BNP Paribas Regional Investment Company Granted CFC Status
BNP Paribas Regional Investment Company, part of BNP Paribas group, has been granted the Casablanca Finance City Status which allows the bank to use the […]
Middle East
Omantel privatization continues, government steps back
Omantel, former telecommunications monopoly of the Omani government, is undergoing a privatization phase as announced in September. The government plans to reduce its 70 percent […]
Egypt/Greece : promoting mutual investments
Interim President Adly Mansour was on a one day visit to Greece to strengthen bilateral relations and investments between the two countries. It’s his first […]
Algeria: FM Fahmi of Egypt receives mixed opinions
Egypt’s foreign minister, Nabil Fahmi, is on a two-day working visit to Algeria where he met President Bouteflika. The minister delivered a message from his […]
Algeria : attracting Middle East investors and Kuwaitis in particular
Algeria has embarked on a campaign to attract Arab investors after a reform of its laws. The President of the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and […]
Morocco May Be U.S. Best Friend in Africa & Elsewhere
Arab Spring has so far brought only chaos not democracy and stability to most Arab countries, such as Tunisia and Egypt, US major allies in […]
Libya: Amazighs take over oil port
While Libya is struggling to end the siege on its oil ports in the west, the Amazighs have started protests in the Mellitah complex in […]
Egypt: Sawiris brothers ready for record breaking investment
The Sawiris brothers, one of Egypt’s richest families, have decided to increase their investment to an unprecedented level following the ousting of Morsi by the […]
Tunisia and Iran revive port and maritime cooperation
Iran and Tunisia have decided to increase their cooperation, with regards to their maritime affairs, with the signing of several documents, at the end of […]
Algeria and EU sign “strategic” MoU
The president of the European Union Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has concluded a memorandum of understanding on behalf of the European Union with Algeria. The […]