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Morocco wins presidency of the UN Economic Commission for Africa

Morocco won the presidency of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in an event that highlights the Kingdom’s clout and leadership within the continent. The one-year-term presidency will feature the chairmanship by Morocco’s industrial minister Ryad Mezzour of the Confederation of African Ministers for Finance, Planning, and Economic Development. Algeria, as was expected, attempted […]

Morocco Climbs Six Places in Global Innovation Index

The Global Innovation Index 2016 has been released, with Morocco climbing six places from 78th (2014) to 72th in a ranking of 128 surveyed countries. The report, published by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has swiftly become a widely used metric for assessing the state of innovation in various countries. In gaining […]

Moroccan innovator among winners of ICESCO contest for Arabic language learning Apps

Moroccan Mohamed Zaouin, from Souss-Massa’s Education and Training Academy, stands among the winners of the competition organized by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) for young people in the creation of digital content for learning Arabic. Zaouin, honored for his smartphone app Boustan Al Arabia, secured the third position in this competition, […]