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Only 6,000 Moroccan companies export today. That figure, cited at the opening of the second edition of the CGEM’s Carrefour de la TPME held in Casablanca on Tuesday under the theme “Oser l’export” (Daring to Export), encapsulated the central challenge of an event that brought together cabinet members, business leaders, and institutional actors to address […]
Morocco’s public finances entered the second quarter of 2026 in considerably better shape than a year earlier, driven by robust first-quarter tax receipts that have allowed the Treasury to reduce its reliance on the domestic bond market and to approach its funding strategy from a position of relative comfort. According to an analysis published by […]
Royal Air Maroc is set to welcome its first Boeing 737 MAX 9 on May 30, 2026, as the national carrier accelerates a fleet expansion program that will bring it to levels unprecedented in its history, Le360 news platform reports, quoting a reliable source. The aircraft, registered CN-RHQ and freshly off Boeing’s assembly line, forms […]
Morocco attracted 56 billion dirhams ($6 billion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2025, marking a sharp increase from recent years, Minister delegate for investment Karim Zidane said. Addressing members of the Upper House, Zidane said inflows had risen by nearly 73% compared with 2021, when they stood at around 32 billion dirhams. He attributed […]
Morocco’s High Commission for Planning (HCP), the national statistics agency, published the first results of its new labor force survey, highlighting low workforce participation, stark gender disparities and persistent youth unemployment under a methodology aligned with International Labor Organization standards. The new framework introduces stricter definitions that prevent comparisons with earlier data. Employment is now […]
Moroccan National Tourism Office has partnered with “Par5 Escapes”, one of the UK’s leading golf tour operators, to strengthen Morocco’s position within the golf travel market. The British golf travel company, which provides tailor-made golf holidays across the UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, will help increase Morocco’s visibility across key markets, showcase the […]
Egypt has lost $10 billion in revenues from the Suez Canal due to ongoing attacks on shipping in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said on Monday, May 4, during a meeting in Cairo with Mathias Cormann, 6th Secretary-General of OECD. The attacks, which began in November 2023, have significantly reduced vessel traffic […]
Libya’s Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, on Monday, May 4, announced the approval of a unified national budget—the first in over 13 years—during a cabinet meeting held in Qasr Al-Akhyar, east of Tripoli. The breakthrough follows the “2+2 agreement” signed in April between representatives of the House of Representatives and the High Council of State, […]
Morocco’s Office des Changes has initiated formal enforcement proceedings against a number of individuals identified as holding crypto assets abroad, marking the first visible escalation of regulatory action in a sector that has long operated in a legal grey zone. In written notifications sent to the individuals concerned — a copy of which was obtained […]
The first edition of “GITEX Future Health Africa” opened on Monday in Casablanca with the participation of several African public health leaders, leading international investors, medical pioneers, and innovators to discuss the future trends of healthcare in Africa through the transformative power of AI, digital technologies, and data intelligence. In his opening address, Moroccan Health […]