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Morocco’s Economy to Post 4.2% Growth in 2017- Central Bank

Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al Maghrib, forcasted a 4.2% growth rate for Moroccan economy in 2017, up from 1.2% in 2016. The positive growth rate was put forward on the backdgrop of a promising crop year following abundant rainfall, the Bank said. The bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25 percent as […]

US Nano PV Global to Open Solar Panel Factory in Tangier

US company specializing in solar power technology, Nano PV Global, will launch by the end of the year a project worth 2 billion dirhams to manufacture solar panels. The new factory will be producing photovoltaic panels and will create 660 direct jobs, Moroccan daily L’Economiste reports. The paper, quoting the regional investment promotion center, says […]

Covid-19: Morocco MPs to discuss lockdown exit plan on June 11

Moroccan MPs will discuss on June 11 the government’s exit strategy from the ongoing covid-19 lockdown enforced in the country since March 20 to prevent the spread of the pandemic. The parliamentary debate comes as the authorities are preparing to lift the lockdown on June 10 after having extended the public health emergency twice. “The […]