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King Mohammed VI who is carrying on his friendship and work visit to Côte d’Ivoire inaugurated on Wednesday the Mohammed VI Emergency Medicine Training Center in Abidjan. The center, the first of its kind in the West African country, is part of the Yopougon University Hospital. The new facility provides practical training in emergency medicine […]
Morocco’s African foreign policy attaches utmost importance to environment protection and green growth as evidenced by the projects and investments carried out by Morocco’s public and private entities in African countries in fields ranging from the preservation of ecosystems to the promotion of the renewable energies. Buoyed by the success of the UN Climate Summit […]
The construction works of a new mosque in Treichville, a neighborhood of the Ivorian capital city of Abidjan, were launched Friday by the Moroccan Monarch, who is on a friendship and work visit to Côte d’Ivoire, and President Alassane Dramane Ouattara. The Mohammed VI mosque will cover 25,000 m2 and will include two prayer rooms […]
Côte D’Ivoire has been receiving most of Morocco’s foreign direct investments thanks to sustained efforts by the business community in the two countries and the existence of a strong political willingness evidenced by the close ties between the leadership of the two countries. The current visit of King Mohammed VI to Abidjan is part of […]
Morocco’s leading company in wiring systems and electrical equipment, Nexans Morocco, will invest around €12 million to set up a wire producing plant near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The plant to cover 30,000 square meters will be operational by 2018. The factory will produce electric wires to be used in residential constructions and office buildings, as […]
A Moroccan company has won a tender to build Abidjan’s train station which will be a key landmark in Côte d’Ivoire’s capital. The new station will be achieved at a total cost of 900 million dirhams ($92.7 million), said the Moroccan news outlet, hespress.com, citing an exclusive source that requested anonymity. The new station will […]
Moroccan cement factory CIMAF based in Côte d’Ivoire will double its cement output as it inaugurated earlier this week its second production line expected to yield 500,000 tons. The launch of the new line comes as the West African country is confronted with a shortage of cement due to various ongoing infrastructure projects initiated over […]
Morocco’s railway authority received Wednesday a $112.3 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) earmarked for doubling train tracks on the Settat-Marrakech route. The new deal signed in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, will enable Morocco’s National Railway Authority (ONCF) to double train tracks on the 142 km-long Settat-Marrakech route; a project which will help boost […]
Maroc Telecom, the partly state-owned telecommunications operator in Morocco, which is the third mobile operator in Côte d’Ivoire under its local branch Moov, announced it is increasing its investments in the West African country. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO Abdeslam Ahizoune at a meeting with Ivorian President during a visit to Abidjan. […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (ADB) have approved this week release of billions in form of loans to Egypt in order to support its weak budget suffering from lack of foreign assistance and a huge domestic debt, reports say. The IFM according to reports has approved the first $1 billion […]