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Modest Rebound Continues in MENA, New Sources of Growth & Job Creation Needed

A new World Bank report forecasts growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to reach 2.8% by 2020, but calls for a regional push toward a new digital economy that would generate higher levels of growth. Growth in the MENA region is projected to rebound to an average of 2% in 2018, up […]

Atlantic gas pipeline multilateral deal expected by end of 2024- Moroccan official

A final deal involving all countries that will benefit from the gas pipeline that will connect Nigeria to Morocco is expected by year’s end, head of Morocco’s mines and hydrocarbons agency ONHYM Amina Benkhadra said. The project has been spearheaded by Morocco’s King as a key component of the Kingdom’s south-south cooperation approach. It has […]

Morocco-Portugal: Joint Business Council set up to enhance further “win-win” partnership

Moroccan and Portuguese business communities have agreed to set up a joint economic council to give a new impetus to bilateral trade, partnership and investment.   The agreement was inked Monday in Casablanca by chairman of the Moroccan employers’ union Chakib Alj, Portuguese Secretary of State for Internationalization Eurico Brilhante Dias and vice-President of the […]