Telecoms account for 7% of Morocco's GDP
2008-06-24
The telecommunications sector provided 7% of Morocco's GDP in 2007 and is expected to rise to 10% by 2012, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi said on Monday (June 23rd). Speaking on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the telecoms regulation agency, El Fassi noted that the sector has created some 37,000 direct and approximately 120,000 indirect jobs.
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saidani miloudi Posted 2008-06-25
037,000 direct jobs +120,000 indirect jobs = --------- 157,000 jobs How should Mr El Fassi's government be unable to save only 12,000 unemployed youth always advocating their right to work infront of the Parliament? That's Annajat policy , not telecoms initiative perhaps..
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