Dominate in Morocco, Two Years After an Overhaul of the
Family Law, Gender Equality is far from Being Achieved in
Morocco, and more |
|
184th.
Issue
04-18-2006
Topics include: North Africa’s
Own Defense Buildup: Regional Risk or Legitimate Decision?
-- Oil to Boost Economic Growth in Mauritania
-- Eyes on Mauritanian Oil -- Europe in Search of a Balanced
Immigration Policy -- The Road to Succession in Libya:
Brothers Jockeying for Power -- Higher Prices for the Other
Oil: Spanish Firms Targeting Moroccan Olive Production --
Open Sky Agreement with EU Bodes Well for Morocco's
Tourism Industry -- Hydrocarbon Law Exposes Sonatrach to
Poaching -- and more |
|
183rd.
Issue
04-18-2006
Topics include: America and the Western Sahara Conflict
-- Kaddafi's Security, Continuity and Reform Agenda: Why
Ghanem Was Removed from Prime Ministry -- Italian Caricature
T-shirt Incident Exposes the Troubled Relationship Between
Italy and Libya -- Tension Between Libya and Italy, Talks
on Compensation Over Italy's Colonial Role Underway -- Women
Enter the Islamic Clergy in Morocco, to Challenge Men's
Dominance of Religious Hierarchy -- Morocco Prepares to
Launch a New Anti-Drugs Program -- Targeted by a Hostile
Bid from Mittal Steel, Arcelor Buys 50% of Morocco's Sonasid
-- Alcatel of France Beats China's Huawei and ZTE for GSM/GPRS
Extension Project in Tunisia -- First Implementation of
Algerian Hydrocarbons Law: New Regulatory Agencies Begin
Work -- Impact of High Petroleum Prices on Maghreb Nations:
2005 Assessment, and more |
|
182nd.
Issue
04-18-2006
Topics include: A Lesson from Denmark -- Arab Investors
Knock at Morocco's Doors -- The CASABLANCA Stock Exchange:
2005 Review and 2006 Outlook -- Sonatrach: The Road Ahead
-- Algeria Seeks Extradition of Alleged Bank Fraud Masterminds
-- Moroccan Households Spent $800 Million to Celebrate Aid
El-Adha -- Renault Seeks to Acquire Another 14% Stake in
Moroccan Auto Assembler Somaca -- Tunisia Looks for a Partner
to Build and Operate a Second Petroleum Refinery, and more
|
|
181st.
Issue
Topics include: Permanent High Oil Prices and Their Impact
on North Africa *** Eni in North Africa: Leveraging Proximity
to Expand Oil and Gas Exploration and Marketing *** Avian
Flu: How Prepared is Morocco? *** North Africa Works
to Avert Avian Flu Outbreak with the Help of FAO *** Former
Terrorist Chief Revelations Reignite Debate Over Algeria's
Clemency Law *** British Telecom Eyes Equity Participation
in Algerian Telecom Firm *** Suez Environment to Take Over
Algiers Water and Wastewater Operation in March 2006 ***
Russia-Ukraine Gas Dispute Forces Rethinking on a Timetable
for the Construction of an Algeria-Italy Pipeline *** and
more. |
|
180th.
Issue
Topics include: Europe's Challenge of an Aging Population
*** Mauritania at Crossroad *** Rough Sailing for Tunisie
Telecom *** While the Algerian President was in Hospital,
His Men Jockeyed for Power *** Algeria-Morocco Show Opposite
Trade Profiles *** Libya's Economic Revival and Tunisia's
Appetite for Oil Boost Trade Between the Two *** Morocco
Braces for the Return of European Fishermen *** Franchising
Makes its Debut in Algeria *** Gloomy Outlook for Algeria's
Cybercafés as Internet Penetration of Households Ramps Up
*** Moroccan Textile Makers See Increase Orders and Anticipate
a Better 2006 Outlook *** Oasis Group to Resume Operation
in Libya after a Near 20 Year Absence *** Millions of Sheep
to Celebrate Eid El-Adha in North Africa |
|
179th.
issue
Topics include: Implementation of Free-Trade With U.S. Forces
Reform on Moroccan Agriculture Sector *** A Badly Wounded
France *** Chinese Companies Continue to Strengthen their
Positions in North Africa *** Morocco: Still Looking for
Oil *** BMCE Bank Gets Regulator OK for Stock Buyback ***
Partial Elections in Algeria: Berber Parties FFS and RCD
Regain Momentum in the Kabylie Region *** Algeria's State-Owned
Maritime Shipping Firm CNAN Seeks Way out of Trouble ***
and more |
|
178th.
issue
Topics include: Government Sponsored Programs to Boost Computer
Sales in Algeria and Tunisia
*** Rabat to Phase Out Urban
Transport Unit, Plans for a New Commuter Scheme *** Cevital's
Expansion Plans *** Aeronautic Outsourcing in Morocco Faces
Tough Competition *** Canadian Cygam Acquires Participation
in Tunisian Oil Project, Tunisia to Expand Exploration
Acreage *** and more |
|
177th.
issue
Topics include: Morocco's Illegal Migration Anxiety ---
The Algerian Banking Sector: The Long Road Ahead --- CDG
of Morocco Expands its Scope with Larger Equity Investments
--- Honeywell Wins a $10 Million Maintenance Contract in
Algeria, Strengthens Operations There --- North African
Companies As Foreign Investors in their Own Region --- Prices
of Medicines in Morocco to Remain High --- Gulf Keystone
Gets Approval for Algerian Exploration License --- Eni’s
Strengthens its Position in North Africa’s Oil and Gas Exploration
Sector --- and more. |
|
176th.
issue
Topics include: Reconciliation in Algeria and the Kabyle
Question --- The Rise of Oil Prices: Not All Maghreb Countries
Are Equal --- Global Oil Giants to Compete for Exploration
Licenses in Libya --- North African Nations Adopt New Fishing
Regulations --- A Marriott Hotel Planned for 2007 in Algiers
--- Back to School Season in Full Swing in North Africa
--- and more |
|
175th.
issue
Topics covered include: Uncontrolled Expansion and the End
of the Batam Group in Tunisia --- Update on the Moroccan
Privatization Program --- Algeria's Untapped Vine Growing
Potential, But Negative Outlook --- Prudent Growth of Morocco's
Household and Consumer Credit --- ACC-Orascom Cement Plant
in Algeria to Double Capacity, Algeria to Halt Cement Import
in 2006 --- The Algerian Textile Industry in Precarious
State --- Sizing Morocco's Government Owned Land and Real
Estate --- Tunisian PC Makers to Face Foreign Competition
--- The Luxury Spa Business in Morocco --- France Continues
to Deny its esponsibilities For its Nuclear Tests in Algeria
and Polynesia --- and more |
|
174th.
issue
Topics include: Weak Performance for the Moroccan Export
Sector in 1H05. Exports Down 5.5% Year on Year --- Algeria-E.U.
Partnership: Implementation to Begin Next Month Amid Fear
Over its Impact in Algeria
--- The End of Tunisia's Inesfood --- U.S. Diplomacy Helps
Secure the Release of Moroccan Prisoners Held by the Polisario
Front --- Libya's
Structural Problems Hinder Economic Diversification and
Foreign Investment --- and more. |
|
173rd.
issue
Topics include: A Look at Algeria's Employment Policy --
Moroccan Textile Industry Waits for Government Bailout --
Citizens' Movement in the Berber Region of Algeria Scores
a Big Political Victory: Government to Dissolve Unpopular
Local and Regional Assemblies -- Morocco's Dismal Prenatal
And Maternal Mortality Record -- Strong Activity in Construction
and Infrastructure Building Boosts Moroccan Cement Sales
in 1H05 --Siemens Hired by Orascom Algeria for a Network
Expansion, to Supply GPRS System To Tunisiana |
|
172nd.
issue
Topics include: Smuggling Along the Algerian-Moroccan Border
-- The Unusual Competition: Algerian Regions Compete for
a New Oil Refinery -- Morocco Faces Strong Likelihood of
Economic Contraction -- Algeria’s Foreign Currency Stock
Nears $50 billion -- Moroccan Rail Service Shows Strong
Activity -- Lufthansa to Announce New Algerian Destination
– and topics |
|
171st.
issue
08-10-2005
Topics include: British Gas Group in Tunisia -- Moroccan Prime Minister
Jettou's Top Three Challenges -- The Libyan Market for Cosmetics,
Hygiene Products and Perfume -- Sluggish Casablanca Stock
Exchange Gets a Boost from Maroc Telecom -- Tunisia Trade
with France Shows €41.3 Million Deficit – and other topics
|
|
170th.
issue
Topics include: Business Creation in Morocco -- A North
African Television in the Offing -- Sonatrach to Establish
a Lubricant Research Center -- Sonatrach Takes Over Ownership
of Tassili Airlines -- Algeria to Spend $50 Billion on Economic
Recovery -- Dubai Holding to Invest $300 Million in Tunisia
-- Eni and Sonatrach to Invest on Transmediterranean Pipeline’s
Output Expansion -- And other topics |
|
169th.
issue
Topics include: Bouteflika Wants a Policy Implementation
Team -- Tunisia Seeks Efficient Water Management -- Moroccan
Auto Market Expands 19.7% Year on Year in 1Q05, Renault
Top Vendor -- Morocco Imports First Batch of Cows After
Removing Ban -- France Telecom Makes Inroad Into the Algerian
Satellite -- Moroccan Oil Refiner Samir Announces 14% Increase
in Profit for Fiscal '04 -- Air France to Reduce Fares to
and from Algeria, to Add New Flights this Summer -- Asthma
Kills 2,000 People in Algeria – and more |
|
168th.
issue
Topics include: Moroccan Media Market Up in 2004, Uncertainty
in 2005 -- BHP, BP, Shell, and Gulf Keystone Win Exploration
Bids in Algeria- Sonatrach to Compete With Foreign -- Widespread
Money Laundering in the Moroccan Economy -- The Algerian
Milk Market -- The Libyan Fruit and Vegetable Market --
The Maghreb Region and the Euro-Mediterranean Investment
and Partnership (FEMIP) -- French Internet Company Enters
the Tunisian Market – and more |
|
167th.
issue
Topics include: Algeria to Spend $10 Billion on Water Infrastructure
by 2009 -- Accor to Build More Hotel Properties in Morocco
-- Tension Over the Potential Closing of State Construction
Firms in Algeria -- Algeria Wants to Ban the Import of Used
Vehicles -- Moroccan Textile Industry Seeks Government Help
-- North African Farmers Brace for Potential Losses Due
to Harsh Weather -- Rebound of the Tourism Sector in Morocco,
Expatriates Exceeded Foreign Entries in ’04 – and more
|
|
166th.
issue
Topics include: Fast Start for Libya
this Year *** New Case of Fraud in Algeria’s
Private Banking *** French Cereal Exporters to Morocco Face
Formidable Competitors *** Women Continue to Advance in
Algeria Despite Resistance from Conservative Religious Groups
*** Morocco Braces for Universal Health Insurance *** Despite
their Small Population, Engineers Rule the Public Administration
in Morocco
*** and more |
|
165th.
issue
Topics include: 2004, A Good Year for Libya
*** When Corporate Fraud Fuels the Informal Market in Morocco *** Morocco
and Tunisia’s
Population Census Results *** A Review of Algeria’s Enterprise
Upgrade Program *** France to Ratify Investment Protection Agreement
with Libya,
Hopes to Raise its Market Share There *** etc. |
|
164th.
issue
Topics include: The Privatization of Maroc Telecom: Vivendi
in Control *** The Moroccan Cement Sector Facing Globalization
*** Algeria Rescucitates Plan to Liberalize the Petroleum
Sector, to Privatize Three State Banks *** Lydec Expected
to Enter the Casablanca Bourse in 2005 *** Public Sector
in Algeria to Fund Construction of 1 Million Housing Units
by 2009 *** Impact of a Weak Dollar on Moroccan Businesses
*** Proposed Petroleum Law in Algeria in Debate Again ***
Sluggish summer for Moroccan Businesses *** The Moroccan
State Ownership of Business Entities *** High Insulin Prices
in Morocco |
|
163rd.
issue
Topics include: Disagreements Between Government and Parliament
Members in Algeria Threaten Coalition Cabinet *** “North
Africa Will Provide Close To Half Of European Gas Imports
By 2010," Prospex Report Shows *** Spain’s Repsol and
Gas Natural to Invest $2.1 Billion in Gas Development in
Algeria *** Moroccan Telecom Regulator Approves New Fixed
Telephony Liberalization Plan *** Lower DSL Prices in Tunisia
*** ABB Gets $90 Million Contract in Algerian Gas Pipeline
Sector *** Trade Deficit Widens in Morocco *** etc
|
|
162nd.
issue
Topics include: First Doses of Market Economy to Hit Libya
*** Telecom Firms in Morocco Bullish on ADSL Business, See
Booming Demand in ‘05 *** Ramadan in Algeria: Declining
Economic Activity But Massive Rise in Household Spending
*** TV Viewing in Ramadan and the Increase of the Cost of
Advertisement in Morocco *** Algiers Launches Offensive
Against Informal Markets, To Reorganize Distribution Sector
*** Morocco to Launch a Large-Scale Destoning Program, Releases
Data on 2004 Forest Fires *** Record Foreign Currency Reserves
in Algeria Expected, Maintains Trade Surplus *** ect.
|
|
161st.
issue
10-28-2004
[October 2004] - Topics include: V Day for Ben Ali and the
Ruling RCD Party and What’s Ahead for the Tunisian Economy
== Crisis of Confidence in the Private Banking Sector in
Algeria == Malaise and Battle for Leadership at the Moroccan
Business Federation CGEM == Is Batam of Tunisia Moving Toward
Liquidation? == A Look at South Africa-Algeria Economic
Ties == To Catch Up With Lost Opportunities, Belgium
Launches Business Offensive in Algeria ... |
|
160th.
issue
10-28-2004
[October 2004] - Topics include: Despite a 4.4% Economic
Growth in 1H04, Morocco Braces for a Tough 2005 == European
Firms Make Inroads in Libya == Assessing Morocco’s New Family
Law Nine Months After its Enactment == Companies Rush to
Get a Share of the Newly Opened Red Meat Import Business
in Algeria == Algeria-France Establish Joint High Council
on Education and Research, Open New Business School == CMKD
Spends MAD 300 Million to Renovate Farah Hotel Chain Amid
Sluggish Business Travel Market ... |
|
159th.
issue
10-28-2004
[October 2004] - Topics include: Chinese Telecom Equipment
Makers Strengthen their Position in the North African Market
== Sonatrach and Oil Companies Sign Eight Production Sharing
Agreements, Issues New Tenders == Morocco: Too Many Newspapers,
Not Enough Readers == Morocco 2005 Draft Budget to be Submitted
to Parliament on October 20 == Algeria and Iran Seal their
Rapprochement After Years of Tension... |
|
158th.
issue
10-28-2004
[October 2004] - Topics include: The Libyan Food Distribution
Sector == Fishing: Morocco Confronts a Stagnating Sector,
Resumes Talks with Spain for a New Fishing Accord == Tunisia-Turkey
Sign Free-Trade Pact == European Arms Traders to Turn to
Libya for New Opportunities == Libya-Italy Gas Pipeline
Completed... |
|
157th.
issue
10-28-2004
[September 2004] -- Topics include: Independent Opinion
at Eve of Elections in Tunisia: An Interview with Ms. Neila
Charchour === Comparing Maghreb Countries’ Business Environments
=== GSM Market Heats Up in Algeria, Prices Down === Redistribution
of State Farmland to Private Investors is Source of Fear
Among Moroccan Farmers === Survey Profiles Tunisian Consumers
=== Algerian Electricity Firm Eyeing the European Market
=== Booming Call Center Business in Morocco === Central
Bank of Morocco Proposes New Anti Money Laundering Laws
|
|
156th.
issue
10-28-2004
[September 2004] -- Topics include: Algeria Introduces Important
Amendments to Social Laws and Pushes for More Gender Equality
== Libya Needs Major Reforms to Attract Foreign Investors
Outside of the Petroleum Sector == Trade and Investment
in Tunisia and Morocco: Mid-Year Assessment == Shifting
Responsibility on Managing Illegal Immigration, Libya to
Open Temporary Host Centers == Algerian Labor Union Chief
Sidi-Said Increasingly Isolated == Two Small Introductions
in the Tunis Stock Exchange this Fall == Census Begins in
Morocco |
|
155th.
issue
09-07-2004
Topics include: New Wave of Introductions Into the Casablanca
Stock Exchange Starts in 2005, Massive Spending up to 2008
to Stimulate the Algerian Economy and Improve Living Conditions,
Strong Momentum in the Maghreb Auto Market But Growing Competition
for Leadership, Morocco's Latest Agriculture and Industrial
Activity Indicators, Tunisian Expatriates' Contribution
to the Economy on the Rise, Cereal Campaign on Track in
Algeria but June Rains and Yellow Rust to Impact on up to
10% of Production, Skyrocketing Land Prices in Casablanca,
Tension Over the Price of Flour in Algeria, The Long-Term
Aging of the Moroccan Population, Groupe Chaabi of Morocco
Seeks to Expand in Sub-Sahara Africa, Bush Endorses US-Morocco
FTA, Moroccan Parliament to Ratify it in Fall, Massive Spending
up to 2008 to Stimulate the Algerian Economy and Improve
Living Conditions, Algeria Legalizes Electronic Signature
and Issues New Measures in Banking |
|
154th.
issue
09-07-2004
Topics include: With a $2.4 Billion Package France Reinforces
its Economic Presence in Algeria, Improved Economy in Tunisia
but Banking Sector Needs More Discipline and Inflation Controlled,
Morocco Looks at Britain for New Sources of Tourists, S&P
Report Confirms the Strength of French Banks in North Africa,
In a Move to Appease Tension Between Algeria and Morocco
King Mohammed Removes Visa Requirement for Algerian Tourists
but Lukewarm Reaction in Algiers, Summer Heat Wave and the
Rise of Poultry Prices in Morocco, Reorg of Utility Firm
Sonelgaz Paves the Way for Private Investment in Power and
Gas Distribution and Generation in Algeria |
|
153rd.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: $10 Billion to be Invested in Libya’s Power
Sector in the next 8 Years, More Spending on Petroleum Import
in Tunisia, Can Morocco Eradicate its Shantytowns in Less
Than a Decade?, Algeria and Tunisia Seek Partial Privatization
of State Telecom Firms, Signs of Rebound in Hotel Construction
in Morocco, Operator of Samir Oil Refinery in Morocco Seeks
More Concessions, and more. |
|
152nd.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Morocco the World’s Biggest Supplier of
Cannabis, Tunisair to Announce Improved Results Narrows
its Losses, Algeria to Abolish Death Penalty But Not for
Acts of “Terrorism, Treason, Infanticide and Parricide”,
Octopus Fishing in Morocco: A Failed Season, Novo Nordisk
to Produce Drugs in Algeria, Morocco Has New Plan to Develop
Fixed Telephony Sector, The Remaining Obstacles to Algeria’s
Entry in the WTO, and more. |
|
151st.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Oil and Gas: Libya Has Third Largest Reserve
of Gas in Africa, Seeks to Double Production, $5.5 Billion
for Infrastructure Projects in Morocco, Orascom: From Two
Million GSM Subscribers in Algeria to a $30 Million Mediterranean
Fiber Optic Cable and a Cement Plant in M’Sila, Exploring
the Moroccan Printer Market, Moroccan Banks Allowed to Offer
Commodity Trading Services to Importers, Algeria Seeks Contractors
to Build and Operate Two Seawater Desalination Plants in
the West of the Country, Embryonic Call Center Market in
Algeria, etc. |
|
150th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Is The Moroccan Economy Growing Sufficiently?,
Sonatrach’s International Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Tunisian
Garment and Textile Makers Enter the British Market, Vanco
Searches for Oil Offshore Morocco, Algeria’s Entry Into
WTO: Busy Month for Algerian Trade Negotiators. Issues on
Banking, Agriculture and Energy Prices Remain, No Regulation
on the Import of GM Food in Morocco,
and more. |
|
149th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Non-Hydrocarbon Exports in Sharp Decline
in Algeria.
Red Tape and Bureaucracy Cripple Export Activity, Club Med
Strategy in Morocco, Orascom Algerie, “Biggest Non-Oil Foreign
Private Investor in Algeria”, CEO, CIC Paris Acquires 10%
of BMCE Bank, BCP Bank of Morocco to Launch an IPO at MAD
680 per Share, French SMBs Seek Business in Algeria, Tunisian
Domestic Airline Tuninter Records Small Profit, LG Electronics
Plans Sales Boost in Morocco, and more. |
|
148th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Mix Reactions on Cabinet Reshuffle in Morocco, Moroccan Industries Facing Globalization,
Sizing the Informal Sector in Algeria,
Slowing Down French Relocation of Call Centers to the Maghreb,
Algeria-Japan: Economic Recovery in Both Countries Could
Lead to Better Ties, and more. |
|
147th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: American Investments in Algeria Neared $3
Bil. in 2003, Output in Algeria Up 24% in 2003: $1.2 Billion
Poured in Agriculture in the Past 3 Years, Reforming State-Owned
Banks in Morocco, Octopus Fishing in Tunisia Hits Record
Low, French Economic Interest on the Rise in Algeria, Focus
on Petroleum Industry, Maroc Telecom Seeks Floatation in
2005, Risk of Liquid Steel Production Decline at Ispat Plant
this Summer, Morocco to Lift Ban on Dairy Cow Imports But
Stringent Restrictions Will Remain, |
|
146th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: A Lingering Conflict Wrecks Havoc in the
Kabylie Region, From Importer Morocco to Exporter Algeria.
North African Countries Cope Differently with Rising Oil
Prices, Tunisia's
Banque Du Sud Privatization Underway, GSPC Terrorist Organization
Gets New Leader, Positive Momentum in the Moroccan Economy,
But Mix Signals from Industrial Sector, Algeria Cracks Down
on Cannabis Trafficking, Spanish Consortium Wins Second
Water Desalination Project in Algeria, and more. |
|
145th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Vatican Advisory Note is a Setback to Interfaith
Dialogue and Reconciliation, When A Non-Recognized Rebel
Movement Captures a Notorious Terrorist, DH 10 Billion for
Suburban Expansion Between Rabat and Salé, Octopus Fishing
Resumes in Morocco After Eight Months of Biological Rest,
Foreign Currency Stock Could Top $40 Billion at Yearend
in Algeria, Employers Government and Unions in Morocco Make
Progress Toward a New Labor Law, Saidal Says it Has 40%
Share of the Algerian Drugs Market, A Booming Security Market:
One Year After the Casablanca Terror Attack, Companies Focus
on Security, and more. |
|
144th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Embarking on a New Development Course in
Mauritania, More Consolidation in the Financial Sector in
Morocco, Depleted Fish Stocks and Impoverished Cities, The
Return of Libya, Timid Liberalization Weak Performance,
Tension on the Chlorinated Product Market in Algeria, A
Thriving Public Phone System Despite Strong Mobile Phone
Sector, Algeria to Redraw Territorial and Administrative
Map and Reform Local and Regional Governments, Chinese Companies
Explore for Export Opportunities in the Maghreb, and more.
|
|
143rd.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Differentiating Bouteflika's Economic Program
to that of Rival Benflis, North Africa Braces for a New
and Fast Growing Desert Locust Plague, First Quarter Ends
with Good Discovery Record for Sonatrach, Review of French-Algeria
Trade and Morocco's Export Competitiveness, First Metro
Subway Line in Algiers to Open in 2007, High-Speed Trains
in Planning, Maroc Telecom Releases Higher Results, Will
Focus on Internet Access and DSL for Future Growth, Assessing
the Damages from the Quake in El-Hoceima, Algeria: Government
Re-enters the Academic Book Market, Morocco Targets Germany
in New Tourism Marketing Wave, Shell Reenters Libya and
Explores New Opportunities in Algeria, |
|
142nd.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: FIAT HALF WAY OUT OF MOROCCO, Mecca-Cola
Breaks Relations with its Moroccan Affiliate, Algeria and
China Deepen Cooperation With Oil And Gas Agreement, Germany
Resolves Libya Debt Wrangle Paving Way For Investment, Algeria's
Biggest Islamic Rebel Group Split By Rift Diminished By
Raid, France's Bouygues Starts Work To Shore Up Morocco's
Grand Mosque, The Financial Sector: Algeria's Weakest Link,
|
|
141st. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Morocco's Carpet Exports Face Tough Competition,
Spain And Morocco: A Love-Hate Relationship Over History
And Territory, Uncertain Prospect in Domestic Airline Business
in Algeria, Fitch Rates BMCE Capital and Wafa Gestion: Good
Grade for the First, Caution for the Second,Consolidation
in the Moroccan Financial Sector: Two Important Mergers
Create Morocco's Biggest Financial and Insurance Groups,
Ali Kittani and the Rise of the Wafa Enterprise, Meditel
Announces 3.2 Million Subscribers, Rival Maroc Telecom Has
5 Million, Daewoo Leading Korean Businesses in Algeria,
Libya Attracts European and Australian Oil Companies, Centurion
Energy Announces 3Q03 Results, Hyundai in Algeria, Two Year
Anniversary for the Auto Loan Sector in Algeria, Sonatrach
Issues New Exploration Licenses, Liquidity Crisis Weakens
Tunisian Banks, Telefonica Disqualified Despite Superior
Capabilties, Tunisie Valeurs Review of Somocer Performance:
New Forecast Calls for Lower Sales and Profits, The Algerian
Insurance Industry, and more. |
|
140th. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Global Brands Fight Counterfeit in Morocco
but the Battle is Not Over Yet, Algeria: New Oil Discovery
in the Berkine Basin, Start of Gas Production in Ohanet,
Record Low Prices for Travel Packages to the Imperial City
of Fez, Caterpillar Begins Operations at the Tunisia Power
Plant, United States Boosts Aid To Morocco Partly To Fight
Terrorism, Algeria To Create Two New Cities In Less-Populated
South, Morocco to Switch to New Insulin Standard, Air Algerie
Goes Ahead with Fleet Renewal Program, Domestic Petroleum
Prices- A Thorny Issue for Algeria's Entry into the WTO,
Group of Companies Wins Moroccan Airport Handling Activities
Contract, Wanadoo Introduces High-Speed Internet to its
Moroccan Customers, Moroccan Trade Deficit Widens, Algerian
Legislators Renew Law on Used Auto Import, FedEx Launches
10kg Box and FedEx 25kg Box in Morocco, and more. |
|
139th. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: A Flurry of Activity at Sonatrach Aimed
at Funding Significant Growth, Foreign Investors Control
24% of CSE Capitalization. Moroccan Expatriates Do Not Invest
Enough in the Bourse, Ionics Desalination Project in Algeria:
Much More than an Infrastructure Project, BP Solar Maroc
Wins Chichaoua Electrification Project, French Automaker
Renault Makes Major Steps in Morocco, Petroleum Refinery
Samir: Upgrade and Expansion Investments to Go Ahead Despite
a Series of Setbacks, Libya Eager For Foreign Investment
Ties With US Within Eight Months, Slow Judiciary Hampering
Morocco's Development: World Bank, ProMatic of Canada to
Manufacture Generic Drugs in Tunisia, MedGaz Consortium
Awards Intec Front-End Engineering Design on Trans-Mediterranean
Pipeline, and more. |
|
138th. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: The Challenges Facing Tunisie Telecom, Linux'
Small Presence in Morocco, Searches for Niche Market, Royal
Air Maroc Prepares for the Future Despite A Sluggish Business,
Enor and Goldmines to Begin Joint Operations in the Sahara,
Moroccan Bus Company CTM Joins Eurolines Network, Opens
First Travel Office, BCIA Bank: The Other Scandal, From
Rock-Bottom Rates to Deceptive Marketing: Moroccan Banks
Compete for the Hot Mortgage Market and Get Warning from
the Central Bank, From Entrepreneur Hero to Corporate Villain:
Rafik Khalifa Wanted by Interpol and Algerian Authorities,
|
|
137th.
issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Nationalist Party in Governing Coalition
Wins Most Seats in Morocco's Local Election, Morocco's Islamist
Party Claims Successes in Local Elections, Morocco's Local
Polls to Test Islamism After Casablanca Bombings, Private
Algerian Firm Cevital Goes on Major Expansion and Prepares
to Enter Foreign Markets, Accor Freezes its Novotel Project
in Fez Amid Industry Recession, Power Cuts In Energy-Rich
Algeria, A Look at Morocco's Anti-Counterfeit Laws, Ben
Ali to Run for 4th Term, Libya-US-Britain Agree on Reparation
Terms, Tax Reform Expected to Boost Local Tourism Industry,
Two Tough Desert Fighters Haggle Over Hostages' Fate, and
more. |
|
136th. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: North Africa's Polluted Waters, More Changes
in the Moroccan Beverage Market, Algeria: Privatization
Politics and A Broken Privatization Program, Libya Drafts
Multi-Billion Dollar Plan To Develop Tourism, Algeria’s
2004 Presidential Election: Healthy Competition or Unhealthy
Conspiracy? and more. |
|
135th. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: WTO Asks Algeria to Line Up Domestic and
International Petroleum Prices, Libya Lines Up New Government
in Bid to Liberalize Economy, Moroccan Journalist Jailed
for Slandering King "Near Death": lawyer, Two
Leaders of Banned Algerian Islamic Party to be Freed: Lawyer,
The Negative Impact of State Wages on the Moroccan Economy,
Castel Acquires SBM and Branoma, ONA Divests from the Beer
and Carbonated Drinks Markets, Algerian Banking Sector Undermines
Growth of Small and Mid-Size Businesses, Morocco Speeds
Up Telecom Sector Liberalization, Algerian Exports to Iraq
Stuck in the Red Sea, BMCE Capital Goes South, French Investor
in a Potential Khalifa Bank Acquisition, From Zam-Zam Cola
to Mecca-Cola: Militancy and Politics in the MENA Drinks
Market, At the eve of the presidential elections: Bouteflika
Sacks Prime Minister Benflis Replaces Him with Nationalist
Figure Ouyahia, and more. |
|
134th. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Royal Air Maroc Foresees More Trouble, Tunisair:
The Bumpy Road Ahead, Here Comes Aigle Azur, Algeria to
Buy New Aircraft, Announces Compensation for Victims of
Boeing 737 Crash, Consumers in Morocco to Pay Higher Drug
Prices, The End of the Khalifa Empire, Algeria's Khalifa
Bank In Receivership, Trade Talks Begin Amid Public Protest
in Morocco, and more. |
|
133rd. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Can the Algerian President Avoid the Venezuelan
Experience and Guarantee to Washington
that Petroleum Sector Reform Will Occur? , Algeria Paralyzed
by a General Strike, Maghreb Union: The Quiet Celebration,
North Africans Learn How to Confront Droughts and Floods,
BTEI: From Investment to Universal Banking, A Look at EU
Programs in Algeria, Morocco to Crack Down on Computer Hacking
and Software Piracy, Algerian Government Seeks Way Out of
the Hotel Business, Profiling Morocco's CEOs, Tightening
its Grip in the Algerian Market Ericsson Will Supply Mobile
Phone Network to Algeria, The Challenges of Foreign Investment
in Morocco, With Sales Up 11% in 2002 Saidal is to Announce
Increased Dividends, Railroad Company in Search of Profitability
at Eve of Liberalization of Trucking Industry, and more.
|
|
132nd. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: France Converts Part of Algeria's Debt into
Investment, Money Counterfeiters Use the Maghreb as a Transit
Platform, Moroccan Banking System Facing Growing Small White
Collar Crimes, Tunisia's Telecoms Market To Soar Ninefold
By 2006 On Liberalisation: Report, Algeria Plans Privatizations,
Higher Oil And Gas Exports: Oil Minister, As Foreign Investment
Inflows Collapse in Morocco Expatriates Boost Their Remittances
to Record Highs, Amendments on Misappropriated Farmland
Law to Secure State Ownership of Most Fertile Regions, Algeria's
Heavy Reliance on Hydrocarbon Exports Threatens Chances
of Sustained Long-Term Economic Growth, Siemens Celebrates
its 40th Anniversary in Algeria, Advertising Livens Up Algerian
Television Screens,Tough Times for Start-Ups and Entrepreneurs
in Morocco, How the Start-Up Loan Programs Work: Two Programs
With Overlapping Functions, North African Company to Watch:
Modern Ceramics, Sweeping Changes in the Tobacco Sector
in Morocco, Jordan Egypt Morocco And Tunisia Seal Free Trade
Agreement |
|
131st. issue
07-31-2004
Topics include: Moroccan Consumers to Bail Out Utility Industry
Pension Fund, Menzel Bourguiba Shipyard: A Dying Complex,
A Tense 20 Months for Moroccan-Spanish Relations, Spain-Morocco
Hail Talks But Set No Date for Ambassadors' Return, Spanish
Press Debates Moroccan Fishing Offer Amid Strained Ties,
The Rise of Islamist Labor Organizing in Morocco, EMS Chronopost
Enters Morocco's Express Courier's Market, Ceva-Laval Manufacturing
Project to Cover 15% of Algeria's Animal Drug Needs, Libya
To Attend Summit Despite Request To Withdraw From Arab Group:
Maher, Fire at the Samir Refinery: Impact on the Moroccan
Insurance Sector, and more. |
|
104th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Morocco-EU:FISHERIES TALKS COLLAPSE, Second
GSM License Tender Officially Launched in Tunisia, GERMANY
TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH ALGERIA, Anadarko Resumes Exploration
in Three Blocks in Algeria, Company recommendations:Eqdom,
Maroc Leasing, and SONASID, Coca-Cola Launches New Marketing
Campaign in Morocco, Changes Regional Headquarters, Quick
Profile: Margaret Tutwiler, Showdown at the Algerian Assembly,
and more |
|
103rd. issue
07-28-2004
Topics: IS NORTH AFRICA SHIELDED FROM FOOT & MOUTH?,
Major Fleet Expansion at Khalifa Airways,A Review by CDMC
of Moroccan Company 2000 Results, Tunisair Result Surprises
Market, Maersk Explores Opportunities in Algeria's Shipping
Business, Job creation in Morocco masks shift to informal
sector, Saidal Targets Southern Africa Markets, Investment
and Export Incentives Broadened in Tunisia, ONE to Raise
its Stake in Tahadart Power Plant to 48%, Méditel Cracks
Down on Cell-phone Fraud, Bouygues Fights to Retain Tangier
Port Project, GIA TERRORISTS MEET TO RESTRUCTURE THEIR ORGANIZATION...and
more. |
|
130th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: The Informal Sector in the Maghreb, Major
Disruptions Expected in the Petroleum Sector in Morocco,
Algeria's Main Oil and Gas Projects: BP Top Foreign Investor,
Coca-Cola Sells Two Bottling Units to Spain's Cobega, K&S
Acquires Continental Edison and Plans to Move in a Highly
Competitive Market, EU-Morocco Reach Interim Agreement Over
Tomato Export, Societe Generale to Transform UIB Into Universal
Bank and Plans Entry into Libya, World Bank and Algeria
in Discussion Over a New Reform Program, Maghreb Finance
Intermediation Changes Name to Finergy, Many Companies Operate
Without Insurance Coverage in Morocco, Orascom Construction
Unit Gets First Private Loan from EIB for a Cement Plant
in Algeria, The privatization of a Zoo: Plenty of Interest,
France and Tunisia to Boost Ties, EU Earmarks 122 Million
Euro for Morocco's Meda Share, and more. |
|
129th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: When Competition Divides Automakers in Algeria,
Morocco: A Look at the Draft State Budget, Draft Commerce
Law in Algeria Seeks to Boost Non Petroleum Exports, BMCE
Bank Joins Peers in Share Buyback Program, US Eximbank in
a North African Tour, Tunisia Gets 7th Legal Party As Opposition
FDTL Recognized, Algeria Debates the Future of the Audiovisual
Sector, Hewlett-Packard was Technology Sponsor During ITU
Conference in Marrakech, Insurance Firms to Introduce New
Policy for Natural Disaster Risk, Toward a US-Moroccan Free
Trade Zone, Algeria-South Africa Relations, Air Lib Freezes
its Expansion Projects in Algeria but Maintains Algiers-Paris
Link, Libya Ready To Discuss Upping Payout To French Victims
Of Plane Bombing, Kuwait's Wataniya Buys Half of OTT for
$113.5 Million, Tourist Entry Down Nationwide But Tangier
Shows Positive Signs, and more. |
|
128th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Algerian PM's Party Scores "Convincing
Win" in Local Vote, Moroccan King Appoints Technocrat
as Prime Minister, The King's Tough Decision: Integrating
the Islamists into the Coalition Government or Forcing them
into Opposition, Algeria Enjoys Digital Piracy Boom, Mauritania
Facing Mass Starvation, Ambitious Blanky: Shifting from
Pure Importer to Productive Investor, Algeria Tests Public–Private
Sector Partnership, Late Rains Save Morocco’s Agricultural
Campaign, Bouteflika Courts Spanish Investors, and more
|
|
127th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Sonatrach Seeks Shareholder Position in
Major Global Energy Companies, Saidal and Labor Ministry
Lobby for the Switch to Generic Drugs in Algeria, Telecom:
The Role of Independent Watchdog Regulators, French Companies
Likely to Sell Water Technology to Algeria, Tunisian Farmers
Seek Government Rescue, The Time-Share Sector in Debate
in Tunisia, Morocco Begins to Work on New Public Health
Policy, Royal Air Maroc Fails to Solve Labor Conflicts,
IMTC Acquires Largest Cargo Transporter in Morocco, BCIA
Group Says Launch of Rym Airlines is Imminent, Blanky Group
to Launch Supermarket Chain, Algerian Cabinet Approves 2003
Draft Budget, Campaigning Begins For Moroccan General Election,
Islamic Party Slams Government Record As Morocco Vote Campaign
Starts, and more |
|
126th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Michelin Explores Opportunities in Algeria,
Libyan Oil Capacity Set to Rise, Snecma-Morocco to Save
RAM 25% on Maintenance Bill Amid a Tough Air Travel Environment,
Corporate Profile: ENTMV Algerian Ferry Company, Australian
Companies' Shares Surge After Mauritania Drilling, Sonatrach
to Charter Two Methane Tankers, Forms New Joint Ventures
in Gas Transport, French Unit of Carrier Launches Small
Assembly Operation in Algeria, Drought Forces Tunisia to
Import Cattle Feed for First Time, Mauritania's Acute Water
Shortfall Continues with no Solution in Sight, Drought Expected
to Cut Tunisia Wine Output but Exports Soar, Moroccan Government
Cracks Down On Militants at the Source, 27 Extremists in
Morocco's Jails: Papers, Kadhafi Announces Basic Revision
of Foreign Policy, Press Group Attacks New Jailing of Tunisian
Journalist, Mauritanian Opposition Leader Says Ban on Party
'State Apartheid', Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji in
the Maghreb, and more |
|
125th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Speech on Achievements Highly Criticized:
The Start of the Election Campaign in Morocco, Security
Forces Step Up Operations Amidst Sustained Terror, SNVI
to Resume Talks with Renault and MAN, Khalifa Airways Announced
New Routes, HRW Fears Possible Libyan Chair of UN's Human
Rights Commission, Declining Labor Conflicts in Morocco:
Improvements in Labor Conditions or Temporary Break?, Forestry:
A Devastating Summer, Illegal Immigrants to Top Talks Between
Spain and Morocco, Algerian Currency Weakened by Strong
Euro and Tax Evasion, and more. |
|
124th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Morocco-Spain Diplomatic Crisis, French
Companies Prospect Algeria's Textile and Machinery Markets,
New TV Channel for North Africans in France and Beyond,
Morocco, Egypt Largest GSM Markets in Arab World: Report,
Morrocco Blasts EU's Hard Line on Immigration, Growing Profits
for Pharmaceutical Firm Saidal, Telemax Signs Distribution
Deal with Whirlpool, Sonatrach and Shell sign a Memorandum
of Cooperation and a LNG Master Sales Agreement, ATCO Completes
Multi-Million Dollar Contract for In Salah Gas Project in
Algeria, and more |
|
123rd. issue
07-28-2004
Topics on: Moroccan Pharmaceutical Retail Market in Turmoil,
Further Franco-Algerian Collaboration in the Natural Gas
Sector, More Rain and Cooling Temperatures in Morocco, Utility
Firm Sonelgaz: First Steps Toward Autonomy, Libya launches
project to attract foreign capital, BNDE Bank: The Challenges
of Transformation, Algerian witnesses speak of Le Pen torture,
Amnesty criticizes secretive EU-Algeria contacts, Tunisia
dismisses claims of threats to foreign tourists, and more.
|
|
122nd. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: SPECIAL Maghreb Elections. Also: Khalifa
Group Expands in the Construction Sector Through Acquisition,
Morocco's 1Q02 Trade Data Morocco, Maghreb Union summit
set for June 2002, Algerian Shipping Firm Seeks Global Partner,
Transfer of Moroccan Inmates from Italy Takes Center Stage,
Egypt Reports Progress on Oil, Gas Pipelines Project with
Libya, The Press in Morocco and Mauritania, Algeria and
the Global Oil and Gas Market, and more |
|
121st. issue
07-28-2004
Topics on: Bush Pushes for US-Morocco Free Trade Deal, Moroccan
King in Washington, EU and Algeria Sign Free Trade Accord
in Valencia, Crisis in the KABYLIE, Accor Explores Opportunities
in Algeria, Morocco's Insurance Market, New Privatization
Strategy in Algeria, The Djerba Synagogue Blast, New Role
for the Military Intelligence Unit in Algeria?, The DRS
Power, The Maghreb And The Rise of the Far-Right in France,
Uncertain Future for Industrial Vehicle Firm SNVI, and much
more |
|
120th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Algerian Parliament Passes Law Making Berber
Language National, Did the Government Promise Protection
to Vivendi's Maroc Telecom?, Tunisian Parliament Passes
Reforms Letting Ben Ali Stand Again, The Middle East Crisis
& The Maghreb, Airport Project in Algeria Resurfaces
Again, A Zoo for Sale, Growing Turkish Presence in the Algerian
Market, Manufacturing in Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Air
Algerie Returns to Orly, US Consulting Firm Gets Feasibility
Study Contract for Casablanca Solid Waste, Energy Show to
Attract Major International Players, Zimbabwe signs $16.5
million deal to export beef to Libya, New Leader Of Hardline
GIA Vows More 'Blood, Rape', and more. |
|
119th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Imminent Withdrawal of Some Paramilitary
Forces from Kabylie, New Rules for Financial Courts But
Not Enough Autonomy, Autonomous Trade Unions on the Offensive,
Tunisia Steps Up Oil Exploration Amid Falling Reserves,
Maroc Telecom Hopes to Boost Demand for Fixed Telephone
but Incentives Remain Weak, ODEM Seeks Major Role in EU
Assistance to Algeria, Moroccan Phosphate Giant Acquires
India’s PPL Amid Tough Market, Agriculture Sector Gets TD
213 Million Investment in 2001, No Subway Before 2008, a
Tramway System in Three Years, Doing Business With the Moroccan
State Tourism Agency: Crumbling Under Rising Account Receivables
and Mounting Debts, Computer Security: Small Market With
Strong Growth Potential, Sonelgaz Awards ABB A Contract
to Improve Power Supply Efficiency, and more |
|
118th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Power Grid Interconnection: A Model of Industrial
Integration for North Africa, Moroccan Banks Unaffected
from Sovereign Rating Downgrade, Former Governor Detained
on False Declaration on Assets, Tunisair: A Troubled Airline,
Morocco/Spain: Row Over An Oil Exploration Permit, A Growing
Private Sector in Search of Legitimacy, Amendments in Media
Law: What Changes?, American Chamber of Commerce Inaugurated
in Algiers, Company to Watch: Flash Algerie, |
|
117th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Algeria Signs Association Agreement with
EU, Strengthens Relations with NATO, Study Pinpoints Morocco's
Textile Sector Weaknesses, Industry Calls for Bailout, The
Changing Landscape of Algeria's Anti-terrorism Campaign,
The End of the Sonelgaz Monopoly?, Morocco Seeks 2010 World
Cup Event with New Infrastructure, Exoneration on Penalties
Expected to Boost Membership of Independent Workers' Retirement
Fund in Algeria, Coca-Cola and SBM End their Partnership,
Algeria-France Reinforce their Cooperation, Moody's downgrades
Morocco outlook to negative, and more |
|
116th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Global Warming And the Changing Weather
Patterns in the Maghreb, Government Bailout and Restructuring
at Royal Air Maroc, Tunisia Faces a Worsening Tourism Sector,
Floods and Mudslides Kill More than 700 People: CHAOS IN
ALGIERS, Morocco's Explanations of its Troubled Relations
with Spain, Economic stimulus strategy may increase inflation,
erode purchasing power: CNES, Casablanca's Looming Fiscal
Crisis, Breaking the State of Monopoly On Television From
London:Khalifa Acquires ANN, Survey Shows Signs of Slowing
Economy, BMCI Acquires ABN AMRO Bank Maroc, and more
|
|
115th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Land Conflicts in Morocco: A Troubled Spot
in the Rural World, Algeria to Propose Major Overhaul of
the Legal System in 2002, Moroccan Airline to Reduce Workforce
and Postpone Fleet Renewal Program, New Taxes Seek to Address
Dangers of Industrial Waste in Algeria, Morocco to Introduce
Regional Investment Bureaus to Streamline the Process of
Enterprise Creation, Bouteflika to Seek More Power for the
Presidency, |
|
114th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Tunisian Presidential Elections: One step
Forward, Two Steps Back, North Africa in the Aftermath of
Terror Attack in the US, Attacks in the U.S. Force Europe
to Rethink its Protection of Terrorists, Algerian Private
Sector Pulls Industrial Output to Positive Growth, Illegal
Immigration: Death and Diplomatic Tension, A Presidential
Call for Dialogue Rejected by Elder Council, Is Morocco
Prepared for Globalization?, Latest IMF Assessment of the
Algerian Economy, and more |
|
113th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Algeria Announces Overhaul of Public Sector
Enterprise Management, Disagreements With Bouygues Force
Port Authority to Plan its Own Investment in the Tangiers-Atlantic
Port Project, MEDA Assistance Program to Target Algerian
SMBs, Consumer Products: Price Hikes Ahead in Morocco, India's
Ispat to Acquire Algerian Steel Maker Sider, Finance Minister
predicts 4.4% growth in 2002 for Morocco, Algeria: DZD 426
Million for Tizi Ouzou, General Tire Maroc goes into receivership,
Quick Profile: DHL Morocco, FLN Party Chief to Quit, Prime
Minister to Take over Party Leadership, and more
|
|
112th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Weak FDI in Algeria, Concerned Investors
in Morocco, CMC's Bullish Predictions, CNES on the Algerian
welfare system and agriculture, Analyst recommendations:
Wafabank and Managem, AOM-Air Liberte And Khalifa Airways
Discussing Paris-Algiers Air Link, Tunisia's Political Trouble,
Inquiry into Kabylie riots blames gendarmes, rules out foreign
plot as explanation, |
|
111th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Bouteflika in Washington: A Low Key Visit
with No Real Achievements, Central Bank Issues Cautious
Analysis on the Moroccan Economy, Orascom Wins Second GSM
License in Algeria, Morocco/EU: Toward the Resumption of
Fisheries Talks, Centurion Update on Al-Manzah Well Drilling,
General Tire Rescue Blocked by Continental, Bouygues Submits
a Revised Proposition for Tangiers-Atlantic Port Project,
RSF Occupies Tourist Office to Protest Bensedrine Arrest
in Tunisia, |
|
110th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Currency Policy and Low Value of Exports
Hurt Morocco’s Competitiveness, Supplementary Budget Forecasts
1.25% Deficit in Algeria, Morocco Trade: A $400 Million
Feud, ONCV of Algeria to Boost Wine Supply in Domestic Marke,
Coho Announces Sale of Position in Tunisia, Algeria Seeks
Social-Economic Improvements with Money for the Regions,
GECAS and Royal Air Maroc Enter Into 7-Year Operating Lease
Agreement for 2 New B767s, Ducker Inc. Withdraws from SEM-1
Well Project, New Roads to Ease Traffic in Sfax, ABB Wins
New Contract in Algeria, Centurion Spuds Al Manzah 3 In
Tunisia, The Limits of a Political Coalition, |
|
109th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Riots in Algeria: A Problem of Civil Rights
and Inequality, Riots in Morocco: Poverty and Despair Fuel
Dissent, French Bank BNP-Paribas to Enter Retail Banking
Sector in Algeria, Dalla El-Baraka May Take Control of BNDE
and Lone Star, The Auto Market in Algeria: Sluggish Growth,
Poor Prospect, ANRT Protests Inaction Over Penalties, MT
Challenges Méditel's Duo Service, Khalifa Airways Signs
Sponsorship Deal with a French Football Club,First Quarter
Ends With Budget Surplus & Lower Unemployment in Morocco,
Algeria May Increase Cereal Imports, Air Algerie Selects
Booz Allen & Hamilton and Kicks Off its Summer Programs,
France is the Leading Exporter to Algeria, and much more
|
|
108th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Moroccan Equity Market Review, Riots in
Algeria Wane In Some Areas But Continue In Others After
Second Presidential Speech, and much more |
|
107th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: Telecom Privatization Plans May Face A Tough
Global Environment, Maghreb countries create trade and investment
bank, others propose Arab free-trade zone, DZD 3 Billion
For The Development of the Sahara, Morocco to Speed Up Financial
Sector Reform, Rumors of Iron Mine Privatization in Algeria
Create Tension in Labor World, Moody's Reassesses Four Moroccan
Banks, Record Breaking Hard Currency Stock in Algeria, Algeria
Enjoys Strong Oil Revenues, Leading PJD Member Says No to
Alliance With Hard-line Fundamentalist Movement in Morocco,
New Law in Algeria Introduces Tougher Sanctions Against
Slander and Defamation, and more |
|
106th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: A troubled Algeria, MOROCCO DEVALUES ITS
CURRENCY, Tunisia makes 2nd Global Samurai bond issue, Morocco
SBM Group’s 2000 earnings penalized by external factors,
Algerian Retirees Demand Government Attention on Troubled
Pension Fund, Aluminium du Maroc’s 2000 earnings unexpectedly
stable, Water Supply in Algeria: No Solution on the Medium
Term, Higher Gasoline Prices Expected in Morocco, Algeria
Seeks Investors for its Mining Sector, Morocco's Currency:
Too Little, Too Late! and much more. |
|
105th. issue
07-28-2004
Topics include: ALGERIA - EU PREPARE TO SIGN FREE TRADE
DEAL, Mourad Cherif: Targeting the World's Most Powerful
Investors, Sonatrach and Spain's Gas Natural Amend their
1975 Agreement, Morocco regrets Fishler's charges of Morocco's
inflexibility in fisheries negotiations, Six Firms to Compete
for Air Algerie Privatization Project, Latest foreign exchange
figures in Morocco, Eurogas to Drill in Tunisia's Bazma
Block, Siemens to Acquire Stake in Rail Servicing Firm Estel
Algeria, AfDB approves $100 million loan for Morocco, Stroystransgaz
and Cosider & Brown and Root Condor in a Pipeline Project
in Algeria, MSCI Revises Morocco Index Constituents, Includes
Four New Securities, Emerging Private Company Introduces
Unilever in Algeria, Russia Sells Military Systems and Services
to Algeria, MDS conference dissolves into factionalism,
Said Kahoul Wins Second Mandate as Head of Employer Association
CSPA, Chraibi Replaces Haddaoui at CNSS, and more.
|
|
102nd. issue
06-30-2004
Topics include: ALGERIA'S REFORMISTS GAIN CONTROL OF SONATRACH
AND CENTRAL BANK - Moroccan Economy: CMC PREDICTS STRONG
ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 2001, BUT CRITICIZES GOVERNMENT - Algerian
Telecommunications Telecom Ministry Withdraws from Commercial
Activity - Moroccan Labor Market: TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT FUELING
POVERTY - Second Gas Pipeline From Algeria To Italy Expected
- New measures to boost T-bond market in Morocco - Anadarko,
Rosneft, and Gulf Keystone Awarded Exploration Permits in
Algeria - Upline Recommendations: Oulmes, Marlease, ONA
- After Decades of Exclusion Algeria's Private Corporations
Seek Role in Economic Policy - |
|
101th. issue
06-30-2004
Among this issue's topics: Ousted Tunisian Union Leader
Faces Potential Criminal Charges in Financial Scandal -
$4 Billion Needed to Upgrade Algeria's Industry - Head of
CIH Says Reform is Well Underway - Moroccan Commercial Vehicle
Market: 2000 Review - TALKS OF MEGA MERGER IN ALGERIA -
Strong Growth of Cement Production in Morocco - SONASID:
CDMC Expect 2000 Net Income Up 21.3% - MAGHREBAIL:CDMC and
Upline Recommendation:BUY - Morocco's Employers Federation
study calls for the economy to build on existing strengths
- Government Spokesman Seeks to Lower Tension over Proposed
Media Law in Algeria - And mode |
|
100th. issue
06-30-2004
Topics include: New Cabinet in Tunisia: Focus on Free Trade
Zone with EU and Tourism, Second Importance to Maghreb -
CHART OF THE WEEK: MOROCCO-FRANCE TRADE - Morocco: Foreign
Exchange Figures - Sonatrach Announces Record Breaking Revenue
- Union Favors Indian Company for Acquisition of Troubled
Algerian Steel Maker - The Moroccan Auto Market in 2000
- Al-Wataniya/ Alliance Africaine Merger Update - Petronas,
Sonatrach and GDF in a $2 Billion Deal - Algeria to Get
French Expertise in Stock Exchange Management - CDMC Reiterates
'Buy' for Lafarge - Parliamentary inquiry lambasts CIH for
failings -Henkel,Enad to Acquires Third Plant in Algeria,
Promotes New Image - Adventis-Pharma to Market Amarel in
Algeria - and more. |
|
99th. issue
06-30-2004
Topics on: Antinea & Khalifa:THE REASON OF A SALE -
CHART OF THE WEEK: Distribution of credit to the Algerian
economy - Tunisian And Moroccan Business Leaders: Cautious
Optimism - Algeria Selects Italian Privatization Model -
Tough Negotiations Over Fisheries Rights in Morocco’s Waters
- General Tire Morocco Faces Difficult Decision - Algerian
Banking: CEO Appointments in Banking but No Comprehensive
Reform Yet - King cancels planned meeting with human rights
group after blunt talk at congress |
|
98th. issue
06-30-2004
Topics: King Mohammed VI Reasserts his Power Over the Religious
Domain Monarchy Weakens Executive Branch, Seeks to Undermine
the Fundamentalist Movement - CHART OF THE WEEK: The Tunisian
government's revenue structure - Rain Brings Hope of Economic
Growth in 2001 in Morocco - 2001 Fiscal Budget Seeks Balanced
Sources of Revenue for the Algerian State - Tough Time for
Transport Sector in the Maghreb - Algiers Airport Project:
Contractors Fear Eviction - Telecom: Fixed Phones in Algiers
- Casablanca to Improve Investment Procedures - European
Parliament Demands Tunisia to End Actions Against Human
Rights Groups - Changes in the Algerian Cabinet Expected
|
|
97th issue
06-30-2004
On: Vivendi Rescues Morocco’s State Budget - Food Products
Unfit for Consumption Find Their Way Into Algeria, Authorities
Strike Back - Worsening Labor Relations in Morocco? - EU-Algeria Reach Agreements
on Business but Disagree on Politics and Human Affairs -
Tunisia to Liberalize Auto Market, Tax Reductions
to Boost Auto Import - Vanco and Lasmo signed offshore exploration
permits agreements with Morocco’s ONAREP - Marlboro to
Employ 10,000 Workers - and much more |
|
96th issue
06-30-2004
Topics include: - Cosider, Brown & Root and Russia's
Stroytransgaz Win Algerian Pipeline Project - FEAR OF ANOTHER
DRY SEASON - Algeria
- Labor Market: WAGE INCREASE BEFORE LAYOFF? Morocco - Economy
- Third quarter budget deficit highlights erosion of recurrent
income, reliance on privatization - No End to Hunting Ban
in Algeria - Tunisair CEO announces cost-cutting strategy
- Algeria Orders Ban on Corral Business - Saidal Attacks
Novo Nordisk and Pierre Fabre on Insulin Project - American
Eli Lilly Sought As a Replacement - Moroccan Refiner Sues
Oil Companies Over Unpaid Debt - New Highway in the Sahara
- Outbreak of Typhoid in Western Algeria - and much more
|
|
|
