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Moroccan companies have been thriving in West Africa where the country geared diplomatic and economic effort, wrote the Economist in an article examining Morocco’s charm offensive with its southern neighbors. The article considers that Morocco’s dynamic private sector and leadership are looking at Sub-Saharan Africa as a land of opportunity compared to the immobilism plaguing […]
Morocco’s airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has been designed an official carrier of the Ecrans Noirs (Black screens) festival in Cameroon. The airline signed a deal with the organizers of the festival, the Ecrans Noirs Association, covering the upcoming two editions of the festival in 2019 and 2020. Under the agreement, RAM will sponsor the […]
As part of its External Investment Plan, the EU Tuesday gave its green light to a package of financial guarantee programs worth around €800 million. This will help to leverage an estimated €8-9 billion in public and private investment in Africa and the Neighborhood, the European Commission announced in a press release. The decision is […]
Morocco stressed the need for stepping up and adapting the efforts of the global coalition for a joint action to defeat ISIS. Speaking to the press after the Regional Meeting of Political Directors of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, hosted in Skhirate (Rabat’s suburbs) Tuesday, Morocco’s Foreign Minister pointed to the scale of the […]
After the agricultural caravans it launched in Côte d’Ivoire (Octobre 2015), Guinea (May 2015), Togo (April 2017), Madagascar (Septembre 2017) and Burkina Faso (May 2018), the foundation of the Moroccan phosphates group OCP kicked-off a new stage on Friday (June 1) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The caravan will crisscross the next agricultural season in four […]
The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in its quest to reach out to larger segments of internet users and populations has chosen youth as major mouth-pieces to spread the organization’s activities on the continent. Programs tailored for youth have been initiated where the next generation of leaders is groomed to play greater […]
Morocco has called on European and African countries to enhance dialogue on migration in a bid to tackle common challenges and set out a new “win-win” partnership serving the interest of the two continents, Africa and Europe. Addressing the, convened Wednesday in Marrakech within the frame of the Rabat process, Moroccan Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco pointed out Sunday that safeguarding the African continent’s biodiversity is a collective responsibility as the depletion of that common heritage has a far-reaching impact on people’s daily lives and is detrimental to the socio-economic development of the communities, which depend on it. Addressing the first Summit of Heads of State […]
Attijariwafa bank, a leading pan-African banking group, has teamed up with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to boost cross-border trade and investment in Africa and support the continent’s smaller businesses. A cooperation agreement was signed by the two sides to enhance investments in both North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership will […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has described the signing this Wednesday of the agreement setting up the African Continental Free Trade Area as a defining moment in history and a landmark event, which attests to African States’ shared determination to build an Africa for the future. In a speech to the Extraordinary Summit of the […]