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Coup contagion fears threaten new investment, ratchet up interest rates in Africa — experts

The apparent coup trend in Africa, creating a belt of countries that now stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, is adding to other major concerns deterring many investors from the continent — a wave of debt crises, tense geopolitics, and an extreme vulnerability to climate change. There have been nine coups in […]

Algeria: Gap Widening between Regime Favourites and Majority of Population

The gap between the Algerian regime favourites and the majority of the population, which is living in rather difficult conditions, is increasingly widening although the country’s oil resources generate huge resources. While the Arab Spring wave swept over many neighboring countries in the region, Algeria has largely been spared large-scale unrest. Nonetheless, the government has […]

Egyptian Company Edita to Set up Factory in Morocco

Edita Food Industries SAE (EFID) has announced plans to set up snack food factory in Morocco. Edita, which has teamed up with Dislog Group in Morocco, seeks to reinforce its expansion plans and strengthen its position in the snacks market. Last December, Edita’s chairman and CEO Hani Berzi said that commercial operations will begin in […]