The initial public offering (IPO) of Vicenne, a leading Moroccan medical equipment company, broke a new record on the Casablanca Stock Exchange with an IPO that was oversubscribed 64 times. The offering attracted over 32 billion dirhams in demand by investors for shares worth just 500 million dirhams, resulting in an unprecedented oversubscription. Vicenne offered […]
The Academy of the Kingdom will proceed, next Monday, May 16, to the inauguration of the recently set-up Chair of African Literature and Arts. The Chair’s activities will start with a two-day international symposium, May 16-17, in tribute to Malian writer Yambo Ouologuem entitled: “From the Duty of Violence to the Duties of Literature”. Yambo […]
Boko Haram, a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group, has reportedly resurged in Cameroon’s Far North, escalating attacks and plunging the region into renewed insecurity. Despite earlier joint military successes by Nigeria, Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, fractures within the Lake Chad Basin Commission and fragile civilian protection have allowed the Islamist group to regain strength. In recent […]
