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North Africa: Rush to build slows as squeeze tightens

By Heba Saleh

Published: November 24 2008 17:09 | Last updated: November 24 2008 17:09

Egypt, the most diversified economy in North Africa, has long been a recipient of Gulf investments in a range of sectors such as telecoms, finance, industry and real estate.

More recently, however, investors from Gulf Co-operation Council countries have been probing opportunities and announcing big projects, some in industry and infrastructure but most in real estate and tourism developments, further west in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

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