Morocco: Will Algiers-Tunis-Nouakchott Axis Hold?

After losing the support of Madrid in their anti-Moroccan alliance, the Algerian rulers are now refocusing on Mauritania after having subjugated Tunisia’s Kais Saeid with petro-dollars sweeteners. According to Maghreb-Intelligence online magazine, the Algerian regime will intensify in 2023 its lobbying campaign in Mauritania to tighten its grip on this Maghreb country and turn it […]

African start-ups break record with securing $1.2bn funding in 2024 — report

African start-ups recorded an impressive fundraising performance in July 2024, raising $420 million, the highest monthly figure since the tracking began in 2019, according to a recent report by Africa: The Big Deal. This sum also represents 2.5 times the average monthly amount raised over the past one year, signaling a strong rebound in investment […]

AfDB: Morocco’s Economic Growth to Increase to 3.9 in 2021

The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects Morocco’s economic growth to reach 3.7 pc in 2020 and 3.9 pc in 2021 from a 2.9 pc growth posted last year. In its African Economic Outlook 2020 report, the African bank says the projected GDP in Morocco is supported by the sustained efforts made to improve macroeconomic conditions […]