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...
Home to almost 450,000 people, Constantine is Algeria’s third-largest city after Algiers and Oran, and is known as the city of suspended bridges. It was selected in 2012 by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) to be the Arab Capital of Culture in 2015. The city, once known as Cirta, the capital of the...
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.
Tax rates have a marked contribution to the growth of the economy, but each country or region has its specifics. In Algeria, tax rates have been at their lowest level for the last 50 years, but questions remain whether our competitive tax rates contribute to a more attractive business environment. Corporate income tax is at 19% for companies...
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...
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...
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