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World Bank says Africa making business easier

Yacout Info | 2011-10-21 | News

Most Sub-Saharan countries made doing business easier over the past year, but the African region is still the costliest and most complex in the world for entrepreneurs, the World Bank said in a report Thursday. In its annual ranking of 183 countries, the bank found 36 of 46 Sub-Saharan African...

Africa, Mikkio Imai Ollison, Morocco, Neil Gergory, Sierra Leone, Venezula, World Bank

Problems with BlackBerrys in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Yacout Info | 2011-10-11 | News

Telephone users multifunction device in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were affected on Monday by a service outage, the company said the Canadian Research In Motion (RIM). Some clients could not receive for several hours or send e-mail. But "the email services have been restored," said the...

Africa, Blackberrys, Europe, malfunction, Middle East

Retailers eye Africa as ‘final frontier’ for growth

Yacout Info | 2011-09-29 | News

Africa is starting to appear on the radar screens of western retailers as they look for the next growth opportunity in emerging markets while having to cope with subdued consumer spending at home. Consultants Deloitte and Planet Retail on Tuesday identified five African countries — Algeria,...

Africa, Auchan, Belgium, Carrefour, Delhaize, Delooitte, Massmarket, Planet Retail, Tesco, Wal Mart, World retail Conference Berlin

Hotel Investment Conference Africa: Destination Morocco 26-27 Sept 2011 Hyatt Regency Casablanca

Yacout Info | 2011-09-20 | Tourism

Tourism is a major contributor in the Moroccan economy being the second contributor in national GDP and first contributor of foreign currency reserves. This has been mainly driven by an important investment dynamic in the tourism sector, averaging 45% of total investment agreements signed over the...

Africa, Hotel investment, Hyatt Regency, Morocco, Yassir Zenagui

Banks: The Battle for Africa begins

Yacout Info | 2010-12-29 | Economy

Moroccan banks have highlighted their ambitions on the continent for many years. Even if the profit margin is still important for the domestic market, development in Africa today reveals a highly strategic market. It is no longer a novelty, there are significant opportunities for an increase in...

Africa, banks, Morocco

Africa cannot do without Morocco's important contribution to its development, Malawian minister

Yacout Info | 2010-11-03 | News

Malawian Employment Minister Yunus Mussa said, on Tuesday in Agadir, that Africa cannot do without the important contribution of Morocco and its people to the development of the continent. "We hope that Africa will remain united and move in the same direction. (...) We cannot do without the...

Africa, Agadir, Morocco, Yunus Mussa

South-South cooperation, a priority for Morocco's foreign policy, FM says

Yacout Info | 2010-09-26 | News

South-South cooperation, notably with Africa, is a priority for Morocco's foreign policy, Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri said on Saturday in New York. HM the King attaches a "considerable importance to south-south partnerships, notably with the African continent," the Minister said at round table...

Africa, New York, South South Cooperation, Taieb Fassi Fihiri

Morocco's Renewable Energy Ambitions

Yacout Info | 2010-02-12 | Economy

To get a feel for Morocco's green energy potential, simply stand beneath the sun on the blistering sands of the Sahara Desert or pay a visit to the windswept town of Essaouira, a popular seaside resort on the Atlantic coast, about a 100 miles west of the storied city of Marrakech. In both places,...

Editorial

Democracy and the Market: the Fratricidal War!

In our last editorial, we wrote: "Today the picture is different as we await a global crisis that is both severe, long-lasting and whose end is...

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World Bank says Africa making business easier

Problems with BlackBerrys in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Retailers eye Africa as ‘final frontier’ for growth

Hotel Investment Conference Africa: Destination Morocco 26-27 Sept 2011 Hyatt Regency Casablanca

Banks: The Battle for Africa begins

Africa cannot do without Morocco's important contribution to its development, Malawian minister

South-South cooperation, a priority for Morocco's foreign policy, FM says

Morocco's Renewable Energy Ambitions

Editorial

Democracy and the Market: the Fratricidal War!

NHS directors seek Lords backing

Argentina to go to UN on islands

HM The King Appoints Bouchaib Rmail Director General Of National Police

Moroccan-American relations, ‘strong and longstanding’- senior US official

Morocco develops solidarity programme in anticipation of cold snap

1st "National Tibu School Tour" in 11 Moroccan Cities

Moroccan Minister: scientific field is among priorities of cooperation with Turkey

Morocco's Tourist Attractions Presented at the Brussels Holiday Show

15th World Sacred Music Fez Festival slated for May 29 to June 6

The Success of Tangier Free Zone

Contacts

Treaty of Peace and Friendship

Ambassador to UK: Morocco, a regional hub for trade & investment

USAID to organize the Civil Society Forum 8-12 September in Rabat

Morocco: The High Atlas divides the country into traditional and modernThe freedom of Rabat's boulevards are a world away from the country's isolated pistes

Abderrazak Benchabaane-a creative vision.

IFFM 2010: the duty of remembrance for Larbi Doghmi

Aghmat, a new tourist destination

Paul Bowles : The Centennial

Morocco Solar Project Seeks Investors, Still in Early Stage, Desertec Says