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Cevital Group

Algeria’s largest private industrial group — agro-food, steel, electronics, retail and automotive — anchor of the country’s private-sector economy.

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Founded by Issad Rebrab, Cevital is Africa’s biggest privately-owned industrial group, headquartered in Béjaïa. Its scale across food (Lalla Khedidja, Cevital sugar/oil), Brandt electronics, Numilog logistics and Samha electronics makes it the most strategic enterprise customer for Algerian industrial-software, supply-chain and SaaS founders.

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HQ in Béjaïa; flagship sugar refinery in Béjaïa Port; presence across Algiers, Oran and Setif.

Sectormanufacturing
Stagegrowth
FundingPrivate (family-owned)
Employees18,000+
Founded1998