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Kenya, Uganda seek to open new border post to stop banditry, revive trade

Kenya and Uganda have launched talks for the opening of a one-stop border post in Lokiriama in northwest Kenya with the aim of fighting banditry in the region and in turn boosting cross-border trade. The two neighbors revived their September 2019 memorandum of understanding (MoU) that sought to enhance cross-border trade between the Turkana and […]

Le Phare de l’Entrepreneuriat returns to Casablanca, spotlighting youth-led innovation

Casablanca’s Technopark will host the latest edition of “Le Phare de l’Entrepreneuriat” on Thursday, May 15, reigniting its role as a key platform for young innovators and aspiring entrepreneurs across Morocco. Organized by ACCEDE Provence Entrepreneurs, a student association from KEDGE Business School, the event aims to inspire and equip the next generation of startup […]

Morocco offers construction aid to 95% of quake-hit households

The Moroccan government said it offered construction aid to 95% of the households whose homes were completely or partly destroyed in the violent earthquake that ravaged villages in the High Atlas Mountains in September 2023. So far, 56,000 families received financial aid to rebuild their houses for a total cost of 1.4 billion dirhams ($140 […]