south African parliament speaker Thandi Modise

Egypt sets up consulting firm for transport projects

The Egyptian Transport ministry signed on the 19th of June a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an International/Egyptian alliance to set up a consulting firm that will provide consulting services in the fields of transportation projects. The Egyptian-French consortium comprises French Aegis Alliance, the International Consulting Company (Sestra) and Shaker Engineering Company. The new firm, […]

World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Marrakech Postponed to 2023

The World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings, initially scheduled to take place in Marrakech in October 2022, will take place in 2023, the two financial institutions announced in a press release this Monday. “The planned World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings that were scheduled to take place in Marrakesh, Morocco, in October 2022, will now take place […]

World Bank expects Morocco’s economy to grow by 3.1% in 2023

Morocco’s economic growth is expected to grow 3.1% in 2023 thanks to a rebound of the primary sector, says the World Bank’s in its latest report “Responding to Supply Shocks”. After a strong post-COVID-19 rebound last year, Morocco’s economy came under mounting pressure from overlapping supply shocks: a severe drought and a surge in commodity […]