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The women's ready-to-wear brand Camaïeu asks to be placed in receivership

The women's ready-to-wear brand Camaïeu asks to be placed in receivership
07/28/2022 | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. Still in difficulty two years after its takeover, Camaïeu has declared itself in suspension of payments and has requested that it be placed under court supervision by the Lille Commercial Court.
Aciam, AFP, Agence France Presse, Asia, Auchan, Camaïeu, covid, distribution, Dominique Debruyne, FIB, Financière immobilière de Bordeaux, Jean Duforest, Jean-Pierre Torck, Michel Ohayon, Mulliez, North Africa, PGE, prêt-à-porter, Roubaix, Thierry Siwik, tribunal de commerce de Lille, Turkey, Éric Vandendriessche

Egypt is the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in Africa

Egypt is the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in Africa
06/14/2022 | Society / Institutions
AFRICA. In African countries, Foreign Direct Investment has reached $83 billion in 2021. A record figure driven in particular by Egypt.
Africa, Antonio Guterres, economy, Egypt, FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, France, International Tax Reforms and Sustainable Investment, James Zahn, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mozambique, Naspers, North Africa, Properties report, Prosus, South Africa, Ukraine, Unctad, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Xlinks

BpiFrance anchors in Casablanca to better establish its brand

BpiFrance anchors in Casablanca to better establish its brand
05/31/2022 | Society / Institutions
MOROCCO / FRANCE. BpiFrance wants to inspire and connect French and African companies during a forum "Inspire & Connect" in Casablanca in July 2022.
Abidjan, Afric'Agora, Africa, Africalink, Aix-Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Arnaud Floris, BpiFrance, Casablanca, Dakar, France, Hicham El Merini, Inspire & Connect, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mael M'Baye, Marseille, Mediterranean, Morocco, Mourad Chouiqa, Nairobi, North Africa, Panayotis Liolios, Senegal, Tiny Doucende-Ramirez, Yves Delafon

Teriak obtains a loan of 5 million Tunisian dinars from the EBRD and Attijari bank Tunisia

Teriak obtains a loan of 5 million Tunisian dinars from the EBRD and Attijari bank Tunisia
05/19/2022 | Industry
TUNISIA. The Tunisian pharmaceutical manufacturer Teriak will benefit from a loan of 5 million Tunisian dinars to improve its productivity and increase its energy efficiency.
Abidjan, Attijari bank Tunisia, Cadyst Invest, Cameroon, Carthage, Cinpharm, Douala, EBRD, El Fejja, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Union, health, industry, Ivory Coast, Jebel Ouest, Kilani, La Manouba, medicines, Middle East, North Africa, pharmaceutical industry, Risk Sharing Framework, Sub-Saharan Africa, Teriak, Tunis, Tunisia

Five Mediterranean countries in the top 20 of world military spending

Five Mediterranean countries in the top 20 of world military spending
05/03/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. World military spending has reached $2.1 trillion in 2021, an all-time record to which Mediterranean countries have contributed $150 billion.
arms, China, Covid-19, Diego Lopes da Silva, Europe, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Russia, SIPRI, Spain, Stockholm International peace research institute, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Four Mediterranean sovereign wealth funds join forces to make co-investments

Four Mediterranean sovereign wealth funds join forces to make co-investments
03/29/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Malta Government Investments, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, Bpifrance and Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo create a foundation of sovereign wealth funds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Ayman Soliman, Bpifrance, COFIDES, Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo, Egypt, Egypt Vision 2030, EMENA, Europe, France, Herald Bonnici, José-Luis Curbelo, Malta, Malta government investments, Med 7 Summit, Mediterranean, MGI, Middle East, North Africa, One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pascal Lagarde, sovereign wealth funds, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt, TSFE

Entrepreneurship in the Euro-Mediterranean region continues to have a male face

Entrepreneurship in the Euro-Mediterranean region continues to have a male face
03/08/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The first report of the Intergovernmental Monitoring Mechanism for Gender Equality in the Euro-Mediterranean Region published by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) provides a forty-six page overview of the position of women in society.
Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, EIGE, Europe, European Institute for Gender Equality, France, gender, gender equality, Germany, Greece, Intergovernmental Monitoring Mechanism for Gender Equality in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Mediterranean, Mena, Middle East, Montenegro, Morocco, Naja Bouden, Nasser Kamel, North Africa, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean, women's participation rate, World Bank

The Union for the Mediterranean deciphers the economic participation of women in the Mena region

The Union for the Mediterranean deciphers the economic participation of women in the Mena region
02/24/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. The Union for the Mediterranean will publish, on the occasion of the International Women's Rights Day, a report on their economic participation in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
Barcelona, Business Club Africa, Euro-Mediterranean, Europe, gender, Mena, Mena Women Business Forum, Middle East, North Africa, UfM, UN, UNIDO, Union for the Mediterranean, women

TRIGGER measures perception of EU actions in Africa

TRIGGER measures perception of EU actions in Africa
02/15/2022 | Development models in Mediterranean
During a webinar organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association, several experts questioned whether the EU remained a relevant contributor to supporting development policy on the continent. Version française
Africa, Andrea Renda, Belgium, Brussels, Centre for European Policy, CEPS, Covid-19, Domenico Rosa, Emanes, Emea, EU, EU-African Union summit, Euro-Mediterranean Economists’ Association, Euro-Mediterranean Network of Economic Studies, Europe, European Commission, European Union, GRID, Harriet Sena Siaw-Boateng, Luxembourg, Moubarak Lô, North Africa, Rym Ayadi, Senegal, Trends in global governance and Europe's role, Trigger

Corruption still reigns in the Mediterranean, says Transparency International

Corruption still reigns in the Mediterranean, says Transparency International
01/25/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. In its annual survey on the perception of corruption in the world, the NGO Transparency International finds that all regions of the world, including much of the Mediterranean, are at a standstill when it comes to fighting public sector corruption.
Balkans, Chawki Tabib, corruption, corruption perception index, Covid-19, Daniel Eriksson, Denmark, Dimitar Kovacevski, Egypt, Finland, France, ICC, INLUCC, Kaïs Saïed, Lebanon, Libya, MEDITERRANEAN, Mena, Middle East, Najla Bouden, National Anti-Corruption Instance, New Zealand, NGOs, North Africa, Northern Macedonia, Pandora Papers, Riad SalaménMont-Liban, Slovenia, Southern Europe, Sudan, Syria, Transparency International, Tunisia

Europe and the Maghreb lag behind in renewable energy jobs

Europe and the Maghreb lag behind in renewable energy jobs
10/26/2021 | Society / Institutions
EUROPE / MAGHREB. The latest study by the International Renewable Energy Agency, carried out in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation, reveals that twelve million employees work in renewable energy.
APPA, Baltic Sea, biofuels, China, Denmark, energy, environment, EU, European Union, Germany, ILO, International Labour Organisation, International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, Jordan, Kalyon Solar Technologies, Madrid, Mediterranean, North Africa, North Sea, photovoltaic, renewable energy, renewable energy jobs, solar, Spain, Spanish Renewable Energy Association, transition, Turkey, United States, wind power

Dislog industries welcomes Mediterrania Capital Partners in its capital

Dislog industries welcomes Mediterrania Capital Partners in its capital
07/22/2021 | 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

Integration advances in the Mediterranean, but at a reduced speed

Integration advances in the Mediterranean, but at a reduced speed
05/27/2021 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Entrusted by the Union for the Mediterranean to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the publication of the first report on regional integration in the Mediterranean will serve as a basis for measuring its evolution.
Carlos Conde, cooperation, Egypt, European Union (EU), GIZ, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, MENA, Morocco, Nasser Kamel, North Africa, OECD, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Palestine, regional integration in the Mediterranean, trade, Turkey, UfM, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Western Balkans

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 | 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

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns
04/07/2021 | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Libya has entered a new era since Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar finally decided to throw in the towel. Their withdrawals have allowed for the emergence of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and a new interim governance. Part 1/5
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, Abdullah Hussein Al-Hafi, Alain Chouet, Canada, Christian Graeff, CNT, conflicts, Cyrenaica, DGSE, European Investment Bank, European Union (EU), Fayez Al-Sarraj, Fezzan, Geneva, Heiko Maas, Henry Marty-Gauquié, Jean-François Coustillière, Jean-Yves Le Drian, JFC Conseil analysis group, Ján Kubiš, Khalifa Haftar, Libya, Libyan conflict, Libyan politics, LPDF, Luigi di Maio, Maghreb, Manul, Mashrek, Mediterranean, Misrata, Mohamed Menfin, Mouammar Kadhagi, Moussa al-Koni, National Transitional Council, North Africa, Political Dialogue Forum, politics, Russia, Sahel, Septimius Severus, Sirte, Tobruk, Toronto, Tripoli, Tripolitania, Turkey, United Nations, UNSMIL

Anima and Provence Promotion join forces to attract southern Mediterranean start-ups to Provence

Anima and Provence Promotion join forces to attract southern Mediterranean start-ups to Provence
03/17/2021 | Services
MEDITERRANEAN. Anima Investment Network and Provence Promotion sign a partnership agreement to accompany start-ups in their establishment in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Africa, Algeria, Anima Investment Network, cooperation, Cross landing Mediterranean, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Metropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, Palestine, Pays d'Arles, Provence Promotion, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), start-ups, The Next Society, Tunisia

"DarESS will spearhead the SSE in Tunisia"

"DarESS will spearhead the SSE in Tunisia"
03/11/2021 | Society / Institutions
Sonia Benyahia, director of ProgRESS Tunisia, matrix of a future national center of resources of the social and solidarity economy, and Rodérick Égal, president of iesMed, Mediterranean platform of accompaniment to the SSE, draw up, exclusively for econostrum.info, the panorama of the SSE in Tunisia. They reveal their projects in this country, while they are preparing to inaugurate in Tunis, DarESS, the house of the SSE.
CitESS, DarESS, economy, Greater Tunis, iesMed, Mahdia, MedESS, Mediterranean, Morocco, North Africa, ProgRESS Tunisia, Rodérick Égal, Sidi Bouzid, social and solidarity economy, Sonia Benyahia, Sousse, SSE, Tunis

Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021

Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021
03/08/2021 | Environment
MEDITERRANEAN. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) lists forty-five countries that will need external food aid in 2021. Three of them are in the Mediterranean. version française
Africa, coronavirus crisis, ESCWA, Eswatini, European Union (EU), FAO, food deficit, food security, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, North Africa, Syria, United Nations, wheat

Covid to explode the number of poor in Mena countries

Covid to explode the number of poor in Mena countries
12/02/2020 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. On the occasion of a round table organised within the framework of the Mediterranean of the Future, Patricia Augier, professor of economics, sounds the alarm about the situation in the countries of the North Africa, Middle East zone.
Aix-Marseille University, coronavirus crisis, Covid-19, Europe, Gaza, Lebanon, Marseilles, Mediterranean of the future, MENA, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, pandemic, Patricia Augier, poverty, unemployment

AFD and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory sign an agreement to combat water stres

AFD and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory sign an agreement to combat water stres
11/06/2020 | Environment
NORTH AFRICA / FRANCE. The Sahara and Sahel Observatory and the French Development Agency are entering into a partnership to implement a regional initiative on "water stress and climate change in North Africa".
AFD Agence Française de Développement, Algeria, climate change, Egypt, France, Julie Gonnet, Libya, MedeCC, Mediterranean, Morocco, North Africa, OSS, Sahara, Sahara and Sahel Observatory, Sahel, Tunis, Tunisia, water, water stress

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