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Morocco’s economic geography is undergoing a quiet but significant transformation, according to the editorialist of Aujourd’hui le Maroc. The latest meeting of the National Investment Commission revealed that approved projects are now being located in provinces such as Al Haouz, El Jadida, Moulay Yacoub, Nador, Rehamna and Taroudant — territories not traditionally associated with major […]
Morocco’s Direction générale des impôts (DGI) generated a record 20.93 billion dirhams in additional revenues from tax control and regularization operations in 2025, an 18 percent increase on the prior year, as the administration advanced what it describes as a fundamental shift in fiscal doctrine. Rather than using audit activity as a quick budgetary lever, […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has significantly increased its financial commitments to Mauritania, with its investment portfolio rising from $147 million to $659 million over the past three years. The $512 million expansion reflects a more than fourfold increase in support and underscores a deepening partnership between the AfDB and Mauritania. The funding is directed […]
Tunisia’s summer festival season is under threat after organizers said they could no longer obtain the foreign currency needed to pay international performers, raising the prospect of last-minute cancellations and contractual disputes. Lawyer Ahmed Ben Hassana told Tunisian outlet Webdo.tn that the commission overseeing foreign artists and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs were taken by […]
Morocco is embarking on a structural reform of its public budgeting process, introducing a formal system for identifying and tracking the environmental impact of government expenditure. The initiative, known as Climate Budget Labelling (Etiquetage climatique du budget, ECB), was formally launched by Prime Minister’s Circular No. 6/2026 of 23 April 2026 and will be applied […]
The World Bank has approved $265 million to support construction of a new pumped hydropower storage plant in northern Morocco. This clean energy project, one of the landmark infrastructures in Africa, will provide affordable electricity, improve the resilience of the national grid and create jobs. The Ifahsa Pumped Hydropower Storage Project is designed to strengthen […]
Morocco’s banking sector enters an AI-defined growth phase from a position of strength, according to the third edition of Boston Consulting Group’s Future of Finance 2026 report, which analyses the performance of nearly 1,500 financial institutions, including major African markets. In 2025, Moroccan banks recorded approximately 8 percent growth in their consolidated balance sheets, while […]
Morocco’s trade deficit widened 20.8% year-on-year to 160 billion dirhams ($17 billion) in the first five months of 2026 as rising imports outpaced export growth, but robust remittances from Moroccans living abroad and higher tourism receipts helped offset pressure on the country’s external accounts. Imports rose 11.8%, compared with export growth of 5.8% to 211 […]
Morocco’s National Agency for Water and Forests (ANEF) has secured more than €580 million in international financing for its “Forests of Morocco 2020-2030” strategy, with some €175 million — approximately 40 percent of total commitments, equivalent to 1.9 billion dirhams — already disbursed. The figures were disclosed at a high-level review meeting in Rabat on […]
Morocco has taken a significant step toward ending the fiscal free-riding of global digital multinationals on its market. On 11 June 2026, the Direction générale des impôts (DGI) launched a dedicated platform for the taxation of digital services, accessible through the SIMPL tax portal. The measure follows the publication of decree no. 2-25-862 in December […]