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Morocco’s investment potential presented to Swiss economic operators

Morocco’s potential in terms of investment attractiveness and its positioning as a hub towards Africa were under the spotlight during a meeting organized recently at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Service of Geneva (CICG), in the presence of an array of economic actors and Swiss business leaders. The meeting “Focus Morocco”, organized by the […]

Ghana: A gold board to boost earnings, struggle against smuggling

Ghana is set to establish a Gold Board to better regulate gold purchases from small-scale miners, aiming to increase national earnings and reduce smuggling, Reuters reported. The initiative, announced by the newly appointed Finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, is designed to help the country, Africa’s leading gold producer, optimize the benefits from its gold exports […]

Morocco to swap jobs-for-life for contractual hiring in civil service

As Morocco gradually implements an ambitious regionalization plan, it has opted to implement contractual hiring of public servants instead of the current job-for-life model, which has compromised efficiency and drained state resources. However, hiring by contracts was not easily accepted by many sectors especially teachers who staged months-long protests for fears about their job security […]