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Jeune Afrique draws up a ranking, of the 500 companies on the continent that have best-taken advantage of opportunities in the 2021 financial year. A ranking that reaches the third-highest level of overall turnover since the launch of this type of investigation.

Data from East Fruit said that Morocco exported 53,000 tonnes of blueberries in 2022. Peru was the largest exporter of fresh blueberries last year, with 277,000 tonnes, followed by Chile (105,000 tonnes) and Spain (87,000).

Morocco's high speed TGV train, the first of its kind in Africa, is expected to transport 5 million passengers in 2023. Last year, the line attracted 4.2 million travelers and 3 million passengers in 2019.

The African Development Bank AfDB ranked Morocco the second largest industrial country in the African continent with a narrow margin behind South Africa.

Morocco receives revenues between $40 and $70 million annually from strawberry exports to the international market.

AGRA has announced there will be an $85,000 prize for the 2023 winners of the VALUE4HER Women Agripreneurs of the Year Award (WAYA).

The IMF is set to grant Morocco’s request, taking into account the country’s “very strong policy frameworks and track record,” the statement explained, noting that Moroccan authorities plan to treat the credit line as “precautionary.”

The company built a new house for the 54-year-old woman, and she used some of the money to buy a property and a motorcycle for her son, and establish a beekeeping farm to sell honey to oil workers. "I had more benefits than problems," she told AFP.

Morocco is leading North African countries in economic freedom, the Heritage Foundation has indicated in its latest recently published 2023 Index of Economic Freedom.