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Morocco’s octopus season drives digital transformation in Laâyoune fish market

Morocco’s southern port city of Laâyoune has recorded 796 tons of octopus landings within a month of the fishing season’s July 15 opening, marking a strong start to what officials describe as a digitally transformed marketplace that balances commercial interests with sustainability requirements. The harvest has maintained robust pricing levels, averaging 100 dirhams ($10) per […]

Côte d’Ivoire to have its first cocoa processing plant

The foundation stone of the first cocoa processing plant in Côte d’Ivoire was laid Thursday in the port city of San Pedro. The plant is expected to process half of the country’s cocoa production. The plant, funded by regional financial conglomerate Atlantic Bank Group, will cost around €111 million and will stretch over 9 hectares […]

Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency seeks to mobilize over $7 Mln for its projects in 2021

The Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency seeks to mobilize over $7 million for the projects it plans to implement in 2021. In its annual report, the Morocco-based Agency,  stresses that it has programmed several projects amounting to more than $ 7.412 million and covering the sectors of social assistance (29%); protection of cultural and urban […]