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Leading academics and business figures gathered in Fez this week for the inaugural International Conference on Management, Innovation, and Finance (MIF 2025), a new initiative aimed at connecting academic research with real-world economic challenges. The two-day event, co-organized by the Private University of Fez and Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, brought together finance professors, digital […]
Morocco’s consumer price index (CPI) decreased by 0.3% in March 2025, according to the latest data from the High Commission for Planning (HCP), as reported by L’Économiste. This decline comes as the country experiences significant economic recovery, with GDP growth estimated at 4.2% for the first quarter, driven by dynamic performance in commercial services, extractive […]
Police at Morocco’s Mohammed V international airport arrested on Monday evening a Tunisian national flagged by Interpol, following a Red notice issued by French judicial authorities, security sources said. The 47 year-old suspect was arrested shortly upon arrival on a flight from Tunisia. A check of Interpol’s database revealed that he was wanted by the […]
Morocco has launched an ambitious MAD 28 billion ($2.8 billion) “Airports 2030” investment program aimed at more than doubling its passenger capacity to 80 million annually by the end of the decade, Transport and Logistics Minister Abdessamad Kayouh announced. The centerpiece of the plan is a new Casablanca airport constructed on 800 hectares adjacent to […]
The Casa Anfa urban development project is rapidly transforming western Casablanca, turning the site of the city’s former airport into a vibrant new district that combines residential areas, business centers, and extensive green spaces. Spanning 350 hectares, this ambitious project managed by the Urban Development Agency of Anfa (AUDA), a subsidiary of Morocco’s CDG Group, […]
Maroc Telecom company has partnered with Visa Corporation to enhance digital payments and financial inclusion in Morocco and across the African subsidiaries of the major telecommunications company in the North African Kingdom. Thanks to this partnership, the users of MT Cash, Maroc Telecom’s Mobile Money solution, will benefit from the Visa payment services. This strategic […]
Means of upgrading military cooperation between Morocco and Qatar and expanding the two countries’ partnership to other areas were at the focus of the visit Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, FAR Inspector General and Commander of the South Zone paid to Qatar this April 19 – 22. The FAR Inspector General, who visited Qatar at the […]
An increasingly broad international consensus is emerging across the globe for including the Algeria-backed polisario militias in the U.S. terror black list. Several influential politicians, Associate professors and analysts from Europe, Latin American, the United States…have backed the findings of the recent report published by U.S. Hudson Institute urging the Trump administration to designate the […]
Morocco’s phosphates and fertilizers producer OCP plans to issue a dual-tranche bond of 5 and 10 years, Reuters reported. OCP has mandated Citi and JP Morgan to arrange the bond sale, the agency reported without adding details. In February last year, OCP completed the issuance of an additional $300 million bond, linked to the group’s […]
Morocco expects its cereals harvest to grow to 4.4 million tons this season, up 41% from last year, thanks to March and April rainfall, the agriculture ministry said. Moroccan agriculture reeled under the impact of seven consecutive years of drought, that slashed the harvest last year to 3.1 million tons, compared to an average year […]