Hazem Hamouda

Morocco to revamp agricultural development strategy

Ten years into Morocco’s agricultural development, the results are so far promising with the creation of 250,000 jobs out of the 300,000 target. Agricultural output grew by 60 percent since the launch of the Green Morocco Plan, jumping from 79 billion dirhams in 2008 to 125 billion in 2018. Agricultural exports quadrupled between 2008 and […]

COP-27: Morocco’s Princess Lalla Hasnaa Meets Congo’s Environment Minister

Morocco’s Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Goodwill Ambassador of the Congo Basin Climate Commission (CBCC) & the Blue Fund for the Congo Basin, conferred on Tuesday in Sharm el-Sheikh with Congo’s Environment Minister & coordinator of the Congo Basin Climate Commission, Ms. Arlette Soudan-Nonault, on the sidelines of the COP-27 Climate summit taking place in Egypt. Set […]

Social aid to cost Moroccan government 8% of GDP by 2026- minister

Morocco’s spending on social assistance would amount to $9 billion, representing some 8% of the country’s GDP, minister in charge of the Budget Fouzi Lekjaa said. Lekjaa was speaking before MPs explaining the logic behind cutting cooking gas prices, which come after a series of measures aiming to boost purchasing power of poor and middle-class […]