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. […]
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Congo have sealed a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement that is expected to reduce or eliminate tariffs, remove unnecessary trade barriers, and improve market access. Thani Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Trade announced the deal on X, former Twitter. “The breadth of the UAE’s trade network continues to broaden as we […]
Kenya and Uganda have launched talks for the opening of a one-stop border post in Lokiriama in northwest Kenya with the aim of fighting banditry in the region and in turn boosting cross-border trade. The two neighbors revived their September 2019 memorandum of understanding (MoU) that sought to enhance cross-border trade between the Turkana and […]
