LE MATIN DU SAHARA:
Royal Palace of Rabat: H.M. The King receives the Minister of Transport State of Nigeria: ""His Majesty the King Mohammed VI received, at the Royal Palace of Rabat on Tuesday, His Excellency Mr. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Transport State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Minister of State transmitted to the Sovereign a message from the President of Nigeria, His Excellency Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, on the development of bilateral relations and the strengthening of regional integration in West Africa," according to a statement from the Royal Cabinet."
Employability in Africa: The African Network of Employment Policy and Services is born in Casablanca: "The African Network of Employment Policy and Services was born in Casablanca last Monday. This new platform for South-South cooperation on employment adopted its rules of procedure and elected its executive bodies. In the presence of representatives of ministerial departments and African agencies, institutions, and international organizations, the constituent assembly of the network elected the Ivorian Kouamé JeanLouis Kouadiou as president. Morocco, for its part, will provide the executive secretariat. Apart from Morocco, this meeting was marked by the participation of the Centrafrique of Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Chad, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Mali, Madagascar, Mauritania, and Niger. In an interview granted to "Le Matin", the new president said that the network will unite our forces in the framework of South-South cooperation."
Financing of SMEs: Attijariwafa bank negotiates a 100 million Euro loan with the EIB: "The European Investment Bank and the Attijariwafa bank are at a very advanced stage in their negotiations for a loan of 100 million Euros. This line of financing will be destined to support the development of SMEs and mid-sized companies in Morocco by offering them funds that are attractive and tailored to their needs."
AL BAYANE:
H.R.H. the Princess Lalla Salma presides over a dinner on the occasion of the exhibition "Face à Picasso": "Her Royal Highness the Princess Lalla Salma presided over, at the Palace of Hosts of Agdal in Rabat on Monday, a dinner offered by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the inauguration of the exhibition "Face à Picasso". In this dinner, members of the government participated, as well as other Moroccan and foreign personalities."
FISA recognized as the only representative of the poultry sector in Morocco: "The Interprofessional Federation of the Poultry Sector (FISA) was recognized yesterday as the only legal representative of the poultry industry in the light of the act on agricultural and fisheries interprofessions and its implementing texts promulgated by the Dahir of July 17, 2012. This recognition stems from the decision of the Directorate for the Development of Production Chains (DDFP), under the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests," FISA said in a statement. "The said federation," continues the statement, "is thus confirmed in its role as sole legitimate interlocutor of the operators of the sector, the administration, the civil society, and the press on all issues and aspects in relation to the poultry sector in Morocco."
L'OPINION:
Basic social services in the rural world: More than nine out of ten children suffer from deprivation: ""Only 7.9% of children in rural areas benefit from all basic social services, against 41.7% in the urban world," stressed, in Rabat on Monday, the Minister of Family, Solidarity, Equality, and Social Development, Bassima El Hakkaoui, citing the preliminary results of the multidimensional poverty study carried out by her department in partnership with the National Observatory on Human Development (ONDH)."
Memorandum of the World Bank on Morocco by 2040: Intangible capital, factor of economic emergence: "The World Bank is dedicating a new Memorandum on Morocco, entitled "Morocco by 2040: Investing in Intangible Capital to Accelerate Economic Emergence," which provides a comprehensive analysis of the country's recent economic performance, as well as growth prospects for the next twenty years."
IMF: "Continuing Qualification" of Morocco to benefit from the precautionary and liquidity line: "The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reaffirmed, in Washington on Monday, the "continuous qualification" of Morocco to benefit from the Line of Precaution and Liquidity (LPL). "The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund concluded the first review of the economic performance of Morocco within the framework of the Precautionary and Liquidity Line (LPL), and reaffirmed the continuing qualification of the Kingdom to have access to this arrangement," said, in a statement, the Deputy General Manager of the IMF, Mitsuhiro Furu-sawa."
LIBERATION:
Price at the pump, is there logic? : HANDLING CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES, A TRUE DILEMMA: "A further decrease in the price of petroleum products, yesterday, May 16, with the decline of the price of gasoil of 36 cents and that of gasoline of 33 cents. With the announcement of this decline, the Moroccan oil tankers' group has made it clear through an economic daily of the place, whereas, taking into account the security stocks imposed on distributors, these cuts will result in an overall loss of more than 300 million Dirhams."
Edouard Philippe seen by a close friend, the international policy expert, Khalid Bouksib: He is a politician, capable of overcoming divisions for a common ambition that of the president of the republic: "In the wake of the appointment of the French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe by the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, we had the privilege of interviewing Khalid Bouksib. This Franco-Moroccan expert works to maintain and defend the Franco-Moroccan friendship through concrete achievements, such as the signing of the protocol of cooperation between the cities of Tangier and Le Havre on October 21, 2016, which resulted from the traveling of the new French Prime Minister to Morocco in 2014 and 2016."
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline, a megaproject designed by Africans for Africans: H.M. THE KING PRESENTS THE CEREMONY OF SIGNING AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE PROJECT AND BILATERAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF FERTILIZERS: "His Majesty the King Mohammed VI presided over, at the Royal Palace in Rabat on Monday, the ceremony of signing agreements on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project and Moroccan-Nigerian cooperation in the field of fertilizers."
AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC:
H.M. the King presided over the signing ceremony of two megaprojects: Gas and Fertilizer: Morocco and Nigeria move to higher gear: "H.M. the King Mohammed VI presides over, at the Royal Palace of Rabat on Monday, the signing ceremony of agreements on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project and Moroccan-Nigerian Cooperation in the field of fertilizers. During this ceremony, Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, stressed that the conclusion of these agreements after only a few months of the visit of the Sovereign to Nigeria is a proof of the success of the partnership between Rabat and Abuja, a success to be attributed to the will of the leaders of the two countries to ensure the implementation of bilateral projects."
Sustainable mobility: ADM honors: "The second edition of the International Conference for sustainable mobility was held in Marrakech on Tuesday under the theme "Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Transport and Mobility in Africa." A meeting organized by Autoroutes du Maroc in partnership with the International Roads Federation and whose objective was, inter alia, discussing the recommendations and ambitions of COP22 in relation to issues related to sustainable mobility and GES reduction targets. This edition addressed the challenges facing transport infrastructure in Africa…."
Participatory Finance: Société Générale Maroc is granted approval: "Bank Al-Maghrib has issued to Société Générale Maroc the approval to market an offer of participatory finance products and services. This activity will be under the sign "Dar Al Amane". The Société Générale Maroc ambitions to deploy its participatory finance window in the coming months through the setting up of a network of agencies dedicated to this activity."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
