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The import and export processing of containers and trucks at the Tanger-Med port has been fully digitalized starting this Nov.15 to ensure a better service to traders and businessmen. All administrative processing formalities can be made online and electronically through “Tanger Med Port Community System” which is accessible via smartphones, tablets and computers, and already […]
The House of Representatives adopted, Saturday evening in a plenary session, by a majority the entire Appropriation Bill (PLF) for the year 2022. The PLF-2022, which is based on three priorities namely, employment, health and education, was approval by 206 MPs and opposed by 67, without any abstention. The text was approved at the […]
The Blaise Diagne International Airport of Dakar “AIBD” and the Moroccan steel construction company “Inter Tridim” have signed an agreement for the construction of the MRO Aeronautical Maintenance Center in Senegal, announced the AIBD. The construction works of the Aeronautical Maintenance Center of the Blaise Diagne International Airport of Dakar will start at factory in […]
Morocco is becoming a growingly attractive destination for global textile companies, as world’s leading textile groups are migrating from traditional Asian manufacturers to closer markets offering favorable conditions, such as Morocco. Several brands from the European Union, the UK and the U.S. have been sealing deals with Moroccan companies in the textile industry as an […]
Ciments de l’Afrique (CIMAF) a subsidiary of Morocco-based Omnium des Industries et de la Promotion (OIP) has landed a €161.5-million loan from the International Financial Corporation (IFC), French-government-owned Proparco, and Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) earmarked to increase capacities of its grinding plants in Mali, Ghana, and to launch a state-of-the-art integrated cement plant in […]
Vice president for the MENA region at the World Bank (WB), Ferid Belhaj, said on Wednesday in Rabat that Morocco’s development policies and reforms are an example for the whole MENA region, renewing the international financial institution’s backing to these policies and reforms. During a working session with Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah […]
Emmerson mining company announced this Wednesday it secured an investment of $46.75 million from a group of investors for the development of the Khemisset Potash Project in Morocco. The primary investor is Global Sustainable Minerals Pte Ltd, based in Singapore and backed by a significant south-east Asian investor. “A major investment, at a premium to […]
Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced on Tuesday the launch, as of December 12, 2021, of a new direct route connecting Casablanca to Tel Aviv, with three frequencies per week. Flights will be scheduled from Casablanca every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday while flights from Tel Aviv to Casablanca will be scheduled every Monday, Wednesday, […]
Morocco has reinforced further its airspace defense with the acquisition of Thales Ground Master 400 radar, offering the Royal Armed forces tactical advantage as the mobile radar system can easily deploy and detect all types of aerial threats. The delivery of the long-range radar was made end July 2021 under a contract signed in […]
Attijariwafa bank, one of Morocco’s leading banking institutions, has expanded its “Dar Al Moukawil” network with the inauguration of its 16th center in the city of Laâyoune, on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the Green March. The institution is thereby strengthening its support for small businesses and project leaders in the Moroccan […]