Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
Morocco and Niger signed on Wednesday in Rabat a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation and coordination. The memorandum was inked by the Moroccan Secretary of State for Sustainable Development Nezha El Ouafi and Niger's Minister of Environment, Urban Environmental Sanitation and Sustainable Development, Almoustapha Garba. The memorandum …
The World Bank has approved 125 million U.S. dollars in financing support to two solar power projects in Morocco, local media reported Tuesday. The two projects, Noor-Midelt I and II plants, will have a total capacity of 600 and 800 megawatts, respectively, the financial daily L'Economiste reported. This financing includes …
The minister of agriculture and rural development, Audu Ogbeh, and his Moroccan counterpart, Aziz Akhannouch, have signed a cooperation agreement on vocational training and technical support, which will enhance capacity for agricultural management in Nigeria. The two countries signed three agreements on agricultural cooperation, a gas pipeline and a basic …
Morocco and Nigeria are forging ahead with their landmark gas pipeline project, which aims to connect gas resources from Nigeria to West African countries and Morocco. The two countries signed on Sunday a new agreement laying out the next steps for the implementation of this major pipeline based on a …
Rabat – The Zenata Development Corporation (SZ), the company behind Morocco’s largest eco-city near Casablanca, will partner with the Saudi German Hospital Group (SGH) to launch Morocco’s first integrated health project. In a press release on Tuesday, the SGH legal team, DLA Piper, shared that SGH will develop and manage …
Morocco aims to strengthen relations with Spain to secure electricity supply to meet the market demand, Moroccan Minister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development Aziz Rabbah said Monday. Rabbah made the comments at the press conference following his talks with Alvaro Nadal Belda, Span's minister of energy, tourism and digital …
Mauritians are the wealthiest individuals in Africa with an average wealth of US$25,700 per person, whilst people in living in Zimbabwe are the poorest with US$200 per person. Interestingly, North African countries such as Algeria, Egypt and Morocco all rank high on the list despite recent instability. Notably, back in …
The International Trade Centre (ITC) has partnered with ICS, which is representing a number of European textile retailers, to strengthen competitiveness and climate resilience in the Moroccan textile value chain. The launch of the project will coincide with three days of meetings and training in Casablanca, Morocco, on 10-12 April, …
On April 3 in Casablanca, Moroccan National Motorway Company (ADM) announced a MAD 3.4 billion investment plan for 2018 At a press conference for a 2017 activities report, ADM’s general director, Anouar Benazzouz, explained that the MAD 3.4 billion investment will be dedicated to widening the Casablanca-Berrechid road as well …
The tsunami catalogues of the Atlantic include two transatlantic tsunamis in the 18th century the extensively studied 1st November 1755, and 31st March 1761. The latest event struck Portugal, Spain, and Morocco around noontime. Several sources report a tsunami following the earthquake as far as Cornwall (United Kingdom), Cork (Ireland) …
Rabat – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has unveiled a new report about the troubling issue of newborn deaths around the world on February 20. 2.6 million babies die before turning one month old, with 2 millions of them dying on the day of their birth. And another 2.6 …
French renewable energy producer, Voltalia has obtained permits for the development of two hydropower plants with a capacity of 9.8MW and 7.2MW, respectively in Morocco. This was revealed during a Photovoltaica congress of renewable energies in Marrakech. Delivered by the Moroccan Ministry for Energy, the permits relate to two hydropower …
The global wind energy industry enjoyed another strong year in 2017, installing a total of 52,573 megawatts worth of new wind capacity, increasing the global cumulative installed capacity up to 539,581 megawatts (MW), as “dramatic price drops” exemplify the current state of play around the world. The Global Wind Energy …
Rabat — The number of deaths on Moroccan roads fell by 2.62% in 2017, State Secretary for Transport, Mohamed Najib Boulif, said Monday in Rabat. According to preliminary statistics, 3,499 deaths were recorded in 2017, compared to 3,593 in 2016, Boulif said at a meeting of the Road Security Standing …
Rabat – UK based organization British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) reports the first occurrence of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) in Morocco. BSPP’s New Diseases Reports (NDRs) bulletin, declared that the ToLCNDV constitutes a threat to the Moroccan production of cucurbit, include wax gourd, watermelon, cucumber, pumpkin, …
Rabat – The National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) has announced that three hazardous farming pesticides, all of which have proven to be harmful to the health of humans and the environment, are being sold openly in several regions in Morocco. The chemical products, which are widely banned internationally, are …
Despite an overall increase in job creation, Morocco's unemployment rate rose to 10.2 percent in 2017 from 9.9 percent a year earlier, the official High Commission for Planning revealed Monday. While Morocco's economy created some 86,000 jobs in 2017, figures show that the job market saw the arrival of 135,000 …
Rabat – The production of electricity using renewable energy has reached 34 percent in 2017, according to the chairman of the Executive Board of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), Mustapha Bakkoury. Morocco’s 2020 goals to increase the contribution of renewable energies to the production of electricity to 42 …
African Union launches Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard (AATS) - a revolutionary new tool to drive agricultural productivity and development African Union launches Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard (AATS) - a revolutionary new tool to drive agricultural productivity and development Five countries awarded for best performance in accelerating agricultural transformation 30th January …
Morocco, which depends on imports for almost all of its energy needs, will soon tender for companies to build a $4.6 billion natural gas project, Energy Minister Aziz Rabbah said. The project will process gas for power and provide gas to industry, Rabbah said Sunday in an interview in Abu …
