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Morocco Sets Roadmap for Media during Coronavirus Crisis

Morocco Sets Roadmap for Media during Coronavirus Crisis

Morocco’s High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) has urged audio-visual operators to avoid naming people who have been infected with coronavirus…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business EIB Allocates $482m to Back Moroccan Firms

EIB Allocates $482m to Back Moroccan Firms

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has allocated USD482 million (EUR440 million) to back Moroccan firms in combating the novel global virus impact on…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Morocco Draws on IMF Precautionary and Liquidity Credit Line

Morocco Draws on IMF Precautionary and Liquidity Credit Line

Morocco has started to draw on a $3-billion Precautionary and Liquidity credit Line from the International Monetary Fund to offset a contraction of its economy…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Moroccan Government Uncaps External Loans

Moroccan Government Uncaps External Loans

Morocco’s government council decided to uncap the country’s external loans, currently limited at around $3.1 billion, as announced in the 2020 budget and…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Morocco: Agricultural Activity, Production to Continue Despite Coronavirus

Morocco: Agricultural Activity, Production to Continue Despite Coronavirus

Morocco’s Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests (MAPMDREF) has affirmed that agricultural activity and…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Morocco: Tendrara Gas Sale Agreement Postponed Due to Coronavirus

Morocco: Tendrara Gas Sale Agreement Postponed Due to Coronavirus

British gas company Sound Energy PLC has announced requesting Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) to postpone signing Tendrara…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Morocco Central Bank Takes Measures to Limit Economic Impact of COVID-19

Morocco Central Bank Takes Measures to Limit Economic Impact of COVID-19

Morocco’s central bank has announced a series of measures to increase three-fold the financial capabilities of banks to enable them to counter the impact of…

Lahcen Mokena (Casablanca)
Business Drought, Coronavirus Drag Down Moroccan Growth Forecasts

Drought, Coronavirus Drag Down Moroccan Growth Forecasts

A Moroccan business center has expected the country's economic growth to drop to 0.8 percent this year due to drought and the impact of the new coronavirus on…

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