Morocco’s automotive sector prepares for shift to electric vehicles

Morocco’s growing automotive sector is preparing the ground for the shift to electric vehicles as the country ambitions to set up a battery factory and further bolster the competitiveness of local part makers. In a push to achieve zero emission quest by 2050, the EU imposed a ban on petrol and diesel cars from 2035. […]

DRC: calm restored as army foils ‘attempted coup’ involving US, UK plotters

Democratic Republic of Congo army foiled an attempted coup early Sunday (19 May), the country’s authorities have said, alleging that the coup plotters included some US and UK citizens, and they were led by a Congolese “naturalized American” named Christian Malanga. The streets of DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, appeared calm on Sunday after the army announced […]

Akhannouch Tops Podium of Richest Men in Morocco

Aziz Akhannouch, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister and head of the RNI party, was ranked Morocco’s wealthiest man in Forbes 2018 ranking of World’s Billionaires. Akhannouch, the owner of Akwa group, with a total wealth of $2.2 billion came ahead of his countryman Othman Benjelloun, President of BMCE Bank with $1.7 billion. Akhannouch’s wealth came largely […]