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
Afrikonnect is a platform to accelerate collaboration between large companies and top African startups. The first edition of the initiative took place in Casablanca, at the headquarterz of Technopark, Thursday 22nd of March. Backed by the US State Department and GIZ (a German development agency), Oultierz Ventures and LaFactory in partnership with StartupYourLife organized this event. The conference brought together participants from both the public and private sector, key players from
Le Groupe OCP a annoncé une forte croissance de 14% de son chiffre d'affaires en 2017, qui s'est établi à 48.503 millions de dirhams contre 42.471 millions de dirhams en 2016, avec une solide performance dans tous les segments. Les ventes de roche et d’engrais en volume ont augmenté respectivement de 40% et de 24% par rapport à 2016, indique le Groupe qui vient de rendre public ses résultats financiers et opérationnels. En ce qui concerne
As a symbolic Moroccan landmark, Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque will join the Earth Hour movement and switch off its lights for one hour on Saturday, March 24, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWf) said in a communiqué. «Being well aware of the serious problem of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore the importance of energy savings for the protection of our environment, the Foundation of Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque is set to join the 11th edition of (Earth Hour)Lights by
Daniel Ventura, city councilor for social welfare in Melilla, urged «the European Union to intervene for the repatriation of Moroccan minors in Melilla», reports EcoDiario. «The European Union must invite Morocco to comply with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and implement the repatriation agreement», said Tomas Bocek, a People’s Party deputy, and Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees. The center that
Le Tribunal de première instance de Marrakech a condamné, mardi à Marrakech, 21 personnes à des peines allant de deux à quatre mois de prison ferme, poursuivies dans le cadre des actes de vandalisme enregistrés au Grand Stade de Marrakech. Ainsi, le tribunal a condamné à des peines de deux mois de prison ferme et d’une amende de 2000 dhs chacun à l’encontre de 14 accusés et des peines de quatre mois de prison
L'Institut royal de la culture amazighe (IRCAM) a organisé, mercredi à Rabat, une soirée poétique marquée par des lectures de poèmes ainsi qu’un hommage rendu à des poètes amazighs, et ce à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la poésie. Mhamed Sallou, directeur du Centre des études artistiques, des expressions littéraires et de la production audiovisuelle relevant de l’IRCAM, a
An Italian policeman entered the Moroccan consulate in Turin, Wednesday, with a gun in the hand, said La Stampa. According to the same source, it all started when a man escaped the police in a checkpoint and entered the Moroccan consulate. The Moroccan diplomats, however, tried to block the entrance of the policeman and for more than half an hour the road was blocked by four patrols, said Torino Repubblica. Eventually the man the police was chasing was captured and taken
Le procureur général du roi près la Cour des comptes a émis 61 décisions de poursuite concernant dix affaires de discipline budgétaire et financière. Un communiqué du procureur général du roi indique, mercredi, au sujet des «affaires concernant la discipline budgétaire et financières», que «dans le cadre de l'exercice des compétences de nature juridiques dévolues au parquet
Advanced composite materials manufacturer Hexcel celebrated on Wednesday, 21st of March, the grand opening of its state-of-the art manufacturing facility at the MidParc Free Trade Zone in Casablanca, said the American firm in a communiqué sent to Yabiladi. The opening ceremony was attended by Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister for Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy, Hexcel’s President and CEO Nick Stanage and Thierry Merlot, President, Aerospace- Europe/ Asia Pacifi/