Latest articles from Morocco

Unctad: Shanghai best-connected port again

China’s second city tops Unctad’s LSCI ranking. 

A mixed bag for Middle Eastern and African FDI in 2018

Project numbers and capital investment increased in MEA in 2018, although results were uneven on an individual basis.

Israeli-Arab FDI reawakens

Israeli agri-tech giant Netafim is the the first Israeli company on record to undertake a greenfield foreign investment into the Arab world, according to fDi Markets. 

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Western Sahara talks revive green energy hopes

Resolution to the conflict could provide the missing piece to Morocco’s green energy jigsaw. Oliver Radway reports.

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Gaia Energy project manager plans expansion

Gaia Energy project manager Charles Hary tells how the renewable energy company is expanding beyond Morocco to all of Africa.

Morocco: north Africa's FDI leader since the Arab Spring

Morocco's relative stability has helped it become north Africa’s foremost destination for greenfield FDI 

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Morocco finance minister looks to bigger stability dividend

North Africa has experienced a lot of political and social unrest in recent years, meaning that the relatively stable Morocco has emerged as a regional FDI hub. The country's minister of economy and finance, Mohamed Boussaid, tells Sebastian Shehadi about the next stage in attracting big investments.

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Ones to watch in 2015: the world's most promising industrial parks

Which industrial parks are set to shine the brightest, and why? Karen E Thuermer surveys the assets of industrially focused areas within free zones around the world and explains why they are ones to watch.

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Morocco's minister of industry looks to fill the China gap

Wages are on the rise in China, presenting an opportunity for other developing countries to make a play for cost-conscious investors that might have otherwise looked to China. Morocco’s minister of industry, Moulay Hafid Elalamy, tells Courtney Fingar that Morocco is firmly in the mix.

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The African IFCs eyeing Johannesburg's crown

While Johannesburg remains way out in front when it comes to African international finance centres, competition is emerging in Casablanca, Lagos and Rwanda. And though reputational issues may dog much of the continent, it would seem that South Africa will not have everything its own way in the coming years.

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