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The introduction of the Pan-African passport in 2018 will boost air travel by 24% in Africa, a research by global travel technology provider, Sabre said on Wednesday. According to the research carried out in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt, respondents were ready to spend 24% more moving across the continent when the passport is […]
The imminent return of Morocco to the African Union will offer the North African Kingdom a platform to showcase and share its economic, political and security model that will breakaway with the dominant ideological rhetoric in the organization in favor of a south-south African cooperation model permeated by solidarity and co-development. For decades, the African […]
Malagasy Foreign Minister Atallah Béatrice Jeanine expressed her country’s support for Morocco’s decision to reintegrate the African institutional family. “President Hery Rajaonarimampianina welcomed the letter sent by President of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, regarding Morocco’s request to return to the African institutional family,” said Malagasy Foreign Minister in a statement to MAP following […]
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailé Mariam Dessalegn has voiced support for Morocco’s return to the African Union as of the next summit of the pan-African organization. Ethiopia’s support for Morocco’s return to the African institutional family was articulated in a joint statement issued following King Mohammed VI’s landmark visit to Ethiopia, the first since his accession […]
Morocco and the World Bank Wednesday agreed during the finance summit of the UN conference on climate change (COP22) in Marrakech to launch the “Green Growth Infrastructure Facility for Africa” tasked to spur green economy on the African continent and pull together environment-friendly private and public investments. GGIF for Africa is first true green economy […]
The British public broadcaster, BBC, on Wednesday announced that it will launch 11 new language services in 2017 as part of its expansion project on the continent. The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. Afaan Oromo and Amharic are widely spoken in Ethiopia with […]
Morocco’s leading bank group Attijariwafa bank Monday marked its intention to address energy dependency on the continent as it launched the African Fund for Energy Efficiency (AFEE) established to support companies eager to reduce their energy consumption. The group is aligning itself with global climate event taking place in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. The […]
Morocco, host country of the 22nd UN climate conference, has launched Adaptation of African Agriculture (AAA) initiative which seeks to restore African ecosystem balance and enable countries of the continent to have access to climate funds. This initiative focuses on strengthening the financing capacities of African farmers, via the micro-credit generalization to small farmers, meso-credit […]
Africa’s first bike share experience was launched in Marrakech, which currently hosts the climate summit (COP22), November 7 through 18. The initiative, dubbed “Medina Bike”, adds to the momentum towards making environment protection and eco-friendly practices at the heart of the daily lives of citizens. Three hundred bikes will thus be available for use for […]
Morocco has officially taken over the presidency of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) Monday as the global conference kicked off in the city of Marrakesh. At the opening ceremony of the 22nd Conference of Parties to the Framework UN Convention on Climate Change, COP 22, […]