OCP group announced a strong revenue growth of 14% in the year 2017, standing at MAD 48,503 million, up from MAD 42,471 million in 2016, posting a solid performance across all product segments. Volumes in Rock and Fertilizers increased by 40% and 24%, respectively, compared to 2016, said OCP which has published its earnings. The group maintained its leadership position in Acid, retaining its ranking as the second largest concentrated phosphate supplier in Asia, with stable year-over-year
L'Agence nationale de la conservation foncière, du cadastre et de la cartographie (ANCFCC) a annoncé la mise en ligne de «l'espace cadastre et cartographie», dans le cadre de la dématérialisation de ses services et du programme national et mondial Digital-Gov. Lancé le 2 mars, la mise en ligne de cet espace marque une nouvelle ère d'ouverture de l'ANCFCC envers ses partenaires professionnels. L'espace est doté d'outils et de moyens
Atlas Lions’ defender Achraf Hakimi is to miss the friendly games against Serbia and Uzbekistan because of an injury, reports Goal on Friday. After flying to Turin, Italy, to join the Atlas Lions at their training camp, Achraf Hakimi had to leave for Madrid, suffering from an injury. According to the national team doctor Abderrazak Hifti, the 19-year-old footballer was injured at the first training session and had to go back to Real Madrid for treatment. The Morocco national
FIFA has refused the request submitted by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, allowing Moroccan-Spanish footballer Munir El Haddadi to join the Morocco national team, reports Esto on Thursday, quoting local media outlets. Football’s governing body has sent a letter to the Moroccan federation informing them that El Haddadi won’t be able to play with the Moroccan team during the next World Cup competition in Russia. Playing previously at the Alavés club owned by FC
The topic is still making headlines in Spain. On Tuesday March 22nd, many media platforms were commenting on the "exclusive news" reported by Spanish magazine ¡Hola!, suggesting that King Mohammed VI and Princess Lalla Salma would have allegedly divorced. In addition to the speculations put forward by the Iberian neighbor, several media outlets quoted Spanish news agency EFE's recent reports on the same topic. Libertad Digital claims that a spokesman for the Royal Palace told the agency
40 associations from Morocco, Nigeria and other African countries have signed a petition denouncing the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco offshore gas pipeline, said a communiqué sent by Attac Maroc Thursday to Yabiladi. In their written request, the African associations insisted that the construction of the pipeline, announced in December 2016, is expected to cost 20 million US dollars. «In reality, the actual costs will likely be much higher», insisted the same statement
Telecommunication Company Inwi is filing a lawsuit against its competitor Maroc Telecom, seeking 5.7 billion dirhams for «alleged unfair competition», an Inwi official and a lawyer for the firm told Reuters on Thursday. Abdelatif Wahebi, Inwi ‘s lawyer told the British news agency that the company is suing Maroc Telecom because «it holds 60 percent of the market and the law says companies should hold no more than 40 percent». According to the latest figures,
France backs the Morocco’s bid to organize the 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, said on Thursday the head of the French Football Federation (FFF). In a meeting held on the 22nd of March at the FFF headquarters and attended by President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation Fuzi LEkjaa and his French counterpart Noël Le Graët, the French federation insisted that it is a strong supporter of the Moroccan proposal, reports the Moroccan Football federation on its official
The Spanish Civil Guard has seized more than two tons of hashish and arrested a Moroccan national, suspected of smuggling, said the regional online newspaper La Voz de Cadiz. During a raid to fight against drug smuggling at the Guadalmesi coastal zone near Algeciras, Civil Guard agents spotted an inflatable boat similar to those frequently used to smuggle narcotics. It was coming from the Moroccan coast and was sailing at a high speed near the Spanish coast. One of the Civil Guard's patrols
Morocco is soon to regulate crowdfunding, the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and of alternative finance. A draft bill was submitted on the 21st of March by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and was published on the official website of the Government’s General Secretariat, reports Medias 24. Drafted on the 2nd of March and signed by