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EIB lends Morocco’s Credit Agricole €200 mln

The European Investment Bank offered a €200 million loan to Morocco’s Credit Agricole to support funding for agricultural f projects. The loan aims to promote bio-agriculture and support the agriculture ministry’s “Green Generation 2020,” the two banks said in a statement. The new financing will benefit agriculture supply chains including production, storage, logistics, packaging, transformation […]

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Morocco Supports Local Farmers, Wheat Harvesting and Storage

Moroccan Minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch and Tariq Sijilmassi, Chairman of banking Group Crédit Agricole, chaired on Tuesday, in Rabat, the signing ceremony of an agreement with the farmers’ cooperatives and their Union (UNCAM) and the National Federation of millers. Under the agreement, Crédit Agricole bank will provide agricultural cooperatives soft loans to enable them […]

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Crédit Agricole du Maroc, Best Performing African Development Finance Institution in 2017

The Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) crowned Crédit Agricole Du Maroc, as the Best Development Finance Institution (DFI) in Africa in 2017. “Crédit Agricole Du Maroc” came ahead of 33 best-performing DFIs in the continent ranking first on the 2017 AADFI Honor Roll. The Moroccan bank was distinguished for its performance regarding AADFI […]

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Fitch: Deposits in Morocco Islamic Banks to Grow up to 10 %

Islamic banking products in Morocco could expand their deposit bases by 5 to 10 pc, says Fitch Ratings, noting that the ability to grow the deposit base is positive for Morocco’s economic development because deposits represent about 70% of banking sector funding. “We expect growth of participation banks in Morocco will be high initially, as […]

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Bahrain’s Al Baraka to Set up 25 Agencies in Morocco

Bahrain’s Al Baraka group forged a partnership with Morocco’s BMCE Bank of Africa to create AL Baraka Maroc which aims at creating a network of 25 agencies in Morocco in the first quarter of 2017. The Bahraini group made the announcement after Morocco’s central bank gave the green light to five Moroccan banks to set […]

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Morocco: More than 3 million people to benefit from microloans by 2020

Morocco, which is already a regional leader in microcredit, is poised to develop its strategy in the sector, the aim being to increase the number of beneficiaries to 3.2 million people and to create some 2 million part time jobs by 2020. The announcement was made last week on the sidelines of the international conference […]