Morocco SME

New economic zone comes into being in Northern Morocco

The new economic zone whose works were launched a few weeks ago in Fnideq has officially come into being after its legal status was recently published in the Official Gazette. Under the decree, the public company managing the activity of the nearby Tangier Med Port, Tanger Med Special Agency (TMSA), has received government approval to […]

Libyan Union of Oil and Gas Workers opposes transferring oil revenues to outgoing PM Dbeibeh’s cabinet

The Union of Oil and Gas Workers rejected on Saturday transferring the country’s revenues of oil exports to the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Libya Update reports. The union’s reaction came following the request made by Head of the Audit Bureau, Khaled Shakshak, inviting the National Oil Corporation (NOC) to transfer oil revenues to Dbeibeh’s […]

Limits to Japanese ambitions in Africa to weaken China’s influence

Japan has recently announced an ambitious multibillion-dollar program of economic assistance to Africa — pledging to spend $30 billion on the continent and stressing a focus on training African professionals, food production and green growth — in a bid to provide the continent with an alternative to Chinese lending and investment. The recent flurry of […]