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Morocco Shifts Public Investment Strategy Toward Performance, Regional Equity

Morocco’s government has prioritized public investment performance and its tangible impact on economic growth, job creation, and territorial equity, according to Budget Minister Fouzi Lekjaa. This orientation aligns with royal directives calling for transition from quantitative to qualitative approaches in public investment management. Speaking at the parliament question time, Lekjaa emphasized that sectoral studies demonstrate […]

Making the most of AfCFTA: African businesses bullish on the deal’s benefits

The African business community has maintained its bullish outlook on the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), as it weathers global instability, mainly due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. African business advocacy group the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) has published the results […]

Algerian expatriates urge Macron to raise issue of human rights during visit to Algiers

Several NGOs and associations of Algerian expatriates have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to raise the issue of deteriorating human rights situation with Algerian leaders during his planned three-day visit to this Maghreban country starting Aug.25. In a letter signed by 13 Diaspora organizations, including “Action citoyenne pour l’Algérie”, “Collectif des Familles de disparus […]