‘A revival with fanfare’ is how the latest ranking of the most important 500 African companies drawn up by Jeune Afrique magazine might be best described, with profits amounting to $80,84bn in total. After analyzing the results of more than 1,200 companies, the French-language pan-African weekly news magazine unveiled its exclusive ranking of the 500 […]
Morocco is unrelenting in its fight against contraband. The North African country has taken a series of measures to crackdown on smuggling while offering alternatives to the locals, basically trough a free economic zone. Works are already in progress to build the zone, which shall offer retailers in the cities near the occupied enclave of […]
Algeria’s economic growth dropped to 2.2% in 2017, down from 3.3% in 2016, due to a decline in the performance of the energy sector, the central bank said. The same source noted that inflation dropped to 5.6% instead of 6.4 in 2016, while the balance of payment was reduced by $3 billion to stand at […]
