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Dislog industries welcomes Mediterrania Capital Partners in its capital

Dislog industries welcomes Mediterrania Capital Partners in its capital
07/22/2021 - Eric Apim | Industry
MOROCCO / MALTA / TUNISIA. The Moroccan company Dislog Industries is raising 280 million dirhams from Mediterrania Capital Partners to develop through external growth in Morocco and internationally, notably in Tunisia.
ACE, Akdital, Aque Plus, Aziza, Aïcha, Cairo Scan, Casablanca, Cofina Group, Dislog Group, Dislog Industries, Dislog Industries Tunisia, distribution, Edita, Egypt, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Fine, FMCG, Hatim Ben Ahmed, hygiene, Javel Lacroix, Jordan, Malta, MC III, Mediterrania Capital Partner, mesofinance, MetaMed, Moncef Belkhayat, Morocco, North Africa, Tunisia

Start-ups and tech transfers boosting Mediterranean clusters

Start-ups and tech transfers boosting Mediterranean clusters
06/10/2021 | Talent for a new economy
Mediterranean clusters need to find a new direction in order to better reconcile local industries’ needs with the innovation emanating from research stakeholders and start-ups. Version française
Algeria, Anima Investment Network, Berytech, Casablanca, clusters, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Egypt, El Ghazala, ESCWA, innovation, Jordan, Lebanon, Mathias Fillon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, research, start-up, tech transfers, Technopark, The Next Society, Tunisia, UN

Samir Abdelkrim: "Digital has made Emerging Valley even more connected, denser and more essential for Africa-Europe innovation ecosystems"

Samir Abdelkrim: "Digital has made Emerging Valley even more connected, denser and more essential for Africa-Europe innovation ecosystems"
04/09/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Samir Abdelkrim organised the fourth edition of Emerging Valley in Marseille on 7 and 8 April 2021, which was broadcast online because of Covid-19. He explains the usefulness of this link between Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa for start-ups and innovation.
AFD Agence Française de Développement, Africa, Algeria, biodiversity, BootCamp, BootCamp des deux rives, Casablanca, digital economy, Dimed, Délégation interministérielle à la Méditerranée, Egypt, Emerging Mediterranean, Emerging Valley, Marseille, Mauritania, Mediterranean, North Africa, Partech Africa, Samir Abdelkrim, SIBC, Social Inclusive Business Camp, Société générale, Sommet des deux rives, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), start-up, Tech for Good, Tunisia

Gefco inaugurates a 10,000 m² warehouse in Tanger Med

Gefco inaugurates a 10,000 m² warehouse in Tanger Med
02/22/2021 - Eric Apim | Transport
MOROCCO / FRANCE. The French group Gefco strengthens its position on the Moroccan market by inaugurating a new 10,000 m² warehouse in the Tanger Med logistics free zone.
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3M, automobile industry, Casablanca, Continental, Faurecia, Fes, France, Gibraltar, GTL, Kenitra, logistics, maritime transport, Medhub, Meknes, Morocco, Novares, ports, PSA, PSA plant, Sébastien Roger, Tanger Med Europe, Tangier, Valeo

The French-speaking population is growing in the world... thanks to Africa

The French-speaking population is growing in the world... thanks to Africa
01/12/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
WORLD. In progression of 2.3% over one year, today the total population of the French-speaking world would amount to 524 million inhabitants. That is more than the population of the European Union.
Abidjan, Africa, Algeria, Algiers, Casablanca, CEMAC, Centre d'étude et de réflexion sur le monde francophone, CERMF, demography, DRC, France, French-speaking population, French-speaking world, Kinshasa, Lebanon, Montreal, Morocco, Ouagadougou, Paris, Population Reference Bureau, Tunisia, UEMOA, United Nations, world, Yaoundé

Morocco is to host the first automobile test centre on the African continent

Morocco is to host the first automobile test centre on the African continent
12/04/2020 | Industry
MOROCCO. The independent private companies UTAC CERAM and FEV Group, partners of the automobile industry... version française


automobile industry, automobile test centre, Casablanca, FEV Group, France, Industrial Acceleration Plan, industry, Khouribga, Laurent Benoit, Morocco, Nadim Andraos, Oued Zem, PAI, Rabat, UTAC CERAM

Souad Elmallem – Bringing Canada’s aircraft expertise to Morocco

Souad Elmallem – Bringing Canada’s aircraft expertise to Morocco
11/23/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Talent for a new economy
A member of the Moroccan diaspora in North America, Souad Elmallem managed to convince her bosses to set up Bombardier’s first African venture in her home country.
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6temik, aeronautics, aerospace cluster, Anima Investment Network, Bombardier, Canada, Casablanca, diaspora, Midparc, Morocco, Nouaceur, Quebec, Souad Elmallem

AFD participates in financing the extension of the Casablanca tramway

AFD participates in financing the extension of the Casablanca tramway
11/04/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Transport
MOROCCO / FRANCE. Agence Française de Développement and Casa Transport en Site Aménagé sign a MAD 1.1 billion (€100m) loan agreement for the construction of two new lines of the Casablanca tramway.
AFD Agence Française de Développement, Alstom, Alstom Citadis, Casa Transport, Casablanca, France, Mihoub Mezouaghi, Morocco, Nabil Belabed, RATP Dev, tramway, urban planning

Morocco extends the state of health emergency and organises an airlift to Corsica to harvest clementines

Morocco extends the state of health emergency and organises an airlift to Corsica to harvest clementines
10/09/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MOROCCO. The Council of the Moroccan Government has decided to extend the state of health emergency declared since March 2020 until 10 November 2020.
Air Arabia Maroc, Air France, Bastia, Casablanca, Corsica, Corsican clementine, Covid-19, Egypt Air, Emirates, Etihad Airways, France, French Office of Immigration and Integration, Johns Hopkins University, Morocco, OFII, passenger health record, PCR test, Pegasus, Poretta, Qatar Airways, Rabat, Royal Air Maroc, seasonal workers, state of health emergency, TAP, Transavia, Tunisair, Turkish Airlines

Citing 42% of the country's new cases, the Casablanca agglomeration is isolated from the rest of Morocco

Citing 42% of the country's new cases, the Casablanca agglomeration is isolated from the rest of Morocco
09/07/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
MOROCCO. The inhabitants of the Moroccan economic capital must undergo new restrictive containment measures to slow down the evolution of the Covid-19. version française
Casablanca, confinement, Covid-19, Khalid Ait Taleb, Morocco

Pizzorno Environnement continues its disengagement from Morocco

Pizzorno Environnement continues its disengagement from Morocco
08/25/2020 - Arthur Maffren | Environment
MOROCCO/FRANCE. After stopping its operations on 1 July 2020, Pizzorno Environnement announced on 24 August that it "is not a candidate for the renewal of the Marrakech collection and cleaning market". version française

Casablanca, Marrakech, Morocco, Oum Azza, Pizzorno Environnement, Rabat, Teodem, Teomara, waste

EBRD supports Morocco

EBRD supports Morocco
08/18/2020 - Gérard Tur | Services
MOROCCO. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development multiplies loans to provide the Moroccan economy with the necessary liquidity in this period of crisis.
ADM, Caixa Bank Maroc, Casablanca, coronavirus crisis, Crédit Immobilier et Hôtelier, EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Morocco, Office national de l'électricité et de l'eau potable, Office national des aéroports, ONDA, ONEE, Rabat, Société nationale des autoroutes du Maroc

When Covid-19 brings public health and hygiene to question urban planning

When Covid-19 brings public health and hygiene to question urban planning
07/24/2020 - Bernard Valero, Director General of the Avitem | Reflections
The Covid-19 pandemic was truly revealing and raised many questions: about the meaning to be given to the so-called international community at a time when borders were closing and when the temptation of every man for himself was trampling on the desire for solidarity, about territorial and social...
Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories, Avitem, Barcelona, Baron Haussmann, Bernard Valero, Casablanca, Covid-19, Durance, Healthy Cities Network, Marseille, Mediterranean, Mediterranean cities, Paris, social and solidarity economy, Tunis, urban planning, Venice

Pizzorno ceases operations in Oum Azza, Morocco

Pizzorno ceases operations in Oum Azza, Morocco
07/01/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Environment
MOROCCO / FRANCE. Var-based Pizzorno Environnement announces the closure of the Oum Azza waste treatment and recovery centre in Morocco. version française

Akreuch, Al Hoceima, Aïn Attik, biogas, Casablanca, environment, France, leachate, Marrakech, Medina, Morocco, Moulay Abdellah, Oum Azza, Pizzorno Environnement, Place Jémaâ El Fna, Rabat, Salé, Teodem, Var, waste

Air France to open reservations for Maghreb in June

Air France to open reservations for Maghreb in June
04/29/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Transport
MAGHREB / FRANCE. Air France is preparing to strengthen its domestic routes and is reopening bookings for Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.
Air France, Air France/KLM, air transport, Algeria, Algiers, Brest, Casablanca, France, Lyon, Maghreb, Marseille, Montpellier, Morocco, Nice, Paris, Rennes, Toulouse, Tunis, Tunis Carthage, Tunisia

Mediterrania Capital Partners' portfolio companies up 25% in growth

Mediterrania Capital Partners' portfolio companies up 25% in growth
02/27/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. The companies in the funds of private equity firm Mediterrania Capital Partners have reached €1 billion in aggregate annual revenues.
Akdital Holding, Albert Alsina, Algiers, Aziza, Barcelona, Cairo Scan, Casablanca, Cash plus, CECI, Cieptal Cars, Groupe Cofina, Groupe Scolaire René Descartes, Indigo Company, Malta, MC II, MC III, Mediterranean, Mediterrania Capital Partners, Medtech Group, North Africa, Randa, Sub-Saharan Africa, TGCC, Tunis, Université privée de Marrakech, venture capital

EMNES underlines vital role of entrepreneurship training in developing start-up in Jordan, Morocco and Egypt

EMNES underlines vital role of entrepreneurship training in developing start-up in Jordan, Morocco and Egypt
05/24/2019 - Frédéric Dubessy | Development models in Mediterranean

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Amman, Casablanca, Egypt, Emnes, entrepreneurship, entrepreunarial risk, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, innovating entrepreneurs, Irbid, Jordan, Morocco, Rabat

Oumnia Boualam takes over as CEO of Oxford Business Group Morocco

Oumnia Boualam takes over as CEO of Oxford Business Group Morocco
04/11/2019 - Frédéric Dubessy | People
MOROCCO. Oumnia Boualam is appointed Managing Director of Oxford Business Group Morocco and François Farne takes over as Editorial Director.
Casablanca, François Farne, Morocco, OBG, Oumnia Boualam, Oxford Business Group

Zakaria Fahim: "We must make the Africas communicate"

Zakaria Fahim: "We must make the Africas communicate"
03/05/2018 - Frédéric Dubessy | Socio-economic assessments


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Africa, Casablanca, China, ENCG Casablanca, euro-mediterranean, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Europe, Femise, finance, financial markets, France, Hub Africa, Malta, Morocco, Start-up, Sub-Saharan Africa, United States, universities, Zakaria Fahim

Mediterrania Capital Partners invests €55 million in Moroccan TGCC through a consortium

Mediterrania Capital Partners invests €55 million in Moroccan TGCC through a consortium
01/19/2018 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services
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.
Abidjan, Africa, Algiers, Barcelona, Cairo, Casablanca, China Railway Construction Corp, construction, CRCC, DEG, Gabon, investments, Ivory Coast, Malta, Mediterrania Capital Partners, Mohammed Bouzoubaa, Morocco, Morocco-Spain, Proparco, public works, Rabat, South Suez, Sub-Saharan Africa, TGCC, Travaux Généraux de Construction de Casablanca, venture capital

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