
Progress of Morocco's Tanger Tech City Project Under Scrutiny
The development project of the Mohammed VI Tanger Tech city is a concern for the partners. Its progress was the subject of an examination this week in Tangier.

The development project of the Mohammed VI Tanger Tech city is a concern for the partners. Its progress was the subject of an examination this week in Tangier.

A total of 159 investment files were validated by the Regional Investment Center (CRI) of the Casablanca region in 2020, for projected amounts of 45.7 billion dirhams. This is the result of the third Board of Directors.

Tourism Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui invited Thursday investors to work for the revival of the tourism sector and to build a more sustainable tourism industry after the health crisis.

Morocco will very soon proceed to the release of its gas resources. This project will allow the reduction of the kingdom’s dependence on coal and imports.

A survey places Morocco at the top of the CIAN Barometer ranking on the business climate in Africa. This study, which measures the strengths and weaknesses of the different countries, is a benchmark indicator for investors and decision-makers.

Although having lost a lot of credibility, Casablanca Finance City sees big. For 2021, CFC plans to recruit 40 to 50 companies.

At the initiative of the Moroccan-American network, a virtual economic summit will be held on Monday, March 29. American economists and investors will participate in this webinar, the objective of which is to study the modalities for setting up viable economic partnerships for the benefit of the Laayoune Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla Oued-Eddahab regions.

In 2020, the European Investment Bank (EIB) mobilized 617 million euros in financing for Morocco . This is almost double the EIB’s budget compared to 2019.

In the run-up to the 8th edition of the virtual SelectUSA 2021 summit to be held from June 7 to 11, Lawrence Randolph talks about business opportunities for Moroccan investors. He is pleased with the good progress of the win-win trade between the two nations.

Elected "safest bank in Morocco", Attijariwafa Bank has just been named "best investment bank" in the kingdom by the magazine Global Finance. Last October, this bank had already won the awards for "Safest Bank in Morocco" for the 2nd consecutive year and "Safest Bank in Africa".

Morocco , which is about to legalize the use of cannabis, should draw inspiration from the experience of Lesotho, which has become a global market that industrial cannabis players are rushing to, after adopting a law on the legal use of cannabis.

The southern provinces have benefited from an investment of 2 billion dirhams (MMDH) to strengthen their electricity supply. The announcement was made by Abderrahim El Hafidi, the Director General of the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), on the occasion of the launch of a major project to extend the electricity transmission Agadir-Laâyoune.