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International Abraaj Capital Group, a leading private equity manager investing in emerging markets, has injected $ 125 million in Saham Finances Holding, leader in the insurance sector in Morocco and Francophone West Africa. The investment will support Saham Finances’ ambitious Read more
Saudi Arabia is the first Arab country to make most registered patents in 2011, says the World Intellectual property organization (WIPO) in its annual report. Saudi Arabia tops the list of registered patents in the Arab World totaling 147 patents, Read more
U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has visited Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco (24-26 Feb.) to boost the U.S. longstanding relations and strategic partnership with Maghreb countries as the winds of changes and Arab Spring are sweeping across the whole region. Read more
The 2nd edition of the Africa Telecom Forum will be held 15-17 March in Marrakech (Morocco) to discuss the promising sources that will help mobile operators create more value and tap lucrative segments. The agenda features debates & presentations focusing Read more
French car maker Renault has opened in Morocco the largest car plant in North Africa. Built over 3 million square meter on the Mediterranean near Northern city of Tangiers, close to Europe, the plant employs about 2,000 local staff to Read more
Over 200 eminent personalities including businessmen, diplomats, bankers and decision-makers from Europe, Africa and Morocco have called on African countries to bolster partnership and South-South cooperation to speed up development to catch with industrialized countries. During the 1st “Forum de Read more
More than 200 eminent personalities, businessmen, decision-makers, diplomats and intellectuals will gather Jan.25 in Morocco’s capital (Rabat) to look into ways of building up and promoting Africa’s economic integration to enable the continent speed up development process. Dubbed “Rabat Forum“, Read more
Morocco’s new Prime minister, Abdelilah Benkirane, leader of the moderate islamist Justice & Development Party (PJD), which won most seats in last novembre parliamentary elections, has unveiled his cabinet team after several weeks of laborious political consultations. The 30-member cabinet Read more