Morocco

Top 10 Most Attractive Investment Destinations In Africa

Africa’s feverish increase has decelerated in recent years and a lot of nations have buckled under the pressure of falling resource prices, security disruptions, fiscal imprudence and adverse weather conditions.

Africa's Relationship With China Is Ancient History

In 2002 South Africa's Parliament unveiled a digital reproduction of a map - of China, the Middle East and Africa - that some speculated could be the initial map of the African continent. The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu - the Comprehensive Map of the Great Ming Empire - was drawn up around 1389 during the Ming Dynasty, according to historian Hyunhee Park.

Climate change laws around the world

There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.

The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Africa’s 20 most attractive countries for investors – Ernst & Young

Despite its economy slowing down, South Africa remains Africa’s most attractive country for investors, according to the 2016 Ernst & Young Africa Attractiveness Index.

The statement evaluates evolution made in governance, diversification, infrastructures, business enablement, human development inclunding resilience to current macroeconomic challenges.

Morocco is ranked second on the index, followed by Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Ghana Botswana, Tunisia and Rwanda. Cote d’Ivoire comes tenth.

Africa’s top economy, Nigeria comes 15th, mainly because of its poor performances in terms of governance and human improvment(See full ranking below).

Morocco Year In Review 2015

A strong agriculture harvest put Morocco on course to post healthy increase in 2015, while structural reforms, together with strategic diversification plans targeting key sectors and regions, are as well beginning to yield results.

Ratings agency Fitch described 2015 as a year marked by exceptionally strong agricultural output, with Morocco set to post GDP increase of 4.6%, up from 2.7% in 2014 at the same time as a poor harvest and low external request took their toll on the economy.

Morocco Year in Review 2014

Morocco’s economy is estimated to have expanded by around 3% in 2014 on the back of automotive and electronics exports increasing by additional than a quarter in the initial 11 months of the year and the government reining in public spending. However, poor weather conditions weakened agricultural output, increasing the importance of food imports.

Morocco offers oasis of calm in north Africa

With a lot of north African nations in political and economic turmoil, Morocco’s stability and strong increase are proving attractive for Gulf-based investors looking to access the north African market.

The EU tightens control over imported Moroccan fruits and vegetables

A new entry price system for imported fruit and vegetables to the EU has sparked concern part Moroccan producers and policymakers in recent months.

Morocco’s parliament is currently discussing a bill to regulate Islamic finance in the country

Morocco is on the cusp of a legislative breakthrough that will pave the way for a fully fledged Islamic finance system in the country. But with a history of failed Islamic banking experiments, on top of the usual problems associated with establishing a new market in a country, Morocco's Islamic banking sector is unlikely to take an instant hold.

The Société Nationale d’Investissement

Stemming from the Omnium Nord-Africain created in 1919, the Société Nationale d’Investissement (the National Investment Company, or SNI in its French acronym) is a holding company, which lists the royal Moroccan family part its primary shareholders and holds long-term investments in Morocco’s biggest companies and key projects.

SNI plays a decisive role in the introduction and invigoration of various productive sectors in Morocco, particularly in large-scale distribution, agriculture and food, telecommunications and renewable energies.

Morocco's finance minister is firm but fair

Morocco’s government has managed to steer the country clear of political and economic turbulence. But, as its minister of finance and the economy explains, tough choices need to be taken to keep the country firmly on the path to increase.

African nations plan to issue Islamic bonds

Led by Morocco, a handful of African nations plan to issue Islamic bonds to finance infrastructure, build reserves and diversify their investor base

Next Zambia’s successful maiden eurobond issue last year, 2013 has looked like the year for Africa to join the emerging market deficit rush. But it is not just Western capital markets those nations are looking to. An increasing number of African nations are making provisions to issue sukuk, the Islamic equivalent of bonds, as they seek to finance their vast infrastructure requirements and diversify their investor base.

Florian Westphal is the chief of the German section of Doctors Without Borders

The 28-country European Union has told member states that expressing regret over the new migrant tragedy was no substitute for action. Some 200 migrants were feared drowned at the same time as their vessel sank off the Libyan coast.

One NGO helping to save shipwrecked migrants in the Mediterranean Sea is the medical charity Doctors Without Borders. DW has been talking to the chief of their German section, Florian Westphal.

World standards pharma industry, public-private partnerships and the opening of capital for private clinics

The Government of Morocco has created a favorable environment to improve public health and ensure the next of its citizens. But there is still some way to go, particularly in areas where international partnerships and private partners stepping in could be decisive

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane recently spoke to the press. Benkirane, who is as well chief of the Justice and Development Party, spoke about his party’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and why Moroccans taking to the streets makes him uneasy.

Younes Boumehdi

Who has not dreamed of owning his own music radio station, to pass his favourite music, the tunes of his childhood at the same time as amount other public radios only broadcast programmes according to a very institutional grid? Younes Boumehdi has had this dream come authentic next 13 years of waiting, to get FM license for his «Hit Radio».

Fouad Douiri Minister of Lands, Mines and Energy

Casablanca

Casablanca represents the prime economic pole of the country, a melting pot from various regions of Morocco. Casablanca and its surrounding area have to develop within the framework of the projects traced by His Majesty King Mohammed the VIth, amount in phase with the expected effects of globalization phenomenon.

Rabat

Rabat , is the capital and third major city of the Kingdom of Morocco with a people of approximately 650,000 (2010). It is as well the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer region.
The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg. On the facing shore of the river lies Salé, the city's major commuter town.