La Banque mondiale accorde un prêt au secteur financier marocain

La Banque mondiale va accorder un prêt de 350 millions de dollars pour appuyer des réformes de grande ampleur dans le secteur de l’intermédiation financière au Maroc, a-t-elle annoncé mardi dans un communiqué. Ce prêt donnera aux petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) la possibilité d’accéder à de nouvelles sources de financement, d’améliorer le cadre de supervision bancaire et de favoriser le

The Moroccan-Dutch Player Mimoun Mahi to join the national team

The Dutch professional footballer of Moroccan descent, Mamoun Mahi (23 years old) will in the upcoming days join the Moroccan national team, Afrik Foot reports. Mahi has received a invitation to be part of the team in the coming games, confirms Hans Nijland, head of the FC Groningen, where the 23-year-old footballer plays currently.   After granting his team a fruitful season with 17 goals in the Championship, Mahi will debut his career with the Atlas Lions by playing against the

L’ANRT confirme la percée d’Internet auprès des ménages marocains

Les réseaux sociaux, la presse, l’actualité, les sites de jeux, de loisirs et de sport représentent les contenus favoris des internautes marocains.

Claudia Wiedey nouvelle ambassadrice de l’UE au Maroc

La Haute représentante de l’Union européenne (UE) pour les Affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité Federica Mogherini a nommé, mardi, l’allemande Claudia Wiedey, ambassadrice chef de la délégation de l’UE au Maroc. Cette nomination s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un large mouvement diplomatique touchant 41 représentations de l’UE dans le monde. Claudia Wiedey, assurait la fonction de

Two big companies to purchase Samir oil refinery

The Anglo-Swiss multinational trading and mining company, Glencore along with the American private equity investor Carlyle will buy Morocco’s oil refinery, Reuters reports. The two huge firms hope to «recoup about $600 million (£465.2 million) in loans they issued to the plant before it went bankrupt», industry sources told the same source. The oil refinery that stopped operating in August 2015 and located in Mohammedia «If the deal goes through, would become

Detroit : A Moroccan Riad to solve American problems

Known as the largest city on the United-States–Canada borders, Detroit is now drawing inspiration from Moroccan architecture. The metropolitan is building an American Riad to provide work for its unemployed residents and help youngsters have a space for their creativity. According to an article published today by Next City, the cultural hub is initiated by Ulysses Newkirk an active member of the Oakland Avenue Artists Coalition and The Ghana ThinkTank, a coalition of artists from Ghana,

Switzerland : An SVP lawmaker accused of racial discrimination

After having reacted to the death of a muslim man in a Mosque in August 2014 by tweeting «we are asking for more», the Democratic union of the force lawmaker (UCD), Jean-Luc Addor will be sentenced on Tuesday 24th of May for racial descrimination. On the 22nd of August 2014, Jean-Luc Addor published on his Facebook account and Twitter a 20 minutes-article referring to a deadly attack that targeted a mosque in Saint-Gall northestern Switzerland and resulted in the death of a man. He

Maxtech to invest in the Moroccan mining industry

Maxtech, a diversified industries corporation with gold and manganese mineral properties headquarted in Canada, will establish a strategic development partnership with Morocco-based Green Energy Resources (GER) to examine the existing mining and mineral concessions in the country for «a potential joint venture or acquisition», benzinga reports. The Canadian company is currently evaluating along with the GER the manganese assets in Morocco and will in a short period decide on

Morocco-Nigeria : King Mohammed VI presides the signing of two bilateral agreements

King Mohammed VI presided on Monday at the royal palace in Rabat, a ceremony during which the Moroccan-Nigerian agreement regarding the launching of the Gazoduc and the fertilizers project was signed.   The event was attended by the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama who recalled the King’s last visit to Abuja where he met the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari. After a few months the two countries have succeeded to launch the implementation of the two bilateral

Maroc-Nigéria : Signature de deux accords de coopération sous la présidence du roi Mohammed VI

Le Maroc et le Nigéria ont signé, ce lundi au Palais royal à Rabat, deux accords de coopération lors d’une cérémonie présidée par le roi Mohammed VI. Il s’agit notamment du projet de Gazoduc devant relier les deux pays et un autre accord relatif au renforcement des capacités de production et de distribution d’engrais au Nigeria. Détails.