Playbook · Trade → North Africa
How Nordic trade firms enter North Africa.
A market-by-market read on where Nordic trade principals fit across North Africa, drawn from Saga's country desks.
The shape of the opportunity
North Africa is not one market — and trade is not one conversation.
Saga represents Nordic principals in 4 North Africa markets: Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia. Each country has its own operator base, regulator, and Norwegian corridor — what works in one rarely transfers cleanly to the next. This page is the trade-specific map: where the buyers actually are, and which doors open first.
Country reads — Trade in North Africa
North Africa · Trade
Egypt
Africa's largest energy market and the home of our most cited brownfield reference. Western Desert tight-carbonate work is live; Cairo is the right place to start a Mediterranean-and-Africa BD calendar.
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North Africa · Trade
Algeria
Sonatrach's 2025–2030 well plan is one of the largest in the world. Gatekept and slow but deeply rewarding for principals who arrive with a credible regional partner. Hassi Messaoud and Hassi R'Mel are canonical tight-carbonate plays.
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North Africa · Trade
Libya
The single most consequential brownfield opportunity on the continent. The Sirte Basin holds Africa's largest reserve cluster; the recent licensing round has put NOC and Mellitah back in conversation with foreign capability. We treat the security picture honestly and we are present.
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North Africa · Trade
Tunisia
A country deliberately rebuilding outwards from the coast. Aquaculture inbound investment has accelerated sharply; the port-and-customs digitisation programme is one of the most coherent in North Africa. A focused, blue-economy entry point.
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