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SPAIN. On 24 August 2020, the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE) published a study on "the situation of hotel tourism in July 2020". Constructed from provisional data, it paints an alarming picture of the situation, with the number of overnight stays falling by 73.4% compared to July 2019.
FRANCE/ALGERIA. The CIS group (Catering International Services) announces on August 18th the signature of two contracts in Algeria and Russia.
MOROCCO. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development multiplies loans to provide the Moroccan economy with the necessary liquidity in this period of crisis.
KOSOVO. The EBRD, EFSE and CoopEst are lending €4.5m to the Kosovo Finance Agency to enable it to provide loans to Kosovar micro-enterprises and SMEs in difficulty.
ALGERIA / EU. The shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have approved Algeria's application to become a member of their financial institution.
MALTA / EGYPT. Mediterrania Capital Partners announces the acquisition of MetaMed, one of the largest medical imaging centre platforms operating mainly in Egypt, but also in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
MEDITERRANEAN. The companies in the funds of private equity firm Mediterrania Capital Partners have reached €1 billion in aggregate annual revenues.
MALTA / MOROCCO. Mediterrania Capital Partners announces a minority stake in Akdital Holding, through its MC III fund.
EGYPT / SPAIN. Mediterrania Capital Partners to take a majority stake in Cairo Scan Radiology and Labs S.A.E.
SPAIN / MOROCCO. Venture capitalist Mediterrania Capital Partners, in association with DEG, Proparco and South Suez, is taking a €55 million stake in Casablanca-based Travaux Généraux de Construction.
Interviewed by econostrum.info, Emmanuel Noutary, Managing Director of Anima Investment Network, recommends two tools to help entrepreneurs in the Mena region finance their projects: business angels and crowdfunding.
The rise of crowdfunding in the southern Mediterranean countries could help solve the financing difficulties of young companies. The association Financement participatif en Méditerranée is trying to promote it.
Special edition no.15: FEMIP
Morocco has not reached the targets it set itself in 2009 in its Moroccan Innovation Strategy (Stratégie Maroc Innovation) plan. Innovative project holders are consequently struggling to find funding, especially in the initial stages of their business ventures.
Lebanon in search of fuel
