Industry

After decades of heavy dependence on hydrocarbons exports, Algeria has been working to increase value-added activity and local manufacturing, reduce its import bill, provide a buffer against commodity volatility and create more employment opportunities.

Long seen as a market with untapped potential, Algeria’s pharmaceuticals sector is poised to benefit from a series of investments to expand local production capacity. “The recent slate of partnerships between domestic and foreign pharmaceuticals players is a testament to the industry’s positive outlook,” Cherif Benguerba, the country manager for...

As manufacturers scour the globe for new growth opportunities, few markets offer greater long-term potential than Nigeria, which boasts an enormous domestic population, plentiful feedstock and limited market penetration. Current business conditions, however, including sky-high operating costs and cheap unregulated imports, make it difficult for...

The government is leveraging packages of fiscal incentives and one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile phone markets, to entice international mobile phone producers to assemble products locally. As a result of these policies several handset firms, including Africa-focused Mi-Fone and China’s Tecno, have already announced intentions to set up local...