Egypte : Al Khorafi investira 3 milliards de dollars en 2009

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Le groupe koweitien Al Khorafi prévoit d’investir 3 milliards $ en 2009 dont une majorité sera destiné au secteur industriel et touristique.

Il est prévu la construction d’un complexe sidérurgique, d’une usine d’extraction de sels minéraux du lac "Karun", au sud-ouest du Caire, et l’extension du port de « ghaleb » sur la côte de la mer Rouge.

Les Afriques.

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Nasser Al Kharafi



2# Nasser Al Kharafi

Net Worth: US$ 9.6 Billion
Country of Residence: Kuwait
Industry: Retail
Companies: Atheer, Zain, Kharafi Group

Nasser Al Kharafi is the chairman of one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Arab world. His lucrative food division, Americana, has the exclusive franchise rights in the Middle East for fast food brands including KFC, Wimpy, TGI Friday’s, Cadbury’s, Pizza Hut and Saint Cinnamon. He is also the largest individual stakeholder of popular doughnut company, Krispy Kreme holding 13.8 percent.

This year Al Kharafi has also been featured heavily in the British press after his name was linked to a rumoured buyout of Newcastle United football team. Reports claimed the billionaire was in discussions to buy the club for $440m but the report was later denied.

In 1976 Al Kharafi launched Kuwaiti conglomerate the National Company for Mechanical and Electrical Works, and the Al Kharafi Group is now a major player in engineering, construction and maintenance, focusing on petroleum, water, chemicals and power. The family owns a lucrative 30 percent stake in Atheer Telecom, which owns a mobile licence for Southern Iraq, and in October 2007 bought more shares in Mobile Telecommunications Corporation (Zain), through one of its units. Al-Khair National for Stocks and Real Estate, which belongs to the family-owned conglomerate, now holds 9.6 percent of Zain.

The company’s other contracts include an $110m Beirut hotel, a $200m golf and residential development in South Africa, and a $400m sewage plant in Kuwait. The family-owned, Disney-esque Port Galib resort on Egypt’s Red Sea coast attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world each year.

Al Kharafi’s 16 percent stake in The National Bank of Kuwait has suffered, however. The region’s banking sector has endured a year to forget, and with Zain down 43 percent, these investments have hit the family in the pocket.

Al Kharafi is also one of two bidders to revive the long-delayed Subiya causeway project in Kuwait. Al Kharafi in partnership with France’s Vinci is bidding against another consortium led by another French firm, Bouygues, which includes Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries. Tender documents are expected to be issued in January with a deadline set for July.

Older brother Jassem is speaker of Kuwait’s National Assembly, while sister Faiza was first woman president of Kuwait University.

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