Small and medium enterprises, local business developments
In 2025, BEA and Al Salam Bank dominate the banking landscape, leading the public and private sectors respectively with a loan volume surpassing the competition. However, their main challenge now lies in optimizing financial intermediation, access to financing, and customer relations.
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The local pharmaceutical industry confirms its growth and asserts itself against multinationals. To consolidate its growth, the sector is focusing on the manufacture of high value-added products. Investments are now targeting oncological raw materials, hormones, vaccines (human and veterinary) and innovations from biotechnology.
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The interest of Russian companies in the Algerian market is confirmed. A new multisectoral trade mission bringing together small and medium-sized enterprises from the Moscow region is scheduled in Algeria in October 2026, with the aim of securing new contracts, identifying local buyers, and establishing commercial partnerships.
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Algeria - The Minister of Pharmaceutical Industry, Wassim Gouidri, confirmed today, Sunday in Algiers, the importance of gradually transitioning from reliance on importing medical supplies to localizing their production by encouraging investment and leveraging the available national expertise and capabilities in this field, according to a statement from the ministry.
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Contracts for implementation and facilities pre-programmed to prevent delays in electricity, water, and industrial development from auditing to financing... Expanded roles for auditors in industrial clusters present a reference study prepared by the National Chamber of Auditors launching a national strategy for industrial clusters for the period from 2027 to 2035, based on transforming major industrial projects into centers of attraction for thousands of small and medium enterprises, instead of merely completing isolated production units, allowing for the creation of an integrated industrial fabric and increasing local added value while diversifying the economy beyond hydrocarbons. The study, titled 'National Strategy for Industrial Clusters 2027-2035', outlines four flagship projects...
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The Minister of Pharmaceutical Industry, Wassim Guedri, chaired a technical meeting on Sunday, August 16, at the ministry's headquarters, with the presence of executives from the 'Saïdal' group and representatives from several foreign companies, to assess the progress of several projects belonging to the group. Read the full content on Echourouk Online.
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The meeting addressed expanding partnerships among economic operators and intensifying coordination to elevate Algerian-Omani relations.
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To boost its agri-food and pharmaceutical sectors towards sub-Saharan markets, the national company CNAN EL DJAZAIR is preparing to acquire its own refrigerated containers, sources close to the matter have learned. By converting its existing fleet into a true refrigerated corridor to Dakar and Nouakchott, the public shipowner is set to lift the main logistical barrier that was hindering the expansion of the 'Made in Algeria' label. A major commercial offensive that comes amid Algeria's full integration into the continental free trade area (ZLECAF).
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The national exhibition of school supplies and locally manufactured stationery will be held in the wilaya of Annaba from September 10 to 14, at the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion, in coordination with the services of the wilaya of Annaba, a statement from the ministry reported on Friday, as relayed by APS.
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SONATRACH has started delivering the first shipments of 'Jet A1' aircraft fuel to Niger, originating from the Adrar refinery (RA1D).
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SONATRACH began the delivery of the first shipments of aviation fuel from the Adrar RA1D refinery for the Nigerien market yesterday, Friday. SONATRACH clarified that this operation is a realization of the contract signed between the SONATRACH group and the Nigerien National Petroleum Company 'SONIDEP', concerning the export of Jet A1 aviation fuel to Niger. View the full content on Echourouk Online.
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Algeria - The national exhibition of locally manufactured school and paper supplies will be held in the state of Annaba during the period from September 10 to 14, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion in coordination with the state of Annaba, according to a statement from the ministry today, Friday.
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