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Moroccan businesswomen will benefit from technical assistance of the World Bank Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (WB We-Fi) program to access to new markets through e-commerce. An agreement was signed lately in this regard by the WB officials with Moroccan ministry of Trade & Industry, Morocco’s SME Agency and the Federation of Moroccan Chambers of Commerce, […]
A memorandum of understanding relating to an investment project in the outsourcing sector was signed This week in Rabat between the Ministry of Digital Transition and the French Thales group. Under the MoU, the French entity is committed to invest more than 350 million dirhams in the cybersecurity sector, through the establishment of a nearshore […]
The Mohammed VI International University Hospital of Bouskoura has obtained ISO 9001 V-2015 certification. Through this new certification, the Hospital is thus strengthening its commitment to a policy of continuous improvement in the quality and safety of care. The hospital’s approach is centered on “patients” and is essentially based on respect for their rights and […]
Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) reported a 30.22% drop in crimes recorded in 2022, noting that only 6.59% of these cases are violent crimes. The DGSN’s efforts made it possible to identify and refer 875,879 individuals to the various prosecutor’s offices. As to the rate of resolution of crimes committed, it continues to […]
Moroccan international Yassine Bounou, Goalkeeper of the Spanish club Sevilla, is on the award’s list for the best goalkeeper in the world in 2023. The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) revealed Thursday the seven best goalkeepers in the world, who compete for the award for the best in the world. The list includes the […]
The Moroccan national football team jumped to the 11th rank in the FIFA World Ranking for the current month of December, released Thursday, to hold thus the first rank in Africa and the Arab world. The Moroccan national team benefited from the positive results of the matches it held before the World Cup finals, as […]
Pakistan has invited Morocco to take part in the 8th Naval Exercise Aman (Peace) to be organized in February next year by this South-Asian Muslim country. The invitation was extended during a visit paid by Chief of Pakistan Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi to the North African Kingdom, according to press reports. During […]
The Japanese Sumitomo corporation intends to expand its operations in Morocco with the launch of nine new industrial units for the manufacturing of wiring and components in different regions of the Kingdom for a total investment of 1.96 billion dirhams. The framework agreement between Morocco and Sumitomo corporation for the development of these industrial projects […]
The bill to regulate the use of cryptocurrencies in Morocco is ready, announced the Governor of the Central Bank (Bank Al-Maghrib- BAM), Abdellatif Jouahri. Speaking at a press briefing following BAM’s 4th and final quarterly meeting of 2022, Jouahri stressed that the draft to put in place a proper regulatory framework is ready. “For cryptocurrencies, […]
Remittances by Moroccan expatriates are expected to increase by 12.9 pc to $10 billion in 2022 before dropping by 4pc to $9.6 billion in 2023 due to the deterioration of economic conditions in the host countries, according to the forecasts of Morocco’ Central bank. As for travel receipts, they are projected to end the year […]