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Morocco, “big newcomer” in list of Africa’s fastly growing firms- Financial Times

The Financial Times described Morocco as the “big newcomer” in the list of Africa’s 125 rapidly growing companies, with 12 firms, compared to just three previously. Morocco’s Chari.com, an e-commerce company, was ranked the sixth fastly growing African company at 244%, with a total revenue of $6.4 million in 2022. Marchiche Global Solutions came 22nd […]

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Former NATO General commends Morocco’s King regional & international leadership

King Mohammed VI has mediated conflicts across the Sahel, helped to negotiate over a hundred cooperation agreements and deployed more than 70,000 UN peacekeepers, said NATO’s former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Richard Shirreff. In an Op-Ed published lately in the Financial Times, the British General said the Western security depends on Morocco’s resilience and […]

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An Ode to Morocco on the Financial Times

The charm of Morocco with all its picturesque landscape, enchanting centuries-old cities, and enchanting cultural diversity, arts, cuisine and smells were neatly woven in a story by the Financial Times’ travel editor Maria Shollenbarger, who gave the reader a sense of the Morocco experience. Shollenbarger traveled with her 80-year-old mother who came all the way […]

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Financial Times: Morocco’s Stability Enables It to Attract Steady Flow of Investment

Morocco has attracted a steady flow of foreign direct investment, unlike the rest of North Africa, which has seen a sharp decline in FDI, said the Financial Times in a story published Thursday. While many economies in North Africa have struggled to bring back foreign investors, Morocco has fared better than most. It has a […]

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Algerian Regime’s Vested Interest in Business Hampers Genuine Economic Reforms

Algerian business tycoons’ close ties with the opaque Algerian regime are making genuine reforms harder to implement as the country faces a crisis reminiscent of the era preceding the 1990s civil war. The Financial Times has published an analysis on the Algerian regime’s vested interest in business and how top businessmen owe their success to […]