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Morocco is strengthening its footprint in Finland’s blueberry market with record growth made during the 2025/26 season, according to Eastfruit news platform. Finland imported 657 tons of fresh Moroccan blueberries worth more than €6 million between July 2025 and June 2026. This volume is 7.5 times greater than Morocco’s cumulative shipments over the previous five […]
Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch presented Morocco’s recent macroeconomic and social achievements before the Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, stressing the Kingdom’s determination to become a stronger and more competitive economy and a pole of stability for its region, Africa and the broader euro-Atlantic space. Akhannouch, accompanied by […]
Moroccan consumer goods group Mutandis and household hygiene company Enosis have signed a letter of intent under which Mutandis would acquire a majority stake in Enosis and its subsidiaries, Challenge reports. Enosis, founded by Anwar Radi, ranks among Morocco’s leading players in home hygiene products, a sector Mutandis is also active in, with Enosis known […]
Trade exchanges between Morocco and Spain witnessed a major shift in 2025, as the bilateral trade balance tilted in favor of Rabat for the first time, ending Madrid’s decades-long dominance in terms of exports to the Moroccan market. According to the United Nations COMTRADE database, Morocco exports to Spain reached $19.61 billion in 2025, while […]
Morocco has secured the top position in Africa and ranked 17th globally in the 2026 Investment Freedom Index, achieving a record score of 80 points out of 100, according to data compiled by The Global Economy platform based on the Heritage Foundation’s rankings. This marks the Kingdom’s best performance in the index since 1995 as […]
Morocco is mobilizing close to 200 billion dirhams (20 billion dollars) in public and private investment to transform its economy, infrastructure, and tourism sector ahead of co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, according to a detailed report by the daily Les Inspirations Éco. The Kingdom is treating the centenary World Cup not merely as a […]
More than 75 percent of industrial AI pilot projects never reach large-scale deployment, and over 80 percent of manufacturers struggle to extend AI beyond isolated use cases, according to a report by Everest Group and Capgemini Engineering titled “Operationalizing Adaptive AI Across the Manufacturing Shopfloor,” relayed by Challenge magazine. For Morocco, where industry 4.0 ambitions […]
Morocco produces dense, technologically sophisticated research on smart electrical grids, but that academic activity has yet to translate into a structural transformation of the country’s energy system, according to a systematic review by researchers at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), reported by Le Matin daily. Of 291 studies identified across four international scientific databases, 91 […]
Morocco’s banking sector is entering a period of deep change, driven by a new banking law, competition from neobanks and “super apps,” and shifting ownership structures, Aujourd’hui le Maroc reports. Bank Al-Maghrib’s board is set to hold its penultimate 2026 session this month, shortly after the publication of a new law amending the framework governing […]
Morocco has gained the support of another European country for its territorial integrity and sovereignty over its Sahara ahead of the upcoming UN Security Council meeting planned on Sahara by end of October. During his trip paid Friday to Copenhagen, Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita has secured the backing of his Danish peer Lars Løkke […]