Morocco-COVID-19: State of health emergency extended until May 31, 2022

The Moroccan Government decided this Thursday at the cabinet’s weekly meeting to extend the state of health emergency until May 31, as part of efforts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government Council examined and adopted, this April 28, a draft decree, presented by the Minister of the Interior, extending the state […]

Casablanca Finance City, 1st financial center in Africa – Global Financial Centers Index

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has retained its ranking as the first financial center on African continent on Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI). The latest GFCI report, the 30th edition, ranks CFC 53rd globally, 4th in the Middle East region and the first on the African continent. CFC dominates Cape Town (62nd), Johannesburg (64th), Mauritius (73rd) […]

COVID-19: First clinical trial of a vaccine underway in South Africa

South Africa has just started clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19, the first on the continent. This candidate vaccine has been developed by Oxford University’s Jenner Institute and is already being tested in humans in Great Britain.   The vaccine trial started on June 24 in Johannesburg, the commercial capital, and Pretoria, the national […]