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AfDB supports modernization of Morocco’s railways with €300 million

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has earmarked €300 million for the Moroccan Railways Office (ONCF), that financed the project meant to increase the capacity of the Tangier-Marrakech railways axis, said the AfDB in a press release. Thanks to this financing coupled with technical assistance, the AfDB supports the modernization of the railways sector in Morocco […]

BUNA forges strategic partnership with Mastercard to boost MENA payments

Buna, the Arab Regional Payment System, has forged a strategic partnership with the global payments technology provider Mastercard in a move to enhance cross-border payments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, offering faster, more transparent, and cost-effective transactions for businesses and consumers. This private-public collaboration aims to reduce friction in cross-border payments […]

Paris wants to draw on Morocco’s Imam training experience

Paris is looking forward to learning from Morocco’s extensive Imam training experience as it plans to stop hiring religious preachers from abroad, French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said. Darmanin visited Rabat on April 22 and met both interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit and Morocco’s religious affairs minister Ahmed Taoufiq. Following talks with Taoufiq, Darmanin said “the […]