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Novares, a global plastic solutions provider, has opened its first production plant in North Africa, in the Moroccan city of Kenitra. The plant will supply the newly-opened PSA facility in Kenitra and Renault plant in Tangier. This new 10700 m² facility, equipped with a painting zone with a clean room and a clear coat application […]
German media and publishing group Bertelsmann has merged its customer service business with Morocco’s Saham, creating a new market leader in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Each will hold 50% of the new company branded as Arvato, which operates in 25 countries with 48,000 employees on its payroll offering services across the market for […]
Four containers carrying 11 tons of cannabis resin have been seized in Malta while on their way from Syria to Libya. The shipment, discovered in the four containers after they were scanned, was seized at Malta Freeport on Monday as it was to complete the journey to Libya. Customs officials at the port became suspicious […]
Moroccan women entrepreneurs have received a huge boost from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which has just launched a program to help them unleash their potential and contribute to their country’s economy. Dubbed EBRD’s “Women in business program”, this initiative is supported by European Union and Moroccan banks: BMCE Bank of Africa […]
The EU should help Morocco address the challenges linked to the increase in Sub-Saharan migrants, said Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Speaking at a conference on security and migration in Vienna, the Spanish official described Morocco as a “privileged partner” whom the EU should help setting up accommodation facilities for migrants and border monitoring. Morocco […]
Morocco and the EU managed to safeguard their partnership against attempts at undermining it, said Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, alluding to the difficulties that were encountered during the negotiations of the fisheries and farm agreements between the two parties. “The partnership with the EU was attacked by different parties…but Morocco and the EU, notably […]
RWG has won a three-year contract to ship gas-fired generators to Metragaz S.A.’s facilities in Morocco. Metragaz, a division of Spain’s Naturgy Energy Group, provides gas compression services for the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline. Under the contract, RWG will build, configure and ship exchange gas generators to Metragaz in advance of scheduled overhauls and recommissioning in […]
The Government of Bulgaria has hailed the “serious efforts” made by Morocco with a view to reaching a “lasting and just solution” to the Sahara issue through negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations and in line with Security Council Resolutions. “We encourage the parties to the conflict to cooperate more” in order to […]
The European Union and Morocco inked on Friday two agreements aimed at supporting Moroccan small & medium enterprises (SMEs), including start-ups working on innovation as well as the country’s social protection program. The agreements, related to the EU-funded programs: “Competitiveness & green growth” and “social protection reform in Morocco”, were sealed during the visit European […]
The European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in a keynote speech on Wednesday said Europe will propose a new alliance with Africa that will create up to 10 million jobs. In his State of the Union speech, Juncker said the European Commission is proposing a new ‘Africa – Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs’ to […]