As the government channels state funds into its public housing programme, growing private interest is stoking growth in the higher-end residential segment of Algeria’s real estate market along with office and commercial real estate.
Articles & Analysis | Despite regulatory challenges, public investment in infrastructure development continues to attract foreign bidders 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. This is not only positively impacting local building and contracting firms but also attracting a host of contractors from abroad which are looking to tap into the country’s...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Abdelkader Kadi, Minister of Public Works from The Report: Algeria 2014
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Lakhdar Rekhroukh, CEO, Cosider Group from The Report: Algeria 2014
How is the cement shortage affecting Algeria’s construction industry and how can it be addressed?
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.