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Automotive: Spanish Gestamp to Build Plant in Morocco

The Madrid-based company Gestamp, which specializes in the design, development and manufacture of highly engineered metal components for the automotive industry, has unveiled plans to build a plant in the Moroccan town of Kenitra, located around 40 km away from Rabat, next to the plant that PSA is building in the town. The facility is […]

Senegal asks for postponement of qualifiers of 2023 African Cup of Nations

Senegal’s coach Aliou Cissé is calling for a postponement of the AfCON-2023 qualifying matches scheduled for September to allow African teams to better prepare for the World Cup in Qatar, from November 21 to December 18. “The best thing (to) help the five (African) selections that have qualified for the World Cup is to stop […]

Africa at critical juncture: as China slows, continent needs to diversify economic partners

With Chinese lending to Africa shrinking, the continent must focus on increasing its internal trade, diversifying trade-able goods away from commodities, and developing and solidifying its relationships with other global economic partners, according to a senior official at the Asia Business Council. The continent has long had robust economic ties with China, but now faces […]