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Online Shopping Surges 65% as Quarter of Moroccans Embrace E-Commerce

Nearly one in four Moroccans completed online purchases in 2024, marking a substantial shift in consumer behavior over the past five years, according to the National ICT Survey 2024-2025 conducted by Morocco’s telecommunications regulatory agency. The adoption rate climbed from 15.1% in 2019 to 24.9% in 2024, representing 3.7 million new online shoppers—a 65% increase. […]

Positioning for growth: winds of change for Arab-Africa trade and investment?

The landmark multi-billion-dollar Arab-Africa Guarantee Fund (AAGF), which is due to start operations in 2023, could provide a boost to the Arab-Africa trade that has been static at 17% of the continent’s total trade for the last seven years. Despite centuries of exchanges, Arab-Africa trade has been static at 17% of the continent’s total trade […]

GCC hails Libyan 6+6 committee’s compromise reached in Morocco

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, held in Doha on Tuesday, welcomed the Libyan Joint 6+6 Committee’s compromise reached during its June meetings in Morocco, as tasked by the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State to prepare electoral laws. The compromise reached on laws governing the election of the head of […]