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Morocco’s farm exports grow to $4 bln in 2019-2020

Despite a difficult context marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and disruption of supply chains, Morocco’s farm exports rose 8% to 4 billion dollars, agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch said. Compared to 2010, exports jumped 130% as Morocco implements sector-based strategies that aim at boosting the agricultural added value, promote exports and save irrigation water. Vegetables exports […]

Morocco’s competition council approves Akwa’s acquisition of Total Mauritanie

Morocco’s competition council approved the acquisition by Morocco’s Akwa Africa, a subsidiary of Akwa group, of Total Energies fuel distribution subsidiary in Mauritania. The council did not offer details on the transaction but earlier in November, Financial Afrik said it would amount to 185 million dollars. Akwa Africa was established to help the group expand […]

Libya : German legend supports CAN 2017 in Libya

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Tripoli for a new national football stadium at the western edge of Libya’s capital city as part of preparations geared towards hosting the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan who laid the foundation stone and 68-year-old German football legend Franz Beckenbauer […]