Counterterrorism Sahel

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 […]

AfDB lends €118 mln in support of Morocco’s Covid-19 social response

The African Development Bank extended a loan of €118 million to help Morocco address the social challenges triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.   The loan is part of a program launched in 2019 by the bank to help Morocco improve its social protection mechanisms.   In this respect, the current loan adds to a credit […]

Egypt: Launch of Erada microfinance to provide financial services to SMEs

The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and Etisalat Egypt have launched Erada Microfinance to provide access to a wide range of financial services to micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Erada uses financial technology (FinTech) and provides access to a diversified set of innovative financial products for MSEs to expand their businesses, Mubasher.info reports. The partnership, […]