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Casablanca Finance City maintains its position among Africa’s top financial centers

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has maintained its position as the leading African financial center in the half-yearly rankings of the 34th edition of the Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI) that has also included Mauritius, Kigali, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cape Town, and Lagos on the list. Within the North Africa and Middle East region, the leading Moroccan […]

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Casablanca Finance City ranks 46th in Global Financial Centers Index

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) has been ranked 46th in the 2020 Global Financial Centre Index (GFCI) which evaluates the competitiveness and performance of world leading financial centers. Last year, CFC was ranked 41th among the global financial hubs. Although it dropped this year five places due to several regional and international factors, Casablanca remains the […]

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CFC & Rwanda Finance Ltd agree to enhance cooperation ties

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) and Rwanda Finance Limited (RFL) have agreed to promote investment and cooperation between Morocco and Rwanda in financial services. The agreement, signed on Wednesday via videoconference, seeks to promoting best practices, through which CFC will support the development of the International Financial Center of Kigali (KIFC). Saïd Ibrahimi, CEO of CFC, […]

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CFC Teams up with Barcelona Financial Center to Bolster Investments between Morocco, Spain, Africa

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) and Barcelona Center Financer Europeu (BCFE) have sealed a cooperation agreement to enhance and tap investment opportunities between Spain, Morocco and Africa The deal lays the foundation for a sustainable cooperation that aims to promote investment opportunities between Spain, Morocco, Africa’s gateway. The Moroccan and Spanish financial centers pledge to set […]

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CFC Hosts African Stage of FinTechAD Global Competition

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) will host Sept.19 the African leg of the global tour organized by the FinTech Abu Dhabi, an international roadshow for the selection of the best FinTech start-ups and talents in the world. The competition, which is co-organized by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Unbound, includes stops and pitching sessions at […]

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Casablanca & Toronto Finance Centers Foster Global Financial Services Collaboration

Casablanca Finance City (CFC) and Toronto Finance International (TFI) signed, Thursday in Toronto, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote their cooperation and facilitate increased access to the two financial centers. The partnership agreement will also provide a platform to promote best practices in the areas of green finance and green infrastructure and share information […]

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Morocco Emerges as Manufacturing & Export Base- US Dept of State Report

Morocco enjoys political stability and has a forward-looking economic strategy that enabled it to emerge as a regional manufacturing and export base for international companies, said the US State Department in new report on the climate of investment across the globe. “Morocco enjoys political stability, robust infrastructure, and a strategic location, which are helping it […]

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Morocco Efficiently Uses Soft Power to Expand footprint in Africa- World Politics Review

Morocco is illustrative of a rising power that has cannily deployed its soft power toolbox, including investments, human development projects, media, culture and religion to boost stability in the Sahel and Africa. In an article on the World Politics Review on the contribution of four main players in the security arena in the region, Morocco […]

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Morocco ‘Well placed’ to Export Renewables Expertise to Africa – Financial Times

Morocco has comparative advantage in terms of sharing experience and expertise in Africa, notably in renewable energies, an area of excellence in the North African Kingdom, said the Financial Times. In an article by Siona Jenkins titled, Morocco Capitalises on Early Lead in Renewables, the British paper sheds light on the continental leadership of Morocco […]

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Morocco’s CFC, Leading Financial Center in Africa, GFCI ranking

Casablanca Finance City has outstripped Johannesburg and Mauritius to become the leading financial center in Africa as it topped the continent’s ranking established by the Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI.) At the global level, CFC stands on the 33rd position of the ranking established by GFCI which ranks financial centers according to one main criteria: […]