mohammed_vi_&_ali_bongo in Rabat Dec 2018

Africa urged to unlock $4 trillion in domestic capital for infrastructure boom

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has called on African governments to tap into over $4 trillion in untapped domestic capital to bridge the continent’s widening infrastructure gap. In its 2025 State of Africa’s Infrastructure report, the AFC emphasized that pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, commercial banks, and reserves collectively hold the capital needed to transform […]

Morocco’s GDP per capita more than doubles in twenty years

Morocco’s gross domestic product per capita more than doubled in the last two decades of the reign of King Mohammed VI who made of fighting poverty a priority. The GDP per capita grew from 1460 dollars twenty years ago to about 3090 dollars currently, according to World Bank figures. Poverty rate dropped to 4% of […]

Morocco’s 2024 challenges: water scarcity, inflation- World Economic Forum

Morocco should prepare to address the challenge of drought and inflation in 2024, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said. In its Global Risks Report, the WEF identified water supply and inflation among the most pressing issue Morocco would face this year as the country braces for the sixth consecutive dry year. Inflation was contained in […]