Morocco’s King Calls on banking & financial sector to be more involved in development process; facilitate access to loans

King Mohammed VI on Friday urged the Moroccan banking and financial sector to be more involved in the country’s development process, mainly through simplifying and facilitating access to loans, being more open to self-employment projects and financing the creation of small and medium sized enterprises. “Implementing projects and decisions, and ensuring follow-up to them, involves […]

Social Entrepreneurship Blossoms in Morocco- Australian Portal

Morocco along with Tunisia and Egypt are emerging as new global hubs for social entrepreneurship in light of the growth in start-ups in fields as various as banking, health, lending, currencies and e-commerce, writes Start Up Smart, an Australian news portal. “Mission-driven start-ups are blossoming in these three North African countries, which are now at […]

Egypt : Controversial license nears implementation

Before the end of the year, telecommunication operators in Egypt will begin to dedicate 6% of fixed-line operator Telecom Egypt’s (TE) revenues from mobile services to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA). The services are expected to be launched before the end of the year. The decision was revealed by Hisham El-Alayleyi, head of the […]