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The Moroccan telecommunications operator has received the “Smart City Africa” award for its project of high speed wifi network in the Casablanca tramway, called “Wifi M3ak”. The prize was handed to Mrs. Nadia Fassi-Fehri, President and CEO of Inwi, at a ceremony in Paris Tuesday, on the sidelines of the Smart City Forum. Inwi’s “Wifi […]
he International Finance Corporation has partnered with Cluster Solaire, an association of Moroccan sustainable energy actors for local industry development and start-up incubation, to support start-ups which design and market clean energy solutions. “Securing a greener future depends on pursuing an inclusive, economically, socially and environmentally beneficial energy transformation,” said Obaid Amrane, Permanent Secretary of […]
The indicators of Moroccan economy showed a positive evolution in 2018. Thus foreign direct investments (FDI) amounted to 30.2 billion dirhams at the end of the first ten months of the current year, compared to 21.3 billion at the end of October 2017. However, the trade deficit is worsening. According to the Exchange Office (Office […]
King Mohammed VI has paid tribute to the wisdom and clear-sightedness of late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founder of the United Arab Emirates, who “contributed to consolidating not only Moroccan-Emirati bonds, but also the unity and solidarity between Arab countries”. In a message addressed to a conference held in Rabat on “Sheikh Zayed […]
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo is leaving King Faisal’s hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this Wednesday(Nov. 28) and will head to Morocco for a recovery period, his wife confirmed on Tuesday. Sylvia Bongo wrote late Tuesday on her Facebook page that her husband’s health had improved significantly and that he would be transferred to a hospital […]
Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Chairwoman of the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, was awarded, Tuesday in Kyoto (Japan), the title of Doctor honoris causa by Ritsumeikan University. During a ceremony at the university campus, attended by several academics and officials, President of the University, Mikio Yoshida, underlined that this honorary degree is […]
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, David Hale, who is on a visit to Morocco, has commended King Mohammed VI’s call for an open and frank dialogue with Algeria as a move that will benefit the peoples of the region and their future. The US official who made the remarks during talks at […]
Belgian SABCA has teamed up with Sabena Aerospace to set up in Morocco a major and independent regional player in Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and upgrade (MRO&U) for African military aircraft. SABCA, through its subsidiary SABCA Maroc, partners with Sabena Aerospace to propose, from the North African Kingdom, services for military aircraft maintenance. The first identified […]
Morocco has urged Algeria to respond officially to the proposal solemnly made by King Mohammed VI on November 6 for a direct and candid dialogue between the two neighboring countries in order to dispel the transient and objective differences that are impeding the development of bilateral relations. This came at a meeting held Monday in […]
Several medical campaigns were launched last week across Morocco to provide the necessary assistance to the local populations in the regions where the winters are very harsh. In this connection, the Royal Armed Forces have set up, at the instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the FAR, two […]