Category: Finance

Inflation could “inflame social tensions”, warns IMF

July 14, 2022

The global economic outlook is "darkening", the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday, citing the war in Ukraine and the ... Read More

Morocco: Al Amana Microfinance gets $8 Mln funding from IFC to encourage women in business

July 13, 2022

The International Finance Corporation provides al Amana Microfinance, one of Morocco's largest micro lenders, $8 Million loan to support smaller businesses, especially those run by ... Read More

Morocco: AfDB supports generalization of social coverage program with $87 million

July 13, 2022

The African Development Bank Group will lend Morocco €87 million to help the country implement the Support Program for the Generalization of Social Coverage. The ... Read More

EIB, Banque Misr ink two deals to support SMEs in Egypt

July 8, 2022

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Banque Misr have signed two technical assistance agreements to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Arab Finance reports citing ... Read More

Morocco spearheads collective efforts in favor of Africa’s financial resilience to global crises

July 7, 2022

Morocco has hosted within four weeks three key events to leverage resources and spur joint action in favor of Africa’s financial resilience in the face ... Read More

Morocco’s King calls for more international support to enhance African economic resilience

July 5, 2022

King Mohammed VI has called for more international support and cooperation to enable African countries to mitigate the impacts of the soaring inflation affecting the ... Read More

Moody’s confirms improvement of Morocco’s financial outlook to stable

July 4, 2022

Credit rating agency Moody’s affirmed Morocco’s outlook to stable from negative while it maintained its long-term issuer at BA1. Moody’s noted the recovery of Morocco’s ... Read More

Tunisia: Talks with IMF for new financing program start Monday

July 4, 2022

Tunisia is starting this Monday formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a credit line to be used to prop up the sluggish ... Read More

Israel’s I.M.S Ovadia Group Ltd to invest $500 million in Moroccan health sector

July 2, 2022

Morocco’s health ministry and Israel’s IMS Ovadia Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build 5 hospitals in the country for a total cost of ... Read More

OCP Foundation supports Senegal preserve biodiversity under a $2.2 Mln agreement

June 28, 2022

The OCP Foundation signed, Monday in Dakar, a $2.2 Mln agreement with the Senegalese Agency for Reforestation of the Great Green Wall (ASRGM) aimed at ... Read More