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Daughter and advisor to US President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, visited Thursday an olive grove, a Millennium Challenge Corporation project, in Sidi kacem, on the outskirts of the capital Rabat, where she launched a campaign to support women’s ownership of soulaliyate lands, as part of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative. During this […]
Following the successful first edition, the EU-Africa Business Summit returns to Marrakech November 28-29, with the participation of influential African and European policymakers, business leaders and experts. Over two days, the Summit will provide a platform for engaging debates, high-level panel discussions and inspiring sharing and steering sessions on industrialization and value chain development, rural […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco called for establishing a rail link between Marrakech and Agadir as part of a regionalization plan that aims at achieving and equitable distribution of wealth between all regions. “I invite the authorities concerned to give serious thought to the development of a rail link between Marrakech and Agadir, as a […]
The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) will host the next edition of the U.S -Africa Business Summit in June 2020 in Marrakech, Morocco The announcement was made in Washington on Monday by CCA CEO Florizelle Liser, in the Presence of Morocco’s ambassador to the USA, Joumana Alaoui. Following a strategic selection process, CCA’s Board of […]
The Moroccan city of Benguerir (near Marrakech) is hosting this Nov.4-5 the 2nd annual ministerial conference of the Initiative for the Adaptation of African Agriculture to climate change (AAA Initiative). The event, organized under the theme: “Food Security Facing Climate Change”, brings together representatives of key financial institutions, donors, the private sector and scientific researchers […]
The African Development Bank Shareholders have approved a landmark $115 billion capital increase, doubling the bank’s capital base from $93 billion to $208 billion, and strengthening thus the Bank’s leadership on development financing for the continent. This largest capital increase in the Bank’s history was approved at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting last week in in […]
The Bombardier factory in Morocco has been sold to US Spirit AeroSystems, along with the Canadian firm’s factories in North Ireland and a repair facility in Dallas, USA. The final agreement to sell Bombardier’s Aerostructures Business to Spirit AeroSystems Holding, Inc. was confirmed Wednesday by the Canadian group, which took a strategic decision to focus […]
The aviation sector in Morocco, where 140 companies are already operating, has been boosted by two new aeronautics plants that were inaugurated Tuesday in Casablanca. One of the production plants is a new addition to the Moroccan study and manufacture of aeronautical tools (EFOA) – group “We are”, at Casablanca’s Aeropole. The second plant belongs […]
Leading international tourism publication agency, Lonely Planet, advises its readers to visit Morocco in 2020 saying that the country is a gateway to Africa and a country of dizzying diversity, where the visitor will find epic mountain ranges, ancient cities, sweeping deserts – and warm hospitality. “The Kingdom of Morocco, known as the place the […]
Morocco and the UK signed an association agreement that would ensure the continuity of the current trade terms under the EU-Morocco free trade agreement without additional tariff barriers. This agreement, also called continuity agreement, was signed in London Saturday by Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita and UK Minister of State for the Middle East and […]