Sustainable development goals

Candidate for Tunisia’s presidential elections to remain in jail

A Tunisian court ordered that candidate for Tunisia’s Presidential elections and media mogul Nabil Karoui must stay in detention for now on suspicion of financial crimes. The ruling on Tuesday came less than two weeks before the second round of voting which will see the media magnate compete with 61-year-old retired law professor Kais Said […]

Morocco officially joins EV battery supply chain

Morocco has officially entered the global electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain with the inauguration of COBCO’s lithium-ion battery material plant in Jorf Lasfar, south of Casablanca. The launch, held on June 25, marks a major milestone in the country’s industrial strategy to become a regional hub for clean mobility technologies. The COBCO plant, a […]

Thunes launches real-time payment service in Morocco

Thunes company, a global leader in cross-border payments, has launched its real-time money transfer service in Morocco, one of the major remittance recipients in Africa. The new service enables payouts in Moroccan Dirham (MAD) and gives Thunes’ Members greater access to Morocco’s increasingly connected and digitized economy. According to the World Bank, Morocco received over […]