Category: Business

KfW supports Morocco’s financial system reform with €165 Mln funding

November 24, 2022

German Development Bank (KfW) has pledged to provide Morocco €165 million funding to continue reforming its financial system which has shown resilience to external shocks. ... Read More

Morocco to unveil 100% locally made petrol-powered car

November 24, 2022

Morocco will soon unveil the first 100% locally made petrol-powered car, building on an existing network of suppliers with an affordable cost, industry minister Ryad ... Read More

Malawi granted IMF food-shock funding to mitigate impact of global food shortage

November 24, 2022

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved financing to cope with rising global food prices for Malawi, the first low-income nation to receive financing from ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana hail progress in making cocoa buyers pay premium to farmers

November 23, 2022

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world's two largest cocoa producers, as well as the Ivorian-Ghanian Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI), created to guarantee a minimum income to ... Read More

Hospital operator Akdital to make an offering at Casablanca stock exchange

November 23, 2022

Akdital, a Moroccan group that owns 15 clinics in Morocco, plans an Initial Public Offering at the Casablanca stock exchange to raise 1.2 billion dirhams. ... Read More

Morocco’s King urges Gvt, stakeholders to accelerate development of renewable energies, green hydrogen

November 22, 2022

King Mohammed VI has urged the Government and all stakeholders to speed up the development of renewable energies, especially solar and wind energy, as well ... Read More

Morocco’s OCP launches its 1st carbon farming project in Brazil

November 22, 2022

Morocco’s state-owned OCP Group, the world’s largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizers, announced on Tuesday its first carbon farming and certification project in Brazil to ensure ... Read More

Kenya eyes taxing crypto transactions amid market meltdown

November 22, 2022

The government in Kenya, where about 8.5% of the population owns cryptocurrencies, has drafted a bill to tax crypto transactions in all exchanges in the ... Read More

South Sudan, IMF ink pact for $112.7m in emergency funds

November 22, 2022

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and South Sudan announced they have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of about $112.7 million in emergency financing, ... Read More

Over $4m embezzled in Gabon this year – Chief of Police

November 22, 2022

Over $4 million (2.6 billion CFA) were embezzled between January and October this year in Gabon, the Chief of Police of the central African country, ... Read More