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A landmark global report by Forvis Mazars has placed Morocco alongside South Africa and Kenya as one of only three African countries explicitly cited as private equity investment destinations by institutional investors — a first for the Kingdom that validates its positioning strategy while raising the bar for what comes next. The 80-page study, based […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Nador West Med (NWM) – Bétoya Industrial & Logistic Zone (BILZ) – signed a €2.1 million grant agreement last week in Rabat to support the development of the NWM complex as an attractive, dynamic, and sustainable economic zone in Morocco. The grant will finance a Technical […]
Electronic transactions in Libya surpassed 313.6 billion dinars in 2025, marking unprecedented growth in the country’s digital payment ecosystem, according to statistics released by the Central Bank of Libya (CBL). Data published on the Government of National Unity’s “Hakomitna” platform show that, up to February 15, 2026, mobile banking subscribers reached 4.29 million. More than […]
Morocco’s tax revenues surged 74% between 2021 and 2025 to reach 291 billion dirhams, the country’s tax chief said on Wednesday, citing the figures as evidence that a five-year fiscal reform plan is now fully delivering results. Presenting the reform’s progress to business leaders at the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) in Casablanca last […]
Morocco’s Exchange Office has unveiled its 2026 General Instruction, introducing a sweeping package of regulatory easing measures designed to boost competitiveness for small businesses, startups, and foreign investors. The reforms were presented at the headquarters of the CGEM employers’ federation, where both business leaders and regulators signaled a shared intent to modernize the Kingdom’s exchange […]
Morocco’s consumer price index fell 0.8 percent in January 2026 compared to the same month a year earlier, driven primarily by a 2.1 percent decline in food prices, according to data released by the High Commission for Planning. Non-food prices, meanwhile, edged up 0.4 percent year-on-year, with transport costs falling 2.9 percent while miscellaneous goods […]
The Rabat-Brussels axis is gaining momentum amid a rapidly changing geostrategic landscape. While the European Union has endorsed lately Morocco’s autonomy plan in the Sahara, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced a record €740 million funding to the Kingdom in 2025. The growing political and financial partnership between Morocco and the European Union seeks a shared […]
The Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, has constituted a specialised advisory Committee to assess Libya’s worsening economic landscape and recommend corrective measures. The newly formed body, chaired by Hossam Al-Shahibi and comprising seven economic and financial experts, has been mandated to deliver a comprehensive technical report evaluating the country’s macroeconomic performance and institutional […]
Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has met with Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor Naje Issa to address what officials described as priority economic and financial concerns, with a focus on liquidity, foreign exchange regulation and price stability. In a statement posted on the government’s official platform, on February 16, talks centred on improving cash availability […]
Italy announced a plan to allow African countries to suspend debt repayments after extreme climate events, a proposal unveiled by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the second Italy–Africa Summit held on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) meeting in Addis Ababa. The initiative forms part of Italy’s broader Mattei Plan, which allocates €5.5 billion […]