Abdelhak Khiame

EU-Morocco: Same Standards Applied to Morocco’s Exports, including from Sahara

The European Union (EU) has denied rumors that it will ban Morocco from exporting products from the southern region of the Sahara to European states. The EU’s position on the labeling of Moroccan products has not changed, affirmed the EU’s spokesperson Peter Stano on Thursday, Feb. 6, from Brussels, Belgium. The union will apply the […]

Togo’s capital to host AFIS annual summit Nov. 15-16

Africa’s financial industry platform (AFIS) has chosen Lome as host of its second Annual Summit on November 15 and 16, 2023, for the second time in a row. This year’s Summit will focus on the building of a “world-class African financial industry.” AFIS, backed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector […]

Morocco’s Central Bank keeps rates unchanged, expects growth to reach 2.9 % in 2023 & 3.2 % in 2024

Morocco’s central bank has decided to keep its key rate unchanged at 3 percent due to the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the international developments and the domestic context in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the country on Sept.08. The decision was made Tuesday by the Board of Bank Al-Maghrib after discussing local […]