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

Morocco
France's Loire region seeks industry and energy opportunities in Morocco

France's Pays de la Loire region is sending a business delegation to Casablanca to prospect for opportunities in the distribution, renewable energy and automobile sectors.

Algeria
Boughezoul city progress shrouded in uncertainty

While the vast urban build in Boughezoul is back on the cards thanks to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and rising oil and gas prices, it is running far behind schedule. The minister in charge has yet to pick a property developer for the project due to a lack of credible candidates.

Algeria
New wealth tax produces meagre results

The wealth tax, which was introduced by the government soon after Abdelmadjid Tebboune's election as president, did not produce the hoped for results in 2022. Only a hundred or so people actually paid it.

Libya
French pharmaceutical delegation to visit Tripoli

Representatives of the French pharmaceutical industry travelled to Libya this week to meet with Public Health Minister Ramadan Abu Janah, also assistant to Prime Minister Abdelhamid Debeibeh.

Algeria, France
After a slow start, Medef turns to Tebboune-era employers' organisation CREA

On the sidelines of the Franco-Algerian high-level intergovernmental committee held in Algiers on 9 and 10 October, Medef vice-president Fabrice Le Saché had a long discussion with Kamel Moula, president of the Algerian Economic Renewal Council, CREA.

Palace Intrigues
Vital Kamerhe, OIF summit, Denis Sassou Nguesso, François Gouyette

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

DRC President Tshisekedi's promise to Vital Kamerhe

Africa French-speaking nations summit brought forward due to World Cup clash

Congo Sassou's luxury Airbus A340

France-Algeria French ambassador in Algiers, François Gouyette, still struggles to find his feet

Algeria
CREA employers' federation seeks to embody Algerian economic revival

Algeria's brand new CREA employers' federation has hit the ground running and established itself as a key player in the business community. It is keen to distance itself from the defunct business leaders' forum led by jailed oligarch Ali Haddad, a vestige of the last years of the Bouteflika regime.

Spotlight | Algeria
Algiers-Madrid split endangers Técnicas Reunidas's $3.7bn refinery

Spain's rapprochement with Morocco over Western Sahara should see Sonatrach launch a major attack on Spanish business, with the first victim likely to be Técnidas Reunidas and its huge refinery project in Hassi Messaoud.

Algeria
New 'Mr Africa' for Algeria's Foreign Affairs Ministry

The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had a new Africa director since May.

Algeria
Cepsa and Hakkar and Sonatrach still at daggers drawn

The Spanish oil group Cepsa has racked up a number of disputes with the Algerian state company Sonatrach, which Cepsa's new leadership is now hoping to put behind it.

Algeria
EU delegation on mission to Algiers

European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi will travel to Algiers on 27 June.

Algeria
Tebboune in Rome on 26 May to discuss gas and security

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will head to Rome on 26 May for an official visit. In the Italian capital, he'll meet with Prime Minister Mario Draghi to talk gas and security.

Algeria
Employers' group chairman Sami Agli tries to oust his number two Radhia Benabderrahmane

Sami Agli, who is the disputed successor of Ali Haddad as chairman of the Algerian employers' body, aims to consolidate his leadership of the organisation by getting rid of his secretary general.