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Media blames health ministry’s bureaucracy for delaying access to Moroccan-made ventilators

As Moroccan hospitals are flooded by an increasing number of Covid-19 patients requiring intensive care, medics are complaining of a lack of equipment including ventilators and oxygen. This came as a surprise to Moroccan public opinion who is asking about the fate of the Moroccan-made ventilators that made headlines last April, showcasing Morocco’s industrial capacity […]

Credit Agricole to Open Morocco’s First Islamic Bank

Moroccan state-owned bank Credit Agricole (CAM) received the approval of the Ministry of Finance to open an Islamic subsidiary with The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the Central Bank, Bank Al Maghrib, said in an official bulletin. Bank Al Maghrib added that it is in the final stages of launching Islamic finance industry, which is referred […]

The Shift to a Multi-polar Global Economy: Are We Prepared to Handle It?

The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) report ‘Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds’ has outlined three global trajectories, or development in the interactions among world’s states, during the next 15-20 years. Under the ‘Reverse Engines’ scenario, mercantilism and protectionism could lead economic globalization to go into reverse, constraining technological breakthroughs required to manage scarce global resources. The […]