North Africa Archive
North Africa
While policymakers across North Africa look to revamp political structures in the region, unemployment is reaching alarming proportions.
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North Africa
The prime minister of Tunisia recently called his country a "democracy startup".
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North Africa
Moroccan banks are venturing into Islamic banking and new Sub-Saharan markets to quench their thirst for growth
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Libya
A combination of oil production disruptions and runaway spending could deplete Libya's formidable financial reserves in less than five years, analysts warn.
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Gulf
Oil-importing Arab countries need to create seven million jobs through 2018 to cut soaring unemployment levels, but are unlikely to achieve that target with modest GDP growth rates,
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Egypt
Egyptians are looking to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to breathe life back into the economy following his victory in presidential elections, but analysts say the former field marshal is
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Egypt & MENA
North Africa may be on the cusp of a recovery barring a return to major political upheavals. And a pickup in economic activity in the European Union -
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Egypt & MENA
Morocco is expected to emerge as the fastest growing economy in North Africa, with its GDP rising 3.8% in 2014 and nearly 5% in 2015, as the new
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Gulf
More than 8.5 million children in the Arab world remain out of school, presenting a huge socio-economic challenge for regional authorities.
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Macroeconomic Data
While the rest of North Africa is imploding, Morocco is quietly working through its challenges.
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Egypt
Egypt's hotel occupancy rates continue to fall as the country's hospitality sector reels from the continued political turmoil.
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North Africa
Chinese oil and gas giant Sinopec's recent USD 3.1 billion bet on Egyptian natural gas highlights the country's huge energy prospects, despite the major political challenges facing the
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Libya
Libya has gone from a much-lauded country trying to get back on its feet after a bloody civil war, to a basket-case within the space of a few
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Egypt
Amid the gloom, Egypt's real estate sector continues to remain resilient.
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Egypt
Amid the gloom, Egypt's real estate sector continues to remain resilient.
SODIC, or Sixth of October For Development and Investment Company, saw strong new sales in the second quarter
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North Africa
It's early days yet, but several international companies are sniffing around Morocco's offshore basins in the hunt for oil and gas.
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Africa
Interest rates are on hold in many Sub-Saharan African countries despite fears of inflation rearing its head again, as the region hopes to maintain growth amid a lukewarm
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Egypt
Government expenditure has risen 45%, taxes 28% and subsidies 79% since the Egyptian revolution, according to a new report.
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Egypt
Egypt is the fifth most likely country set to default according to latest data from S&P; Capital IQ.
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Egypt
The Egyptian market soared more than 7% as news of the Muslim Brotherhood government's ouster was announced and investors hoped it would lead to greater market-focused economic decision-making.
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Egypt
In an ironic twist, the Egyptian army has saved democracy-seeking citizens from the Muslim Brotherhood. And while there is much rejoicing among the liberal, secular and even Salafists,
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Africa
Algeria has the third largest shale gas reserves in the world, according to the latest research from the Energy Information Administration, the US Department of Energy's statistical arm.
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Egypt
Around 483 hotels comprising nearly 119,000 rooms are in the development stage in the Middle East North Africa, according to STR Global.
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Africa
Tunisia, ground zero of the Arab Spring, is struggling under the weight of expectations...
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Africa
Libya's economic figures are the envy of the world, but the country teeters on the edge of dysfunction.
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Africa
The Egyptian economy appears to be free falling as crisis after crisis seems to chip away at business confidence.
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Africa
There is a reason why the European Union picked Morocco as the first North African country to begin its free trade agreement negotiations with last week.
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Africa
There is a reason why the European Union picked Morocco as the first North African country to begin its free trade agreement negotiations with last week.
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Egypt
The Arab World is getting hotter and drier, and there is a danger that the snow-peaked caps of Lebanon, Arabian Gulf coastal areas and coral reefs threaten the
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Egypt
The Middle East tourism industry's progress was cut short by the Arab Spring crisis and it's still reeling from the after shocks that reverberate in countries across the
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Egypt
Countries hit by the promising but disruptive Arab Spring will need financing to the tune of USD43-billion next year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Egypt
Middle East states fared poorly in a new edition of a survey that measures their business friendliness. The
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Africa
While neighboring regimes crashed and burned, the Algerian government remained largely unmoved and continues its firm grip on the country.
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Egypt
BP's decision to reportedly spend USD11-billion in Egypt's deep-water gas deposits is a significant move by the oil major which could be a game-changer for the country's economy.
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Egypt
Investors are circling around Egypt's key sectors, looking for opportunities and bargains on undervalued prices of key assets.
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Egypt
Tweet CharlesFred / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA One of the core reasons why Arab youth spilled on to the streets during the Arab Spring was their inability to
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Egypt
The Egyptian economy has managed to avoid the worst, but it needs foreign investment to get better
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Libya
Libya's transformation from being the personal fiefdom of Moammer Gaddafi to a fledgling democracy is an incredible achievement.
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Africa
Morocco, Egypt, Libya and Algeria are at high risk to a Eurozone meltdown, but Gulf states hardly have reason to be complacent, according to new research.
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Egypt
In a brilliant stroke, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi removed and retired Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the defence minister and the leading Supreme Council of armed Forces figure, apart
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Egypt
With politics dictating Egypt's economy, analysts expect the banking sector to recover only by next year. Also, can Egyptian banks survive a devaluation of the pound?
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Egypt
As Egyptians Google the name of their unknown Prime Minister to find out more about him, the economic ills of the country are well-known to all.
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Egypt
S&P; may have been quick to put Egypt's sovereign rating on negative watch, but as the Egyptian bourse highlighted with a 7.5% rise, the election of Mohamed Morsi
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Africa
Unemployment and corruption persists in Tunisia, with religious tensions also coming to the fore. But is the world expecting too much, too soon from Tunisia? And can Libya's
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Egypt
EFG expects the economy to post a 3% growth this year, after contracting nearly 1% in 2011. But it has largely been a jobless recovery as unemployment stands
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Libya
The Libyan economy is set to grow by 20%, the fastest in Africa, and easily among the fastest in an otherwise depressed global economy.
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Africa
Even though the Middle East is awash with sunshine virtually all year around, it has taken a while for solar to start gaining traction.
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Egypt
With the original Egyptian revolutionaries routed in both the parliamentary and presidential elections, the hapless citizens are now weighing the pros and cons of the two remaining presidential
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Egypt
The AirPano team could not have picked a worst time to visit Cairo for their photo panoramas and filming project.
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Bahrain
Gulf economies, led by the UAE, have fared quite well in a World Economic Forum focused on world's trade-friendliness and access to global markets.
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Africa
It's such a waste: enough sunlight reaches the earth in 90 minutes to provide the entire planet's need for one year, according to the International Energy Agency.
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Egypt
While the world's eyes are trained on Egypt's historic presidential elections, the country's citizens are hoping the new president - whoever it may be - brings in much
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Egypt
Tweet Guillaume Paumier / Foter An opinion poll by Cairo-based Ahram Centre For Political and Strategic Studies placed former foreign minister Amr Moussa as the frontrunner in the
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Egypt
The Egyptian economy could grow by 4% in the current fiscal year despite a plethora of challenges facing the country.
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Egypt
With Gulf economies poised for growth on the back of strong macroeconomic policies, regional stock markets are also set for growth.
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Libya
Libya's oil sector has returned quickly to full speed, but the rest of the country remains in a state of disrepair. Maplecroft identifies at least nine key challenges
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Egypt
The Egyptian economy contracted by 0.3% in the fourth quarter ending a politically-momentous but economically-forgettable year for the country.
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Egypt
A spate of new announcements from international oil companies suggests Egypt's mature oil and gas sector remains formidable.
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Libya
The figures are in: Libya's civil war cost the country a 60% contraction in GDP as forces loyal to maverick leader Moammer Gaddafi tried in vain to contain
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Egypt
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Egypt
Human Rights Watch reports, by their very nature, never present a rosy outlook as they are given to highlighting the atrocities of governments and the lack of dignity
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Egypt
Close to 500 new hotels - or 496 to be exact - are being built in the Middle East Africa region, according to STR Global, the hospitality consultancy.
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Egypt
Riyadh and Jeddah had a stellar 2010-2011, clocking the second and third highest growth rates in the world according to The Brookings Institution's 2011 Global MetroMonitor.
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Egypt
Tweet enggul /Foter January 15, 2012 Egypt is now among the ten riskiest sovereigns in the world, according to the latest report from CMA Datavision. In other words,
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Libya
While the international community saw Libyans collectively rise up against the rule of Moammar Gaddafi and saw the emergence of the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the unifying
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Bahrain
In the first part of the 2012 regional economic prospects, a look at oil-rich countries' efforts to manage their citizens' expectations, economic slowdown and regional and domestic political
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Egypt
In October this year, $16.9bn of projects were awarded across MENA. On a cumulative basis, just over $82bn of projects have been awarded across the region in the
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Africa
Due to a host of common denominators in the Arab world including the lack of traditional liberalism, the tribes' power, the elites' control of business, the hold on
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Africa
Whether western countries and ME liberals like it or not, Islamic parties have emerged victorious in elections in North African states. Before typecasting and dismissing them, Islamic parties
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Egypt
Egyptians have achieved a major milestone by holding the first leg of their staggered parliamentary elections, and they can take a moment to rejoice. But they know better
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Egypt
On the eve of the elections, Egyptians have washed off much of the feel-good afterglow of the first revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak. Now they are faced with
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Africa
Kuwait's Finance Minister warns that the state's rising wages and subsidies bill could lead to the devaluation of the dinar and compel the state to sell off assets
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Bahrain
The Arab uprising must be seen as an integral part of a world in transformation. The technological and informational revolutions that have spurred (and continue to spur) globalization
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Feaured Egypt
Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded the local-currency (LC) deposit ratings of five Egyptian banks
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Libya
While the world fixates on whether Colonel Gaddafi died as the richest man in the world, with $200-billion ferreted away, ordinary Libyans focus on pulling themselves out of
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Iraq
The withdrawal from Iraq creates enormous strategic complexities rather than closure. While the complexities in Libya are real but hardly strategic, the two events share certain characteristics and
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Libya
It's ironic that the man who used his formidable oil assets as a weapon to hold his people - and the world - hostage, saw little reaction from
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Libya
TweetDespite its graphic content, it is an important historical moment in the region. Hence, reposting with caveats and warnings that it is very graphic content of the final
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Africa
The Arab Spring not only cost at least three dictators their jobs but also $56-billlion in lost GDP for the worst affected countries, according to a statistical study
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Egypt
TweetAn excellent CBS 60 Minutes report on political life in Egypt eight months after Hosni Mubarak’s departure (Dated Oct 8), especially in light of recent sectarian clashes:
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Egypt
Coptic Christian protesters clashed with pro-government forces Oct. 9, killing at least 23 people and injuring 180
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Egypt
A short list of the world's top 5 worst performing markets
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Bahrain
Middle East retail rents staganted in the 2010/11 period which ended in June, according to research consultants Cushman & Wakefield (C&W;).
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Bahrain
TweetThe MENA region has a shortage of 3.5 million affordable dwellings, with Egypt, Iraq, Morocco and Saudi Arabia suffering from the biggest shortfalls. For all the boom (and
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Bahrain
Could the Arab Spring have been predicted? More significant, could we have predicted that Saudi Arabia will remain stable throughout the turmoil? Or even where Bin Laden was
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Libya
Ousting Moammer Gaddhafi may have been the easy part as the National Transitional Council mulls over the next steps to restore domestic stability and investor confidence back into
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Africa
As Tunisia prepares for elections in October, the chronic and fundamental weaknesses in the country's political and economic structures are becoming evident
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Egypt
As the global economy lurches from one crisis to the next, we look at the prospects for the regional economies in troubling global conditions which could slash domestic
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Africa
You won't find Anas Sefrioui on the Forbes richest list
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Egypt
Give the public what they want
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Egypt
The Fraser Institute's Global Petroleum Survey is the latest where super-rich Qatar beats its regional competitors' as it pips them to the post as the Middle East's most
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Iraq
TweetOpec’s annual bulletin reveals the changing dynamics of the energy industry and the key challenges facing both the producers and the consumers. Click through the charts to find
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Bahrain
Gulf states saw their default risks subside considerably during the second quarter as investors shrugged off the Arab Spring and focused on the troubled EU states
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Bahrain
TweetThe Arab World’s tryst with democracy and freedom is unlikely to bear economic fruits, according to a study. Instead, we could well see a gridlock political environment and
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Egypt
Even as the Egyptian Government looks to revive the country's economy, it has turned down the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s stand-by agreement
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Egypt
Tweet HSBC’s forecast for the region’s three largest economies reveals its continued concerns for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, while it believes UAE’s status as a safe haven is
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Egypt
As investors say goodbye to the first half of the year and brace themselves for a strange and uncertain world in the second half, the worry beads are
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Africa
TweetSpring is nearly six months old. It is time to take stock, remember those who lost their lives and continue to fight, and hand out some well-deserved awards
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Africa
TweetIn a landmark speech the Moroccan king offered to reduce his powers under a new more democratic Constitution. Can this overture quell political descent and serve as a
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Bahrain
With Opec seemingly irrelevant, the GCC is trying to find a balance between responsible crude suppliers and their own domestic needs
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