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Sanlam and Allianz Set to Reshape Morocco’s Insurance Market Through Landmark Merger

Morocco’s insurance sector moved decisively toward consolidation as Sanlam Maroc advanced plans to absorb Allianz Maroc in a merger-absorption operation to be submitted to the extraordinary general assemblies of both companies on 2 July 2026. The deal’s prospectus received clearance from the Moroccan Capital Markets Authority (AMMC) on 15 June 2026, with accounting effects to […]

Nine African countries join Afreximbank’s PAPSS platform in push for ‘de-dollarization’

A pan-African payment system that would allow African nations to trade among themselves, using their own currencies, is gaining momentum, as the platform has recently started commercial operations with nine countries having signed up so far, according to the Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah. The African Export-Import Bank — or Afreximbank — expects 15 to 20 […]

Moroccan, Nigerien intelligence services free two Moroccan cyclists kidnapped in Burkina Faso

Moroccan and Nigerian intelligence services have freed two Moroccan cyclists who have been missing since the end of last March and who were actually kidnapped in Burkina Faso. The Moroccan security services succeeded, in collaboration with their Nigerien counterparts, in freeing on Saturday, May 13, the two Moroccan cyclists, Abderrahmane Serhani and Driss Fatihi who […]