1. Fès receives the trophy of the "favorite region of Internet users": "The trophy devoting Fès the best destination and" favorite region of Internet users "for the year 2016 was presented at a ceremony, organized Saturday evening in 'Tourisma Post' initiative with the support of the Moroccan National Tourist Office, MNTO, and the National Tourism Confederation, NTC. Mr. Aderrafie Zouiten, the President of the MNTO, who awarded the trophy to Mr. Essaid Zniber, the Wali of Fes-Meknes region, governor of the prefecture of Fez, highlighted the long-term work and efforts of local operators to make the idrisside city a global tourist destination.
2. Fes-Meknes: 3% increase in companies creation in 2016: "Some 3,577 companies were created in the Fez-Meknes region in 2016, up 3% from the year before , Says the Regional Investment Center, CRIC.The various newly created companies envisage the creation of some 13,665 job's opportunities in different sectors of the economic activity ".
3. EBRD: More than one billion Euros were invested in Morocco: "The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, continued its efforts in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region in 2016, with new investments of more than 1.3 billion Euros in 41 projects. This is almost the same volume of investment as in 2015 with 37 projects supported. In the region as a whole (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia), the Bank continued to provide strong support in 2016 with a strong investment program which helped to modernize economies and make them more robust and resilient. Energy and renewable energy sectors, as well as in infrastructure, agro-industry and Small and Medium Companies, SMC ".
4. The Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity is distributing aid to 692 families in Ait Abdi: "On Sunday, the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity distributed aid to 692 families from 8 Aït Abdi Douars, belonging to the commune of Zaouïat Ahansal, in the province of Azilal ".
5. The Ministry of the Interior urges the owners of furnished houses and apartments to notify the security authorities of the identity of the tenants: "The Ministry of the Interior is urging the citizens who own the houses and apartments which totally or partially or their thirds are furnished, , to notify the security authorities of the identity of the tenants, noting that any negligence " Exposes them to judicial questioning as possible accomplices of the perpetrators of the crimes ".
6. The World Bank calls for a radical overhaul of governance: "Improving governance is essential to ensuring equitable growth in developing countries and is the key message of the World Development Report 2017 Governance and the Law ", published by the World Bank on the 30th January. In this document of more than 280 English pages, the Bretton Woods Institution calls for a radical revision of the way in which developing countries and international development organizations are considering governance, a reform that is deemed essential to address the challenges of security, growth and equity, "it is highlighted.
7. Specialists are discussing ways to stem the hatred discourse on social networks: "The abuses experienced by the use of social networks in Morocco and elsewhere, particularly expressions of violence and hatred, are alarming. This phenomenon, which is constantly progressing, involves specialists from different backgrounds. It has grown to such an extent that we find organized groups within social networks whose aim is to spread their extremist, sometimes hateful, ideology. To discuss the causes and the extent of this phenomenon, a panel of experts and analysts animated, in Casablanca, last Thursday a meeting on the subject "Digital violence, what instruments to fight it?" At this meeting , Initiated mainly by the Parity and Diversity Committee of the 2M channel, Mr. Marouane Harmach, the specialist in new technologies and social networks, has painted an alarming picture of the presence of violence and hatred on the Internet.
8. Engie to build 1.2 billion Dollar center in Saudi Arabia: "Engie announced on Sunday to have won the contract and finalized funding for the construction, the exploitation and maintenance of an independent power generation center in Saudi Arabia, a project worth a total of 1.2 billion Dollar. The contract concerns the Fadhili center, which is scheduled to be commissioned at the end of 2019. The group states that it "will produce the equivalent of electricity consumption of 1.4 million people. It will also generate 1,447 Tons of steam per hour and nearly 769 Tons of water per hour ".
9. Railway: What the ONCF is planning for 2017: "On Friday, 27th January 2017, the Board of Directors of the ONCF met under the presidency of Mr. Mohamed Boussaid, Minister Economy and Finance and Acting Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics, to approve the budgets of the Office for the year 2017. In his opening statement, the Minister recalled the Economic and social impact of the Office's performance, its involvement in promoting employment and the dynamization of the national productive fabric, in view of the large-scale projects included in the ambitious investment program devoted to the railway sector ".
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
