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Moroccan industrialists forecast activity improvement despite sectoral disparities

Moroccan industrialists anticipate business activity improvement over the next three months, according to Bank Al-Maghrib’s September 2025 business survey, though expectations vary significantly across sectors. Forecasts indicate anticipated production and sales increases across most industrial branches, with exceptions in textile-leather facing stagnation expectations and chemicals-petrochemicals anticipating production declines. For September itself, the survey recorded overall […]

Othman Benjelloun Elected Vice-President of Union of Arab Banks

President of the Moroccan banks Professional Grouping (GPBM) and chairman & CEO of BMCE Bank, Othman Benjelloun, was recently elected vice-president of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB). The election took place during the Annual Arab Banking Conference held in Beirut, Lebanon, November 16-17 under the topic: Economic Stability at a Time of Uncertainty. Another […]

Rwanda to build Africa’s first green city

Rwanda plans to build Africa’s first green city, located on the outskirts of Kigali to provide fully sustainable infrastructure, green spaces and housing for low-income people. The ambitious project worth $5 billion is seen as the materialization of the “Wakanda”, in reference to Black Panther, a movie which depicts “Wakanda”, a fictional African city in […]