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The International monetary fund said Morocco could post a growth rate of 4.5% in 2024 from 3% in 2018 if it continues on path of reform and inclusive growth. “Morocco’s medium-term prospects remain favorable, with growth expected to reach 4.5 percent by 2024” the IMF said in a report following Article IV consultations. The North […]
Morocco, which imports most of its needs of energy, is steadily reducing its dependence on imports thanks to efforts spearheaded by King Mohammed VI to increase the share of renewable energy in the national energy mix to over 52% by 2030. King Mohammed VI, who supervises the national program for the development of renewable energy […]
Set on modernizing its army, Morocco is showing interest in acquiring submarines, Portuguese defense minister said. “Morocco is interested in developing sub-marine capabilities. We will work together with Morocco in that regard,” said Joao Gomes Carvinho following talks with Minister delegate in charge of defense, Abdellatif Loudiyi in Lisbon. The Portuguese official said that the […]
Morocco has strengthened its position in Africa as a rising power thanks to the vision of King Mohammed VI, writes French magazine Le Point on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the rule of the Moroccan monarch. In an in-depth issue, the magazine dedicated 14 pages to take stock of the developments that took […]
Morocco has always been a locomotive of EU relations with its southern neighborhood, from the very first Association Agreement to being the very first country to benefit from the Advanced Status, foreign minister Nasser Bourita said. Speaking to EU information website Euractiv, Bourita said relations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco are now part […]
Morocco is marching steadily towards fulfilling its renewable energy goal of generating 52% of its electricity from renewable sources with the launch of a new process to tender for a solar power plant in Midelt known as Noor Midelt II. The call for pre-qualification for Noor Midelt II comes after the Moroccan agency for renewable […]
The number of tourists visiting Morocco between January and May 2019 increased 4.6% to 3.5 million compared with the same period last year. International tourist arrivals rose 1% while Moroccans living abroad visiting their homeland dropped 8%, the tourism ministry said in its latest statistics. Analysts said that the number of foreign tourists and Moroccans […]
The World Bank and Morocco inked on Thursday in Rabat a $500 million loan agreement destined to support the country’s pre-schooling and basic education, key for socioeconomic development and inclusive growth. The WB loan will enable the Moroccan government to improve the quality of preprimary education, enhance the skills of teachers of basic education and […]
Since 2014, more than 2,800 scholarships have been awarded by the European Union to Moroccan higher education institutions within the frame of the EU Erasmus+ program which supports education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Erasmus+ funds academic mobility and cooperation projects with partner countries. It has enabled Moroccan students to learn different teaching systems, […]
Platinum Power and Chinese state-run engineering company CFHEC have agreed partner in the financing and construction renewable energy projects across the African continent, reports say. Both companies during agreement signed in Beijing Wednesday, also to partner for the construction a $300 million hydropower plant in central Morocco, Platinum Power’s chief executive Omar Belmamoun told media. […]