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Morocco’s OCP posts 4% rise in revenues in 2020

Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP posted a 4% increase in its revenues in 2020 to 56.2 billion dirhams as volumes offset a drop in prices. The group said exports of phosphates-based fertilizers rose 12% following higher demand in India and Brazil. ‘’OCP achieved significant growth in 2020, one of the most challenging business periods […]

Nigeria kidnappings: more students snatched as army hunts for missing

Gunmen kidnapped 15 more students from an Islamic school in northwestern Nigeria, which comes following the abduction of more than 280 children by gunmen in the same region last week. The gunmen broke into the premises of the Islamic seminary in the village of Gidan Bakuso in Sokoto state on Saturday (9 March), snatching 15 […]

EAC trade hampered by NTBs, lack of credit and dollar scarcity — EABC report

Difficulties in securing foreign currencies and lack of affordable credit in the wake of rising interest rates are major challenges facing traders in the East African Community, according to a new report on the Ease of Doing Business in the EAC 2023, that also highlights traders still facing challenges at borders and markets despite harmonized […]