Category: Business

High cost of imported fertilizers is adding to food crisis in Africa

July 28, 2023

Global fertilizer suppliers have benefited from high fertilizer prices in 2022-23 but, by and large, they have undermined production, contributed to high food prices, and ... Read More

Fitch Rating expects Moroccan banks profitability to improve in 2023

July 27, 2023

Fitch Rating highlighted the positive outlook for the seven largest Moroccan banks in 2023 whose profitability is set to improve on the back of a ... Read More

MP James Duddridge: Morocco, UK’s Gateway to African Market

July 27, 2023

Conservative MP James Duddridge has described Morocco as a longstanding partner and friend offering UK huge post-Brexit trade opportunities. In an Op-Ed published Wednesday by ... Read More

Indian HCLTech sets up a Global Delivery Center in Morocco

July 27, 2023

Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company HCLTech launched a Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Rabat, Morocco, as part of the company’s nearshore strategy ... Read More

Preservation of Judeo-Moroccan heritage: Moroccan, Israeli archives institutions sign MoU

July 27, 2023

The Archives of Morocco and the Archives of Israel signed, on Wednesday in Rabat, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at preserving the Jewish-Moroccan memory ... Read More

AfDB enters new $1 billion exposure exchange with the Asian Development Bank

July 26, 2023

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $1 billion exposure exchange with the Asian Development Bank that aims to strengthen ... Read More

IFC loans Express Union Tchad around $3m to boost access to finance for underserved communities

July 25, 2023

The International Finance Corporation, IFC, has provided a loan worth close to $3 million to Chad’s leading microfinance Express Union Tchad (EUT) to boost access ... Read More

World Bank approvres $350 million financing for Morocco’s water program

July 25, 2023

The World Bank has approved a $350 million results-based financing program to support Morocco implement its National Program for Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation (PNAEPI ... Read More

Morocco-Nigeria pipeline: UK’s RPS to undertake meteorological and oceanographic studies

July 24, 2023

British consulting firm RPS won a contract to undertake a study on the meteorological and oceanographic conditions for the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline. The contract was ... Read More

Burkina Faso launches new “Caisse de dépôt et d’Investissement” to finance major projects

July 24, 2023

Burkina Faso is setting a new Caisse de dépôt et d’Investissement, CDI-BF, assigned several tasks including financing of State’s major projects. The decision, “Sika Finance” ... Read More