Business Finance

Al Rayan gets Libyan bank takeover approval

Masraf Al Rayan’s desire to acquire an important share in a commercial bank in Libya has finally been approved by its extra ordinary general assembly. Al Rayan has for been yearning for increasing its capital in a Libyan bank to get what many reports describe as a strategic share. The extra ordinary assembly’s approval now […]

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Egypt: reserve recession rate could decline soon

Governor Hisham Ramez of the central bank has said that the foreign cash reserve recession rate may decline by next month. The central earlier on this month announced that the reserves had reached US$13.6 billion, which would amount to a 16-year low, compared to $36 billion on the eve of the 2011 uprising that ousted […]

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Tunisia preys on Algeria’s flourishing market

Tunisian businessmen expressed interest Algeria’s furniture and interior design market and showed their willingness to develop partnerships with their Algerian counterparts in the sector. The director of the Tunisia program of ‘Export to Algeria,’ Riadh Bezzarga, said that the sector is “flourishing” in Algeria and it has a “great potential” to grow especially when the […]

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Longreach Completes 2D Seismic Program Onshore Morocco

Longreach oil and gas limited, an independent oil and gas company holding exploration and near term development licences in Morocco, announced earlier this week that it has completed its 2D seismic program on the operated Sidi Moktar Licence, near Marrakesh, onshore Morocco. The program was completed according to the scheduled deadlines and budget, the company […]

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The Algerian-Spanish Trade and Industry Circle

Economic transactions between Algeria and Spain has not seized to increase and it continues “to be more and more important,” according to the Consul General of Spain in Oran, José Manuel Rodriguez. Such fruitful relationships have led to the recent creation of an Algerian-Spanish Trade and Industry Circle (CCIAE) which will be located in El […]

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Egyptian banks to use ACH services in partnership

Negotiations have begun between E-Finance, an electronic payment company, and several other Egyptian banks for the availability of Automated Clearing House (ACH) services in their institutions. The ACH are believed to boost bank transactions. The banks involved are Blom Bank Egypt, Crédit Agricole Egypt, Arab Bank, National Société Générale Bank, Arab Banking Corporation and Commercial […]