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Several Moroccan destinations feature prominently in a global ranking of the world’s most instagrammable locations, published by the analytics platform PlayersTime, confirming the country’s growing status as a social media travel destination at a moment when tourism choices are increasingly shaped by visual content on Instagram and TikTok. The study analyzed more than 240 cities, […]
Mehdi Tazi and Mohamed Bachiri were elected President and Executive Vice-President of Morocco’s Confederation of Enterprises (CGEM) on Thursday evening with 91.5 percent of votes cast at the federation’s elective general assembly, held in a large venue at a Casablanca hotel before the who’s-who of Morocco’s business world. Of 4,123 votes counted, 3,773 went to […]
Libya has reaffirmed commitment to providing a safe and stable investment environment for Chinese companies to resume stalled projects and undertake new investments, particularly in the energy, housing and infrastructure sectors. The pledge was made by PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibah during a dialogue session organized on Wednesday by the High Committee for Supervising Libyan-Chinese Cooperation. […]
The fourth edition of the International Chemistry Forum, organized jointly by the Federation of Chemistry and Para-Chemistry (FCP) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, opened in Rabat on May 13 under the theme “Chemistry at the Heart of Industrial Integration,” bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and international partners to assess the sector’s performance and […]
Morocco’s economy is expected to grow by 5.3% in 2026, Budget Minister Fouzi Lekjaa said, pointing to a solid recovery driven by improved agricultural output and steady macroeconomic conditions. Speaking before parliament, Lekjaa said the projection would mark one of the strongest growth performances in recent years outside of the post-COVID rebound, underpinned by a […]
Morocco will suspend imports of soft wheat from June 1 to July 31 after a rainy season that bodes well for this 2025–2026 agricultural season, the national millers’ federation (FNM) said. Morocco’s cereals harvest is expected to more than double to 9 million tons this year. The import suspension aims to protect and encourage the […]
Morocco’s National Agency for the Strategic Management of State Shareholdings (ANGSPE) is preparing to launch a major technology project to automate the production of consolidated financial statements for approximately 350 state-owned enterprises and establishments under International Financial Reporting Standards. The project, budgeted at 19.3 million dirhams, will deploy an Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform capable […]
Head of the Moroccan Government Aziz Akhannouch health surveyed *the Kingdom’s reform agenda during a panel on health sovereignty, held part of the Africa Forward summit hosted by Kenya May 11-12. Akhannouch, who was co-chairing the panel with Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, explained that Morocco has made a strategic and irreversible choice to treat […]
La Voie Express Group, the logistics subsidiary of H&S Invest Holding and one of Morocco’s leading integrated logistics operators, has announced the development of a 10,000-square-metre logistics platform within Medhub, the port logistics zone of the Tanger Med complex. The project, developed in partnership with Medhub’s operator, is scheduled for commissioning in the third quarter […]
Ecuador has expressed interest in concluding a Free Trade Agreement and an investment Treaty with Morocco to boost partnership between the two countries. The announcement was made by Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Trade Investment Luis Alberto Jaramillo Granja following his meeting held Tuesday in Rabat with Minister of Industry and Trade Ryad Mezzour. The meeting […]