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Côte d’Ivoire: Northern border communities face rising extremist threat following aid suspension

Border communities in northern Côte d’Ivoire find themselves increasingly vulnerable as counterterrorism funding crucial to preventing extremist expansion has been suspended. The $20 million US-funded initiative, which supported dozens of villages like Kimbirila-Nord, looking like a front line of the global fight against extremism, has ended amid sweeping foreign aid cuts, leaving residents concerned about […]

Money Transfers: Moroccan Wafacash Teams Up With WorldRemit

Moroccan financial company Wafacash has sealed a deal with WorldRemit, an online money transfer service provider, enabling Moroccans living overseas to send money to their homeland wherein the cash will be available instantly for the beneficiaries. The money transfers wired though WorldRemit system can be picked up from any of the 1620 Wafacash locations installed […]

Morocco steps up efforts to attract foreign investors

Morocco is set to create 12 special economic zones in its 12 regions offering tax incentives and other advantages to attract foreign industrial investors. The special zones are also meant to boost exports and curb imports in order to ease the country’s trade deficit. The decision was made in 2016 in a business charter that […]