The African Export–Import Bank, Afreximbank, will lend Tunisia $1.3 billion to support public and private enterprises as well as public and private banks. Afreximbank director of trade financing Aymen El-Zoghbi said $500 million will be allocated to boost state-run and private companies. The remaining $800 million will be earmarked for supporting banks in private and […]
Following Morocco’s move to secure once and for all the Guerguarat border crossing with Mauritania, most international reactions have been to Rabat’s favor, wrote Crisis Group, an international conflict prevention NGO. “Despite Polisario’s mobilization, most international reaction to the events in Western Sahara has either reflected support for a swift return to the ceasefire and/or […]
Japan’s Furukawa Electric opened in Tangier Automotive City a plant specializing in optical fiber, the first for the Japanese giant in North Africa and the Middle East. The plant was built for a cost of 200 million dirhams over a surface area of 31,000 square meters and is expected to create 200 direct jobs. “Furukawa’s […]
