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Climate Resilience: Morocco Gets EBRD-GCF Funding for Irrigation Project

Moroccan Saïss Water Conservation Project has gained support from the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). EBRD and partners are extending US$ 207 million for irrigation infrastructure projects that will protect agricultural production from the impacts of climate change. According to Craig Davies, EBRD Head of Climate Resilience […]

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Morocco Wants to Promote Green Banking in Africa

Morocco, host country of COP22 in Marrakech November 7-18 and gate for investments in Africa, is busy working to encourage international financial institutions to support green banking markets in African continent. BMCE Bank of Africa has teamed with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and organized on Wednesday a conference in Casablanca to […]

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Morocco Hosts Meeting on Green Finance in Africa

Moroccan city of Casablanca is hosting this October 12 an international conference to look into ways of creating “Green Banking Markets in Africa”, ahead of the 22nd UN conference on climate change due in Marrakech Nov.7-18. The Casablanca green finance event is organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Banque Marocaine […]

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Morocco: Bio-Fertilizers Producer Gets €24 Mln EBRD Loan

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Wednesday it granted a €24 million loan to Elephant Vert, a Morocco-based producer of bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides and bio-stimulants. Elephant Vert is the first company in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region exclusively dedicated to the development and production of a full range of these innovative bio-inputs. […]

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Morocco Testing Green Technologies in Farming

Morocco has been picked up to participate in a project to spread the use of green technologies in farming and food processing. The project, launched in 2015 at the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the EBRD and the International Energy Agency to promote the use of green technologies in farming, is primarily destined […]

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Morocco Pledges to Reduce GHG Emissions 30 pc by 2030

Morocco, which will host 22nd UN Conference on climate changes (COP22), has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to address climate change to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In its INDC, the North African country pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32 by 2030. Morocco INDC submission includes detailed […]

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Egypt Gets $ 200 Million EBRD Loan for Power Plant Project

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a US$ 200 million loan for the construction of a new 1.8 GW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Damanhour, north west of Cairo. This loan will contribute to funding the US$ 1.3 billion total project cost, which is also being supported by the European […]

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Morocco Gets Strong Financial Support from EBRD

The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has stepped up its financial support to Morocco’s public and private institutions in a bid to boost the North African country’s economic growth. The European Bank has increased its support to Morocco’s renewable energy sector with a loan of up to € 35 million to the Office National […]

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Morocco’s Port of Nador Gets BERD Financial Support

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a €200 million loan to state-owned “Société Nador West MED” to enable it finance the basic infrastructure for a new port on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco in the city of Nador. The development of the port is a major boost for eastern Morocco and […]

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Egypt: Businesswomen Get EBRD Support

National Bank of Egypt (NBE,) largest commercial bank in the North African country, has launched “Women in Business (WIB)” program aimed at strengthening the role of women entrepreneurs in the Egyptian economy This initiative has gained the full support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) which helps NBE to provide a comprehensive […]