How is the cement shortage affecting Algeria’s construction industry and how can it be addressed?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Lakhdar Rekhroukh, CEO, Cosider Group from The Report: Algeria 2014
Chapter | Construction and Real Estate from The Report: Algeria 2014
Benefitting from the government’s push for transport infrastructure and public housing, and guided by a new capital-intensive five-year plan, the construction sector has been seeing constant activity. During the 2009-14 five-year period, authorities channelled $286bn to modernise transport infrastructure, expand energy production and improve urban housing. However, while the demand for...
In many ways, Algeria finds itself in an enviable economic position, particularly when compared with its regional neighbours. It holds the fourth-largest oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves in Africa. Ample hydrocarbons revenue has allowed the government to channel capital into public expenditure programmes on infrastructure, health care, education, social housing and subsidies.
Articles & Analysis | Mega-projects abound as a nation rebuilds itself from The Report: Egypt 2014
Like many sectors in the country, construction has had more than its fair share of challenges in recent years. Yet in spite of the downside risks, the prospects for the building industry have not been brighter for decades. As Ayman Tolba, the chairman and CEO of Leena Real Estate, told OBG, “Egypt’s young and growing population can support strong growth in the construction of...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Iyad Malas, CEO, Majid Al Futtaim Holding from The Report: Egypt 2014
Articles & Analysis | Amnesty proposed for registration and repairs on unlicensed housing from The Report: Egypt 2014
A tried and tested solution to many breaches of the law throughout the world is to legalise the activity – and then tax it. This is the approach the Egyptian authorities have considered towards the issue of illegal construction. A draft law put forward in August 2014 will permit an amnesty period of six months in an attempt to tackle a problem that has existed for decades, but...