German Kromberg

Morocco reaps benefits of car industry strategy

One dirham in two received out of industrial exports are generated by the car industry sector which topped Morocco’s industrial exports in 2018 taking 44.5%. The sector employs 85,00 people as the automotive sector’s clusters continue to expand pushing car exports above phosphates and tourism revenues. These achievements are all thanks to the industrial acceleration […]

Shares trading in indebted Kenya Airways suspended for another year as restructuring falters

Trading in Kenya Airways shares has been suspended for another year, as the indebted national carrier battles to return to profitability and the country’s president says he wants to sell the government’s stake. Stocks in the troubled airline have not been traded since July 2020 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, which devastated global […]

How Algeria served as a trigger for Morocco’s antifragility

Antifragility is a concept coined by Nicholas Taleb in his book, Antifragile, according to which stressful conditions, shocks, volatility, faults or attacks are all factors that may end up building up an antifragility system strengthening capabilities and preparedness as well as cutting dependence. The concept applies to greater extents to Morocco’s relations with Algeria which […]