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Over $ 26 Mln Boost for Private Equity Sector in Morocco & Tunisia

The private equity sector in Morocco and Tunisia has received a $ 26.1 million grant from the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) to support the development of the private equity market in two North African countries, rocked by the Arab Spring. The financial assistance will also serve to rev up equity funding for […]

Santiago Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan Offering Realistic Political Solution to Sahara Issue

The government of Chile expressed on Friday its full support to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco to reach a realistic, viable and definitive political solution to the regional dispute over the Sahara. In a joint statement issued in Santiago following the visit paid by Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita, the government of […]

South Africa: Electricity price increases to cost over 90,000 mining jobs

South Africa’s Minerals Council on Tuesday warned that electricity price increases by state-owned power utility Eskom will lead to over 90,000 job losses in South Africa’s gold and platinum mining industries over the next three years. Earlier this year, South Africa’s National Energy Regulator said that Eskom could hike tariffs by 9.41 percent in 2019, […]