40 associations from Morocco, Nigeria and other African countries have signed a petition denouncing the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco offshore gas pipeline, said a communiqué sent by Attac Maroc Thursday to Yabiladi. In their written request, the African associations insisted that the construction of the pipeline, announced in December 2016, is expected to cost 20 million US dollars. «In reality, the actual costs will likely be much higher», insisted the same statement
Telecommunication Company Inwi is filing a lawsuit against its competitor Maroc Telecom, seeking 5.7 billion dirhams for «alleged unfair competition», an Inwi official and a lawyer for the firm told Reuters on Thursday. Abdelatif Wahebi, Inwi ‘s lawyer told the British news agency that the company is suing Maroc Telecom because «it holds 60 percent of the market and the law says companies should hold no more than 40 percent». According to the latest figures,
France backs the Morocco’s bid to organize the 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, said on Thursday the head of the French Football Federation (FFF). In a meeting held on the 22nd of March at the FFF headquarters and attended by President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation Fuzi LEkjaa and his French counterpart Noël Le Graët, the French federation insisted that it is a strong supporter of the Moroccan proposal, reports the Moroccan Football federation on its official
The Spanish Civil Guard has seized more than two tons of hashish and arrested a Moroccan national, suspected of smuggling, said the regional online newspaper La Voz de Cadiz. During a raid to fight against drug smuggling at the Guadalmesi coastal zone near Algeciras, Civil Guard agents spotted an inflatable boat similar to those frequently used to smuggle narcotics. It was coming from the Moroccan coast and was sailing at a high speed near the Spanish coast. One of the Civil Guard's patrols
Morocco is soon to regulate crowdfunding, the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and of alternative finance. A draft bill was submitted on the 21st of March by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and was published on the official website of the Government’s General Secretariat, reports Medias 24. Drafted on the 2nd of March and signed by
Afrikonnect is a platform to accelerate collaboration between large companies and top African startups. The first edition of the initiative took place in Casablanca, at the headquarterz of Technopark, Thursday 22nd of March. Backed by the US State Department and GIZ (a German development agency), Oultierz Ventures and LaFactory in partnership with StartupYourLife organized this event. The conference brought together participants from both the public and private sector, key players from
Le Groupe OCP a annoncé une forte croissance de 14% de son chiffre d'affaires en 2017, qui s'est établi à 48.503 millions de dirhams contre 42.471 millions de dirhams en 2016, avec une solide performance dans tous les segments. Les ventes de roche et d’engrais en volume ont augmenté respectivement de 40% et de 24% par rapport à 2016, indique le Groupe qui vient de rendre public ses résultats financiers et opérationnels. En ce qui concerne
As a symbolic Moroccan landmark, Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque will join the Earth Hour movement and switch off its lights for one hour on Saturday, March 24, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWf) said in a communiqué. «Being well aware of the serious problem of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore the importance of energy savings for the protection of our environment, the Foundation of Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque is set to join the 11th edition of (Earth Hour)Lights by
Daniel Ventura, city councilor for social welfare in Melilla, urged «the European Union to intervene for the repatriation of Moroccan minors in Melilla», reports EcoDiario. «The European Union must invite Morocco to comply with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and implement the repatriation agreement», said Tomas Bocek, a People’s Party deputy, and Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. The center that
Le Tribunal de première instance de Marrakech a condamné, mardi à Marrakech, 21 personnes à des peines allant de deux à quatre mois de prison ferme, poursuivies dans le cadre des actes de vandalisme enregistrés au Grand Stade de Marrakech. Ainsi, le tribunal a condamné à des peines de deux mois de prison ferme et d’une amende de 2000 dhs chacun à l’encontre de 14 accusés et des peines de quatre mois de prison
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