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Morocco’s Aerospace Sector Graduates from Subcontracting to High-Value Manufacturing

Morocco’s aerospace industry is undergoing a structural shift, moving beyond simple assembly subcontracting to the production of increasingly complex and technically demanding components. Driven by the arrival of global manufacturing leaders and a progressive deepening of the industrial value chain, the sector is establishing itself as a high-technology hub rather than a low-cost outsourcing destination, […]

Mali adamant on seeing UN peacekeeping leaving by December 31st

Mali has refused to extend the timeline for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to withdraw from the country beyond the deadline of December 31st, as previously agree despite confrontations between the Army and rebels and terrorist groups in the north. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution end of June […]

Morocco declares end of CMI card-payment monopoly after market reforms

Morocco’s central bank and competition regulator said reforms have ended the long-standing dominance of the Centre Monétique Interbancaire (CMI) in the country’s bank-card payment market, opening the sector to new operators and lowering costs for merchants. Morocco has completed the transition from a market where CMI was the sole provider of merchant card-acquiring services to […]