First Independent Mena Newspaper
The northern Moroccan pearl, Tetouan, has been designated as a UNESCO Creative city for Crafts and Fold Art, joining a network of 64 cities from 44 countries. This designation by UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will enable the Moroccan city to be part of a Network at the front-line of UNESCO’s efforts to foster innovation […]
The regions of Casablanca-Settat and Rabat-Salé-Kénitra continue to drive the Moroccan economy making up 48.3% of Morocco’s GDP in 2014, the Higher Planning Commission (HCP) said. The region of Casablanca-Settat accounted for 32% of Morocco’s GDP followed by Rabat-Salé-Kénitra by 16.3%. Five other regions produced 40.3% of Morocco’s GDP. These regions are Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima (9.4%), […]
Chinese carmaker Yang Tze will establish a factory to produce electrical cars and busses near Tangier for a total investment of 1 billion dirhams ($101.6 million.) This was announced by the Chinese group’s CEO Wu Tian CAI following a meeting in Tangier with the President of the Tangier-Tetuan- Alhuceima region, Ilyas EL Omari. The new […]