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Domestic impact: Knowledge transfer from foreign operators will help strengthen local capacities
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A major investment plan that is set to reach $286bn between 2009 and 2014 is helping to revamp Algeria’s transport infrastructure, through the construction and upgrading of highways, railways and urban transport systems. Parallel to the government’s infrastructure expansion ambitions, efforts are being made to increase the positive impact that that these development projects have on local firms.…

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Making space: Port infrastructure is set to benefit from additional logistics areas
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With about 95% of the nation’s external trade passing through its ports, Algeria’s maritime transportation sector remains essential to the economy. Despite the country’s strategic location on the Mediterranean Sea, the modernisation of Algeria’s ports has lagged behind when compared to neighbouring countries. With port development mainly focused on the export of hydrocarbons, the amount…

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Railway revamp: Expanded rail services will help link regions and reduce transport costs
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In an effort to improve transport within the country’s vast, and often challenging, geography, authorities have been investing in upgrading and expanding Algeria’s railways, which currently extends for 4573 km, with 3854 km in active use. The plans will bring the total rail network to around 12.000 km by 2017, according to the Ministry of Transport. Railway expansion is important for increasing…

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Making air waves: Private television stations are set to increase broadcasting competition
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With an increasingly open environment for private media ventures and the gradual introduction of new competitors, Algeria’s media sector is diversifying the range of products on offer, though the breadth of the sector overall remains confined. Although print publications remain the backbone of the sector, new private television stations are starting to open up the sector and compete with the…

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Opening doors: New foreign investment and competition regulations
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As a market of about 38m inhabitants with substantial energy resources and steady demand for modern infrastructure supported by massive public investment, Algeria has been attracting strong interest from foreign investors over the last few years. During 2009, in the context of the global economic crisis, Algeria saw a fall in revenues from its oil and gas exports combined with a sharp rise in imports…

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Reeling in the customers: An expanding economy and growing media outlets bode well for the advertising sector
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Considered to be the second largest in the Maghreb after Morocco, Algeria’s advertising sector has experienced slow but steady growth. As the economy becomes more open and the private sector grows, market operators expect that the advertising sector’s potential will finally start to be revealed in the years ahead. Much of the delay is connected to Algeria’s economic structure. With growth…