Business in Algeria. Algerian Economy

1. Introduction to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Maghreb)
2. Algerian Economy
3. International Trade of Algeria
4. Business Opportunities in Algeria
   1. Agriculture
   2. Fishing
   3. Industry
   4. Tourism
   5. Health
   6. Transport and Logistics
   7. Information and communications technology (ICT)
   8. Renewable energy
   9. Health
5. National Agency for Investment Development (ANDI)
6. Case Study:
   1. Ali Haddad (Algerian businessmen)
   2. Issad Rebrab (Algerian businessmen)
   3. SONATRAC
7. Access to the Algerian Market
8. Business Plan for Algeria

The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Algeria” are:

1. To analyze the Algerian Economy, Logistics and Global Trade
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in Algeria
3. To explore the Algerian trade relations with the student's country
4. To learn about Algerian Trade Agreements
5. To examine the profile of the Algerian businesspeople and companies
6. To develop a business plan for the Algerian Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Algeria” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: African Business, World Trade.

Languages: or Algérie Argelia Argelia.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in Algeria”: 1

1. Port of Algiers and Port of Oran
2. Trans-African Transport Corridors related to Algeria:
   1. Cairo-Algeria-Dakar Logistics Corridor
   2. Algiers-Lagos Logistics Corridor

Algerian Preferential Access and Agreements.

1. Algeria and the Maghrebian Economic Area
2. Arab Maghreb Union
3. Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA)
4. African Continental Free Trade Area
5. Islamic Trade Preferential System
6. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)
7. Global System of Trade Preferences
8. Arab Development Funds
9. OPEC Fund for International Development
10. European Union-Algeria
    1. European Neighborhood Policy
    2. Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
    3. European Union-Algeria Agreement

Sample:

1. Algeria is not a member of WTO (in process of accession)
2. BIC (Containers)
3. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
4. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. Convention for Safe Containers
   2. Istanbul Convention
5. Customs Convention on Containers
6. TIR Convention (Road Transport, IRU)
7. COTIF Convention (Rail)
8. CIM & CIT Rules (Rail Transport)
9. Algeria is not a member of the
   1. World Customs Organization (WCO)
      1. Kyoto Convention

1. Economic Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
2. Arab League
3. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
4. Asia - Middle East Dialogue
5. Summit of South America-Arab Countries
6. Afro-Arab Cooperation
7. Arab Development Funds
8. OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union 
   1. AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
3. African Development Bank
4. China-Africa Cooperation
5. Africa-India Cooperation
6. Africa-BRICS
7. Africa-Japan Cooperation
8. Africa-South America Summit

1. World Bank
2. International Monetary Fund
3. United Nations

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

Located on the south corner of the Mediterranean Sea, Algeria (Africa), part of the Great Arab Maghreb, is the:

1. Tenth biggest nation in the World
2. Second in Africa
3. First in the Mediterranean region

More information about Algeria (EENI African Business Portal).

1. Capital of Algeria: Algiers
2. The largest cities in Algeria are Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Ghardaia, Tlemcen, Ouargla, Setif
3. Area of Algeria: 2,381,741 km²
4. Population of Algeria: 42 million people
5. Algeria shares borders with Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Mali, Tunisia, and the Western Sahara
6. Currency of Algeria: Algerian dinar (DZD)
7. Independence of Algeria: 1962 (France)
8. The official languages of Algeria are Arabic and Berber.
   1. French is widely used in business

Main religion in Algeria:

1. 99% of the Algerian population is Sunni Islam
2. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence): Maliki school
3. In the secondary educational system; it is necessary to study Sharia

Algeria belongs to the Maghrebian Economic Area (Islamic Civilization and African Civilization).

Algerian Economy.

1. Algeria is not a member of WTO
2. Algeria is one of the richest African Countries
3. refining capacity of Algeria can reach 22 million tones/year
4. Algeria is the third largest petrol manufacturer in Africa behind Nigeria and Libya; is the leading gas manufacturer (near 50% of petroleum production in Africa)
5. Algeria has the first African company in the energy sector. The company Sonatrach handles electricity and international gas distribution
   1. Algeria accounts for 98% of exports by volume and 70% of tax revenues
6. agricultural and services sectors recorded growth of 10% and 5.3% respectively
7. Ali Haddad is a Muslim Businessman of Algeria; he is the Director ETRHB Haddad (construction)
8. SAIDAL is an Algerian corporation whose main mission is to develop, produce and market pharmaceutical products