• Since October, journalists across the Middle East and North Africa have published stories based on a trove of nearly 12 million leaked documents exposing the shadowy offshore financial system that allows the wealthy and powerful to enrich themselves, often at the public's expense. (icij.org)
  • Here are some Pandora Papers highlights from ICIJ's partners in the Middle East and North Africa. (icij.org)
  • SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has spud its ONZ-7 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco. (scandoil.com)
  • Wamda accelerates entrepreneurship ecosystems across the Middle East and North Africa region through its sector-agnostic investment vehicle, Wamda Capital, which invests in high-growth technology and tech-enabled startups. (wamda.com)
  • Now, as an esports specialist, Imane has progressed to on-air hosting and team and player management in the Middle East and North Africa esports scene. (care.org)
  • After expanding our Board presence in North Africa it is fitting to complete an agreement with Morocco . (ipra.org)
  • In this report, we aim to characterize the waterpipe industry, with a geographical focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. (who.int)
  • Since 2000 and the introduction of ST-11 complex, W135 meningococci among carried isolates in North Africa (Sudan, Morocco) was documented. (cdc.gov)
  • Indeed, research from GlobalData, Energy Monitor 's parent company, suggests that hirings for both have fallen during 2023. (offshore-technology.com)
  • Cypherleak's relevance to the Insurance space was further confirmed when the company was declared winner of the MENA Insurtech Summit 2023 in Doha, Qatar. (wamda.com)
  • OTCQB: PNTZF) ("Trigon" or the "Company") is pleased to report that on Friday, September 29th, 2023, the Company shipped its first copper concentrate product from the Kombat mine in Namibia. (businesswire.com)
  • The Abuja Treaty, signed in 1991, contemplates an African Economic Community, but progress toward continent-wide free trade has been slow and uncertain and involves multiple steps, including the creation of multiple regional economic communities in 1991, a continent-wide customs union in 2019, a common market in 2023, and projected economic and monetary union in 2028. (bcg.com)
  • GITEX Africa 2023, now the largest tech and start-up show in the African continent, will make its highly anticipated debut from 31 May-2 June, with the final preparations underway across ten halls and 45,000sqm of exhibition space in a purpose-built super venue at Place Bab Jdid, Bd Al Yarmouk in the Red City of Marrakech. (businessghana.com)
  • Scholz, who has visited Africa several times since taking office in late 2021, will hold bilateral talks with several African countries on Sunday, before hosting a German-African investment summit at Berlin's Marriott Hotel on Monday morning. (yahoo.com)
  • German trade with Africa was 60 billion euros ($65.4 billion) last year, which is a fraction of its trade with Asia but up 21.7% on 2021. (yahoo.com)
  • Morocco-based O Capital Group is the youngest listee, founded in 2021, signifying the boundless potential and ambition of Arab family businesses. (cbinsights.com)
  • For example, the Mansour and Abdel Latif Jameel families are backing global startups, and the Tamer Group acquired Mumzworld, a childcare e-commerce company, in 2021. (cbinsights.com)
  • Nearpays Technology Limited, a Nigerian startup has emerged best in the Fintech and Blockchain category of the Supernova Challenge at GITEX Africa, Morocco. (ravenewsonline.com)
  • Nearpays's victory at GITEX Africa Morocco is a sign of many things to come for the Nigerian startup ecosystem, especially now that the Nigeria Startup Act is in the implementation stage. (ravenewsonline.com)
  • While past production in the late 1990s and early 2000s was as high as 4,700 barrels per day, as of June 2020, the USEIA reported oil production in Morocco at 160 barrels a day. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bedjaoui, who earned the nickname "Mr. 3 Percent" for the cut he allegedly took for himself, was acquitted of criminal charges in Italy in 2020, but the Italian energy company - which was also acquitted of criminal charges - settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission for $24.5 million. (icij.org)
  • Morocco has set itself a target of increasing the contribution of renewable energy to 20% of total electricity generation by 2020. (evwind.es)
  • Millennium Hotels & Resorts Middle East & Africa currently operates 45 hotels comprising almost 15,000 rooms, in addition to ten hotels due to open in 2020. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • To great fanfare, BMW pivoted away from Congo in 2019, announcing it would source its cobalt in Morocco and Australia while seeking to improve conditions in the central African nation. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Morocco - April 02, 2019 15:30 Africa Champions Futsal Cup Winners to the Intercontinental Cup? (futsalplanet.com)
  • Kerr-McGee's divestiture was followed by an agreement between the US oil company Kosmos Energy and Morocco's Ministry for Natural Resources and Mines along with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM). (wikipedia.org)
  • In this context, the Moroccan side presented Morocco's capabilities as a gateway to Africa. (ukragroconsult.com)
  • Coming from very different sectors, the interviewed companies all highlighted to Morocco's geostrategic position and its young and increasingly qualified population. (coface.cz)
  • The African sovereign funds that signed the deal include Morocco's Ithmar Capital, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund, Gabon's Fonds Gabonais d'Investissements Stratégiques (FGIS), Rwanda's Agaciro Development Fund, Angola's Fundo Soberano, the Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Senegal's FONSIS and Djibouti's Sovereign Fund. (wirefan.com)
  • From wind turbine technologies that produce clean energy to technologies that can get electricity to the 560 million Africans who don't have access," said Siegmar Pröbstl, CEO of Siemens Africa. (evwind.es)
  • She also once was Siemens Africa chief financial officer. (blogspot.com)
  • Founded in 2022 by Mohamed Amine Belarbi, Cypherleak specialises in simplifying advanced risk monitoring for smaller companies, eliminating the need for extensive cybersecurity technical expertise. (wamda.com)
  • Cement deliveries in Morocco increased 2.9 per cent YoY to 1,111,349t in February 2022 from 1,079,983 according to data published by the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. (cemnet.com)
  • Cement sales in Morocco by APC members (Asment Temara, Ciments de l'Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc) increased by 8.8 per cent YoY to 1,128,552t in January 2022, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. (cemnet.com)
  • This past Tuesday, the transnational entertainment titan announced that it would be launching its eponymous streaming service, Disney+, in 42 new areas in Europe, Asia, and West Africa from May to June of 2022. (theblaze.com)
  • This Saudi investment firm owns 35% of Nahdi Medical Company, which raised $1.4 billion in 2022, marking the kingdom's largest IPO since Aramco's listing. (cbinsights.com)
  • They will meet with public and private counterparts in Rabat and Casablanca "for future projects in the country or in African countries. (africatradenews.com)
  • Therefore, at least 10 Spanish companies , between them promotion , will be part of a double ICEX action in Morocco (Rabat and Casablanca) co-organized with the Economic and Commercial Offices of Spain in both cities, with the aim of deepening knowledge of the sector and maintaining contacts with Moroccan public and private actors. (africatradenews.com)
  • RABAT - Morocco and Chinese group HAITE will set up an industrial and residential park in the northern city of Tangiers with $10 billion-worth investment, local media reported Monday. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • The European Union wants to improve cooperation with Morocco for the return of the later's citizens who don't qualify asylum or refugee status in the bloc, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson said Tuesday in Rabat. (africanews.com)
  • In the midst of the migration crisis in the Canary Islands, her first visit to Morocco also aims to "continue discussions" on readmission mechanisms launched by Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska last week during a visit to Rabat. (africanews.com)
  • WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - July 28, 2016) - US Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing traveled to Rabat, Morocco Wednesday and Thursday to discuss plans for the 22nd Conference of. (globenewswire.com)
  • Three Gulf sovereign funds have signed a deal in Rabat to promote investment in Africa, alongside nine from within the continent. (wirefan.com)
  • RABAT, Morocco (AP) - A mining company controlled by Morocco 's royal family on Wednesday denied claims that operations at a site used to mine minerals for car batteries were causing hazardous levels of arsenic to appear in the local water supply. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Algerian news organization Twala reported on Farid Bedjaoui, the nephew of a former government minister, who has held millions of dollars in assets out of reach of authorities in Algeria and Italy, in trusts based in New Zealand and shell companies registered in his brother's name. (icij.org)
  • Besides Egypt, Gamesa is present in other African countries including Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Kenya, in its capacity as turbine supplier and installer and wind farm O&M service provider. (evwind.es)
  • The shipments have propelled Algeria to be the largest exporter in Africa and the No 2 in the M. (cemnet.com)
  • In the initial aim this should be an eight clubs challenge with the best teams of Morocco, Egypt, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Mozambique, Zambia and Algeria. (futsalplanet.com)
  • Companies of focus are Al-Fakher and Al-Nakhla (currently two of the largest companies globally), and countries of focus include Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. (who.int)
  • Since 2000, serogroup W135 meningococci (ST-11) have been isolated from sporadic cases in Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Senegal, Niger, and Central African Republic and at the end of a serogroup A outbreak in 2001 and during a large outbreak during 2002 in Burkina Faso. (cdc.gov)
  • In Egypt, the reporting network Arabic Reporters for Investigative Journalism found that oil tycoon Magdy Rasikh's company, Fleet Energy , received approval to import natural gas into the country and supply it to homes and businesses - despite the fact that Rasikh had been convicted in absentia on charges that he and a former government minister had colluded to misuse public funds. (icij.org)
  • The VC fund invests in startups located in Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya which are reportedly Africa's most dynamic ecosystems. (wamda.com)
  • Bad earnings for a multinational company such as Toyota could mean job cuts in its factory in Egypt, and a slowdown in European economic growth may hurt China's exports to the Eurozone. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • We are honored to be recognized for the service we provide," said Larry De Shon, president, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Avis Budget Group. (autorentalnews.com)
  • The new funding will help drive Cypherleak's expansion across the Middle East and Africa. (wamda.com)
  • This investment from entities including Maroc Numeric Fund II and Qatar Insurance Company will help drive Cypherleak's expansion across the Middle East and Africa. (wamda.com)
  • Mohamed Amine Belarbi, Founder and CEO of Cypherleak, said: 'The funding injection will enable us to accelerate our expansion across the Middle East and Africa, fortifying our position as a leading player in the rapidly evolving field of cyber risk management and ratings. (wamda.com)
  • While Cypherleak's holding company is in Delaware, its Middle East regional office is based at Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem, which supports the growth of startups at all stages. (wamda.com)
  • The first series of Amazon's action series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan spent eight weeks in Morocco doubling the country for locations across the Middle East. (kftv.com)
  • GITEX Africa is the largest business event launch of any industry in the Middle East and Africa in recent years, and is affiliated with GITEX Global in Dubai, the world's largest tech and start-up show, rated by global tech executives as the world's best global tech event. (businessghana.com)
  • As such, during his visit to Morocco last November, Christophe Maquet, Director of Veolia's Africa & Middle East Zone notably attended the 1st anniversary of Redal's smart monitoring center "Hubgrade" and the launch of the 2nd Alternate Training Course at Amendis' Training and Skills Center. (maghrebdailynews.com)
  • While key skills are needed to drive digital transformation, the visit by the Director of Veolia's Africa & Middle East Zone marked an opportunity to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Alternate Training Course at the Amendis Training and Skills Centre in Tetouan. (maghrebdailynews.com)
  • Millennium Hotels & Resorts Middle East & Africa has appointed accomplished hotelier Hamid Sidine as its managing director for Saudi Arabia. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • Kevork Deldelian, chief executive officer of Millennium Hotels & Resorts Middle East & Africa, said: "Sidine's vast experience and leadership expertise will be a distinct advantage as we realise our strategic vision for Saudi Arabia and further strengthen our partnerships with hotel owners in the kingdom, with a priority on maximising return on investment. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • Since 2018, Morocco has received 343 million euros of European aid on various programs (police training, education, etc.), according to data released Tuesday. (africanews.com)
  • New Chief Executive Officer of Aker Energy Feb 23, 2018 Jan Arve Haugan has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the newly established oil company Aker Energy, effective 1 March 2018. (scandoil.com)
  • We provide unparalleled insight into enterprise IT trends, innovation and technology in Africa to the most discerning professionals, entrepreneurs, investors and IT decision-makers. (itnewsafrica.com)
  • Innovation and sustainability are two essential elements that will help strengthen communities and improve the quality of life for the people who call them home," said Mike Schmidt, director of Education and Community Development, Ford Motor Company Fund. (msu.edu)
  • AppsAfrica.com is a leading pan-African technology news portal and advisory service, dedicated to delivering the latest insight on mobile, tech and innovation in Africa. (appsafrica.com)
  • With their innovative ideas, entrepreneurial drive, and the support of the government and international investors, Nigerian startups are poised to drive a transformative change, positioning the country at the forefront of technological innovation in Africa and beyond. (ravenewsonline.com)
  • This first edition will definitely contribute to enhance digital transition in Africa as a future innovation hub, led by its young talents and competitive start-ups. (businessghana.com)
  • In line with its unwavering commitment to supporting the Cherifian Kingdom's efforts in the management of environmental issues, Veolia Morocco and its subsidiaries Redal and Amendis, focus on innovation and training. (maghrebdailynews.com)
  • Morocco will centre the global tech community's attention on Africa's united commitment to advancing the digital economy next week, converging the best minds from governments, businesses, big tech, start-ups, investors and youths to accelerate and catalyse the continent's ambitious digital transformation journey. (businessghana.com)
  • GITEX Africa's impressive scale in its debut edition reflects the ambitions of Africa's digital movement, with cross-continental initiatives such as Smart Africa's vision to create a single digital market in Africa by 2030 propelling the continent to the forefront of the global digital economy. (businessghana.com)
  • Created in 2013, the association has become a melting-pot of Moroccan and African professionals. (ipra.org)
  • GITEX Africa will be an opportunity for Moroccan and African start-ups owners and young programmers to get in touch with regional and global investors and business incubators. (businessghana.com)
  • See The African Challengers: Global Competitors Emerging from the Overlooked Continent , BCG Focus, May 2010. (bcg.com)
  • Africa is vast, but only a handful of its cities have populations of 4 million or more, and they are dispersed across the continent. (bcg.com)
  • Despite many new infrastructure initiatives, Africa lacks major road and rail networks to connect people and businesses across the continent-and many of the roads and rail lines that do exist are in poor repair and end at nations' frontiers. (bcg.com)
  • Heads of African sovereign funds taking part at the event said the focus for ASIF will be on mobilising capital and equity, promoting green projects and investing in logistics to improve interconnectivity within the continent. (wirefan.com)
  • BERLIN (Reuters) -Leaders from more than a dozen African countries will gather in Germany over the next two days for the G20 Compact with Africa conference, which aims to help bolster private investment in the world's poorest, but fast-growing, continent. (yahoo.com)
  • The Pan-African News Wire is an international electronic press service designed to foster intelligent discussion on the affairs of African people throughout the continent and the world. (blogspot.com)
  • We're witnessing a historic event, the first ever edition of GITEX Africa, and the largest tech networking and learning business event in the African continent. (businessghana.com)
  • Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Foreign Affairs of Morocco Nasser Bourita. (ukragroconsult.com)
  • Kuleba and Bourita agreed to hold talks between Ukraine and Morocco on trade facilitation to identify promising areas of economic cooperation, increase trade and revitalize direct business contacts, as well as negotiations on visa facilitation. (ukragroconsult.com)
  • UAE-based cyber risk monitoring and scoring startup Cypherleak, has closed a $750,000 Seed round from investors based in Abu Dhabi, Morocco, and Qatar, including Maroc Numeric Fund II and Qatar Insurance Company. (wamda.com)
  • Since its inception, Outlierz Ventures have invested in a total of eight startup companies across Africa. (wamda.com)
  • Siemens has received its first wind power orders in Africa, marking the multinational's entry into the continent's wind farm market. (evwind.es)
  • This report continues to track the progress of African companies, focusing on how they are driving the continent's economic integration by expanding their operations and their capabilities. (bcg.com)
  • This is a major event in the African tech ecosystem that, we are confident will catalyze others. (wamda.com)
  • Our events celebrate and connect the best in mobile and tech from across the African tech ecosystem with global players. (appsafrica.com)
  • Sixty-seven (67) Nigerian startups participated at inaugural edition of GITEX Africa, which reaffirmed the country's burgeoning tech ecosystem, and provided a platform for them to exhibit their cutting-edge ideas, gain invaluable exposure from the global tech community, and attract potential investments that will catalyze Nigeria's digital economy. (ravenewsonline.com)
  • The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Mauritius' referee Ahmad Heeralall to officiate the CAF Champions League formality encounter between Tanzania's Simba and Raja Club Athletic of Morocco. (co.tz)
  • Since 2015 AMMC has represented Francophone Africa in the African Marketing Confederation. (ipra.org)
  • The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Morocco discussed food security in Africa. (ukragroconsult.com)
  • In May, the United Nations said Africa is facing an "unprecedented" crisis caused by Russia's four-month invasion of Ukraine that has led to soaring food and fuel prices. (wirefan.com)
  • Olayan Financing Company (OFC), Saudi Arabia, 1947 4. (cbinsights.com)
  • This is the case of Spanish companies, which do not want to miss the opportunity to enter this business in the neighboring country. (africatradenews.com)
  • Trigon is a publicly traded Canadian exploration and development company with its core business focused on copper and silver holdings in mine-friendly African jurisdictions. (businesswire.com)
  • The African market represents a huge opportunity to build innovative tech-enabled platforms that transform traditional business models across key sectors of the economy. (wamda.com)
  • It would also function as a portal via which persons can perform name searches, reserve business names, and register a company in CSME Member States. (caricom.org)
  • Plastics News covers the business of the global plastics industry. (plasticsnews.com)
  • A better-than-anticipated fall in the unemployment rate in the United States can boost financial markets in Asia and Europe: investors will be more optimistic about the health and the future of the U.S. economy, and that means more business for companies that trade with the United States. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • AI can deliver significant business impact, but companies can maximize value with an end-to-end approach. (bcg.com)
  • African business is integrating Africa-economically and otherwise. (bcg.com)
  • Since 2010, BCG has been tracking business and economic development in Africa, with a focus on the roles of leading African companies and MNCs. (bcg.com)
  • Our second report looked at the changing development model of Africa and how companies needed new approaches in fast-changing business environments. (bcg.com)
  • See Dueling with Lions: Playing the New Game of Business Success in Africa , BCG Focus, November 2015. (bcg.com)
  • Their activities are starting to overcome the barriers that have long restricted African nations from greater business and economic interaction. (bcg.com)
  • WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - October 27, 2016) - Released on Tuesday, the World Bank's 2017 "Doing Business" report ranked Morocco 68 out of 190 countries in ease of doing business -- a two-spot. (globenewswire.com)
  • Nearly two thirds of German companies want to expand their business in Africa, according to a study by KPMG and the German-African Business Association. (yahoo.com)
  • Glencore Global Head of Oil, Alex Beard, Lonrho Group chief operations officer Bruno Sidler, Swiss Re managing director Bruce Hodkinson, ABB head of Global Relations Tobias Becker and Swiss Africa Business Circle managing director Michael Rheinegger were also among the delegates. (blogspot.com)
  • The Walt Disney Company also continues to grow its business in China despite what the Guardian reported as the country banning depictions of gay people on television. (theblaze.com)
  • Thanks to the power of data, the system offers a concrete response to the constraints associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, while enhancing operational synergies within Veolia's various business hubs in Morocco. (maghrebdailynews.com)
  • WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - September 27, 2016) - Today, the Kingdom of Morocco and Seattle-based aerospace company Boeing announced plans to establish a Boeing industrial ecosystem in Morocco that. (globenewswire.com)
  • Morocco bets for renewable energy and the interest of companies from other countries in investing in this sector is growing. (africatradenews.com)
  • A new development, the 2017 edition also questions companies about their payment behaviour expectations for the next 6 months. (coface.com)
  • The Compact with Africa, which was created in 2017 under the German G20 presidency, aims to bring together reform-minded African countries, international organizations and bilateral partners to coordinate development agendas and discuss investment opportunities. (yahoo.com)
  • The mineral is primarily mined in the conflict-riddenCongo but companies have pulled out of the country due to reports of human rights abuses and child labor in the mining sector. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • The public face of the industry is, however, the hospitality sector (waterpipe cafes, bars, and restaurants), rather than the waterpipe tobacco companies. (who.int)
  • LONDON - Sub-Saharan Africa 's largest producers in Nigeria and Angola face declining crude oil and condensate production from this year onwards, according to GlobalData, with only a small number of new projects set to come online in the next five years. (offshore-mag.com)
  • Access the most comprehensive Company Profiles on the market, powered by GlobalData. (offshore-technology.com)
  • Africa has 54 sovereign countries-more than four times the number in South America and triple the number in East Asia. (bcg.com)
  • The deal was signed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and holding firm ADQ in addition to the Kuwait Investment Authority on the sidelines of the first meeting of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF), on Monday. (wirefan.com)
  • By utilizing only the domain name, Cypherleak allows companies to track their leaked passwords and information on both the Public web and Dark web, enables them to identify the full extent of their attack surface and identifies vulnerabilities affecting their infrastructure. (wamda.com)
  • As an integrated technology company Siemens is able to provide answers that Africa needs to tackle many of its infrastructure challenges. (evwind.es)
  • Morocco is a welcoming country that is comfortable with its filming infrastructure, especially in terms of local labour and understanding of the filming process. (kftv.com)
  • The company will also handle construction of the civil engineering and electric infrastructure needed to install and operate the facility and will provide operations and maintenance services for three years. (evwind.es)
  • He said through his company, they were also interested in the entire soya bean value chain, infrastructure and tourism. (blogspot.com)
  • However, despite true economic and social progress, and despite the benefits that it derives from phosphates, tourism and better infrastructures, Morocco remains a rural, poor and insufficiently diversified country. (coface.cz)
  • Companies consider payment delays to be excessive, in a country where the driving force behind SMEs - namely credit remains scarce - and continues to be an obstacle. (coface.cz)
  • As a university student, she founded the tournament company Leagues of Morocco, organizing gaming tournaments on university campuses and across the country. (care.org)
  • Though Morocco was used as itself in Close, the North African country is hugely popular as a stand-in for Middle Eastern story settings and particularly for modern war zone regions in Iraq and Afghanistan. (kftv.com)
  • For information about life in the country, see Moving to Morocco . (expatarrivals.com)
  • The Moroccan military has reportedly received three Israeli-made and long-endurance Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as the Northern African country maintains informal but close intelligence ties with the Tel Aviv regime. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
  • The Coface subsidiary in Morocco, directed by Jean-Marc Pons, helps companies wishing to make their way in the Moroccan market, with full knowledge of the facts and safely. (coface.cz)
  • Commenting on the latest announcement, Felix Ferlemann, CEO of Siemens's wind power division, said: "These two wind turbines orders mark Siemens Wind Power's entry on the African wind energy market and clearly show that our internationalisation strategy is successful. (evwind.es)
  • Company registries within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) are set to go online this year. (caricom.org)
  • This online registry within the CSME is a vital part of the drive toward creating a single jurisdiction for companies operating in the single market whereby once registered in one participating Member State, companies will be deemed as being registered in all. (caricom.org)
  • VBL considers Zimbabwe a high-growth market in Africa. (plasticsnews.com)
  • Africa is a growing opportunity and market of around 1.4 billion people and therefore, it is logical for us to expand our footprints in that market," Gupta said. (plasticsnews.com)
  • Nearpays is currently making inroads into the Nigerian market aims to expand into other African markets and has plans to launch its services in Europe and the United States in the near future. (ravenewsonline.com)
  • Africa is an interesting market-but so fragmented. (bcg.com)
  • Since then, the company has installed more than 600 MW in this market and services nearly 500 MW under O&M agreements. (evwind.es)
  • Ingenico , a payments solution provider, has opened a new branch office in Morocco, to cover the African market. (thepaypers.com)
  • With almost 40,000 rooms globally, the company is present in nearly all continents with a portfolio of brands, which serve different market segments. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • What this means is that cherry tomatoes from Western Sahara can be sold at the European market labeled as originating from Morocco. (lu.se)
  • Morocco is a transit center for Algerian gas exports to Spain and Portugal. (wikipedia.org)
  • Bedjaoui was previously named in the Panama Papers investigation, which uncovered that he had used a cluster of offshore shell companies, many created by the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, to facilitate some $275 million in bribes between the Algerian government and an Italian energy company to win lucrative pipeline contracts. (icij.org)
  • Shomrim also uncovered documents indicating that embattled mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz's family sought to move more than $1 billion from funds in Liechtenstein to the Cook Islands and reported on three brothers who used companies registered in the British Virgin Islands to win government contracts in Ghana . (icij.org)
  • Serogroup X has also been widespread in Africa (1970-2000) from studies in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. (cdc.gov)
  • As the spring board into Africa, Morocco has a Coface rating of A4, one of the best in the region. (coface.cz)
  • ITNewsAfrica.com is an African Technology Advisory (Pty) Ltd. publication. (itnewsafrica.com)
  • AppsAfrica Advisory provides strategic, tactical and operational Africa advisory services for mobile and tech ventures planning to launch or expand in Sub-Saharan Africa with a team of experienced advisors. (appsafrica.com)
  • Our first report examined global competitors newly emerging from Africa. (bcg.com)
  • For Remi Genevey, Strategic Director of the Agence française de développement (AFD), Morocco has made noteworthy progress over the last ten years. (coface.cz)
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting King Mohammed VI of Morocco signed on May 11 in Beijing a joint statement on establishing a strategic partnership between the two countries. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Established by billionaire founder and chairman Othman Benjelloun, O Capital Group has strategic partnerships with Air Arabic Maroc, Aman Resorts Group, and The Bank of Africa. (cbinsights.com)
  • Given his broad-ranging expertise across three continents, Sidine has also been appointed chief operating officer for Turkey and Africa, two fast-growing regions where the hospitality company has identified strong development potential as part of its strategic expansion plans. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • The Kingdom of Morocco is proud to host GITEX Africa under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him," said H.E. Dr Mezzour. (businessghana.com)
  • This followed a 2000 decision in which Morocco modified its hydrocarbons law in order to offer a 10-year tax break to offshore oil production firms and to reduce the government's stake in future oil concessions to a maximum of 25 percent. (wikipedia.org)
  • At the end of 2005, 19 foreign companies were operating in Morocco, with an estimated total investment of $56 million per year. (wikipedia.org)
  • In March 2004, Calgary-based Stratic Energy committed to a three-year exploration program in two onshore blocks in northwest Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • Illegal arrivals in the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa "have increased by more than 1000%" this year, "it seems that more than half of the migrants are Moroccan and it is important to know how to ensure that they return," the commissioner said. (africanews.com)
  • Gadgets Africa writes that the minister is claiming that Ugandans are importing up to 5 million phones a year alone, and without paying tax on them. (itnewsafrica.com)
  • Daraj Media, another multinational Arabic reporting network, investigated Lebanese banker and former government minister Marwan Kheireddine , who set up companies in the British Virgin Islands at a time when a financial collapse wiped out the savings of many Lebanese citizens like Wafaa bu Hamdan, a 57-year-old widow who told Daraj she lost the equivalent of $60,000. (icij.org)
  • It is also one of the founding Members of African Communications week, taking place every year in the last week of May. (ipra.org)
  • This year, the company aims to export 3Mt. (cemnet.com)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa is seeing a shift of investment away from the more developed countries in the region," Ward said, "most notably Nigeria, and more towards frontier countries such as Mauritania, Senegal , Mozambique , and Uganda as the fiscal terms offered by the host countries are far more appealing and have a large untapped resource base. (offshore-mag.com)
  • If Nigeria wishes to continue to attract investment and achieve a plateau in production, it will need to tackle the above ground risks which companies face. (offshore-mag.com)
  • He also said that it was "an honour to represent Nigeria at the global stage" and that they are "committed to using technology to solve some of the most pressing challenges facing Africa. (ravenewsonline.com)
  • German government officials say Africa can play a key role in helping Germany better diversify its supply chains, secure skilled labour, reduce illegal migration and achieve its green transition. (yahoo.com)
  • Held under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, GITEX Africa is hosted by the Digital Development Agency (ADD), under the authority of the Moroccan Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform. (businessghana.com)
  • The company has successfully sold subscriptions to over 1000 corporate end-users across Europe and the MENA region, focusing on SMEs, often priced out of enterprise cybersecurity products. (wamda.com)
  • According to Moroccan news site Medias24.com, Moroccan officials and Chinese delegation discussed over the weekend in Morocco means to implement this large-scale park which will host 300,000 employees. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Underscoring renewed interest in Africa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will be among those attending the summit in Berlin, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to German government officials. (yahoo.com)
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  • The Paypers provides a wide range of news and analysis products aimed at keeping the ecommerce, fintech, and payment professionals informed about latest developments in the industry. (thepaypers.com)
  • The «Arab Spring» was rather mild in Morocco, compared with what is still going on in other countries in the region. (coface.cz)
  • Most African countries are small in population and economic activity, if not in landmass. (bcg.com)
  • The event officially takes place on Monday afternoon in the German chancellery, preceded by a news conference with leaders of the African Union, which in September was made a permanent member of the group of the G20 group of the world's most powerful countries. (yahoo.com)
  • African countries have long complained that while Europe talks about investment, China actually provides financing without any moral lecturing. (yahoo.com)
  • The Walt Disney Company is expanding its operations in at least ten explicitly anti-gay countries and regions. (theblaze.com)
  • It will welcome 900 big tech companies, government entities, start-ups and participants from more than 100 countries, while attracting tens of thousands of attendees from all over the world. (businessghana.com)
  • Mass vaccination with serogroup A/C plain polysaccharide vaccines has been used to control outbreaks, once they have been identified, in a number of African countries. (cdc.gov)
  • I am confident Sidine will also drive forward our growth strategy in Turkey and Africa, stamping out our footprint in destinations on our development radar. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • Milchan, who was connected to fraud charges filed against former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , is the beneficial owner of offshore companies that purchased luxury real estate in New York and Malibu and hold hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of art and antiquities. (icij.org)
  • Japan Tobacco International purchased Al-Nakhla in 2013, Eastern Tobacco produces waterpipe tobacco as well as common brands for transnational tobacco companies, and Al-Fakher has employed a number of staff with vast experience working for transnational tobacco companies. (who.int)
  • Bloomberg LP, which had started as a company that provides financial data, launched a news department in 1990 and now operates a television station, a radio, a Web site along with its main platform: the Bloomberg terminal. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • The hospitality company currently operates nine properties in the kingdom across Makkah, Madinah and Hail and has seven more under development in Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, Jazan, Riyadh and Tabouk. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • The company owns, asset manages and operates over 130 hotels worldwide. (breakingtravelnews.com)
  • Since then, the Kronos company decided to withdraw, also citing the insufficient hydrocarbon resources, but adding the reason that the decision was influenced by "the sensitivity of the area and the requirements of international law" as indicated in the 2002 United Nations legal opinion on resource exploration and development in non-self-governing territories. (wikipedia.org)
  • It takes 24 African nations to aggregate $1 trillion in GDP-far more than any other region of the world. (bcg.com)
  • Four-fifths of African nations require a visa to visit. (bcg.com)
  • The two major weaknesses of the energy policy of Morocco are the lack of coordination between these two agencies and the lack of development of domestic energy sources. (wikipedia.org)
  • The company also wants to involve university students in the development of apps and software for the handsets. (itnewsafrica.com)
  • In Namibia, the Company holds an 80% interest in five mining licences in the Otavi Mountainlands, an area of Namibia widely recognized for its high-grade copper deposits, where the Company is focused on exploration and re-development of the previously producing Kombat Mine. (businesswire.com)
  • This development is due to an ongoing project funded by the 10th European Development Fund to create an online regional registry of companies. (caricom.org)
  • Search for companies in Central and Eastern Europe and get a company profile for free. (coface.cz)
  • During these years, I also spent a few winters in the Austrian Alps and hitchhiked through Europe several times - on one occasion, all the way to Morocco in northern Africa. (lu.se)
  • These developments have increased the need for news outlets that can provide real-time information and in-depth reporting on issues including economic indicators, regulatory policies, stock markets, companies and currencies and how they affect the lives and earnings of investors and ordinary people. (arabmediasociety.com)
  • This same report shows that natural gas reserves are below consumption levels, and thus, Morocco imports much of its natural gas. (wikipedia.org)
  • We report news, gather data and deliver timely information that provides our readers with a competitive advantage. (plasticsnews.com)
  • And our most recent previous report analyzed how nimble, agile, and fast-growing African companies were often beating MNCs at their own game. (bcg.com)
  • The report added that Morocco received the UAVs, manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, via French defense company Dassualt, which markets Heron drones under the brand name "EADS Harfang" on January 26 - a long delay after their purchase back in 2014. (globalsecurity.org)
  • In Morocco, the Company is the holder of the Silver Hill project, a highly prospective copper and silver exploration project. (businesswire.com)
  • The Haouma Wind Farm project will be built in northern Morocco, approximately 30 km east of Tangier, and 6 km south of the Mediterranean coast. (evwind.es)
  • As part of that project, the company registry in each Member State will be converted to an online system to facilitate participation in the regional e-registry. (caricom.org)
  • In 2003, the Moroccan government announced that foreign companies could import oil without paying import tariffs. (wikipedia.org)