The World Bank has approved a $55 million loan to Morocco to enable the country develop youth employability programs in the Marrakesh-Safi region within the frame of a new project destined to provide economic support to youths. This project will combine training for lower skilled youth, support potential entrepreneurs and investments in local businesses in […]
Global automotive parts supplier Yazaki is planning to open a new plant in Morocco in January 2020. This plant, Yazaki’s fourth in the kingdom, will be set up in Kenitra, some 40 km to the north of Rabat, and will start operating in January 2020, says L’Economiste daily. The facility will employ 2,500 people, bringing […]
President Akufo-Addo of Ghana has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the grouping’s 57th Summit that took place Monday in Niamey, capital of Niger. The Ghanaian President, who takes over from President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, underlined in his acceptance speech the challenges confronting West […]
