Several leading tycoons have been rounded up including Ali Haddad the Kouninef brothers Chamber of Commerce chairman Mohamed Laïd Benamor and Condor group's Abderrahmane Benhamadi (AC Vol 60 No 7 Protests flush out the old guard)...
Abderrahmane Benhamadi's Condor Electronics boosted its turnover to over US$1 billion in 2016 while urban bus magnate Mahieddine Tahkout's move into automotive assembly is succeeding...
These include Groupe Amimer Energie (which has won contracts in Chad and Mali) and the powerful Benhamadi family-run Condor group headed by Abderrahmane Benhamadi which is building a five-megawatt solar plant at Bordj Bou Arreridj with the Anglo-Algerian Renewable Energy Partner (RnE) Ltd...
