Employment

2008-11-23

Abu-Dhabi Investment House (ADIH) opened the $400m Porta Moda Marrakesh project in Morocco last week, international press reported on Sunday (Novembe...

2008-11-20

Belgium granted Morocco $6.3m to improve vocational training in the north of the country, promote rural micro-enterprises and create new jobs in Této...

2008-11-09

The 27 EU employment ministers and their 16 Mediterranean partners will gather for the first time Sunday (November 9th) in Marrakech, MAP reports. Em...

2008-11-07

The 9.9% unemployment rate in Morocco in the third quarter of 2008 was the same as during the same period in 2007, Reuters quoted the High Commission...

2008-11-04

Work began Monday (November 3rd) on a new $100m Samsung Electronics factory in Setif, 300km south of Algiers, Liberte reported. The plant, which is e...

2008-11-03

development programme, the SME and Craft Industry Ministry announced on Sunday (November 2nd). The government has introduced policies to support SME'...

2008-10-30

New school workshops will open in several Moroccan provinces, to teach young people how to integrate into the marketplace and preserve their heritage.

2008-10-27

In Morocco, micro-credit firms provide rural women with good opportunities to earn income to support their families.

2008-10-26

Morocco has set up the first fund in the country to support innovation in information technology, with an initial budget of 100 million dirhams. The fund is part of a plan to create more than 30,000 new direct job opportunities in ICT industries.

2008-10-24

With an increasing number of expatriate Algerians returning to their homeland to launch investment projects and contribute to their country's development, the government is creating support entities to ease their re-integration.

2008-10-22

A forum on the role of the private sector in creating employment in the Arab world opened in Rabat on Tuesday (October 21st), MAP reported. Initiated...

2008-10-12

With the number of jobless university graduates in Tunisia nearly doubling over the course of the last decade, a high-level national conference last week focused on broad measures to solve the unemployment crisis.

2008-10-03

Japanese groups Sumitomo and Yazaki will build new cable production plants in Tunisia, generating 6,000 jobs, TAP reported on Wednesday (October 1st)...

2008-09-26

Algeria should rely on developing knowledge and skills to avoid being held hostage by its natural resources, said Abdelwahab Kara, an expert on Alger...

2008-09-23

The Algerian government, trade unions and employers should create as many jobs as possible, especially in the agriculture sector, and provide more mi...

2008-09-18

While seeking to send unemployed Moroccan immigrants home, Spain is continuing to recruit Moroccan women to contribute to the planting and harvest cycles in certain provinces.

2008-09-16

The ambitious Mediterranean Gate project planned by Sama Dubai and the Tunisian government will add 350,000 new jobs to the Tunisian economy, officials said Thursday.

2008-09-14

Sama Dubai has begun work on Tunisia's biggest investment project, AP reported on Friday (September 12th). The $25 billion "Mediterranean Gate" proje...

2008-09-09

European plane-maker Airbus plans to open a factory for parts in Tunisia, the international press reported on Tuesday (September 9th). The informatio...

2008-09-01

The holy month of Ramadan provides many Moroccans with unique business opportunities, as more and more families choose to purchase specialty dishes rather than prepare them at home.

2008-08-08

Morocco's unemployment rate fell to 9.1% in the second quarter of the year, down from 9.4% in the same period in 2007, MAP quoted the High Commission...

2008-08-06

A Spanish programme comes into effect next month that will use financial incentives to reduce the number of unemployed Moroccan immigrants in the country.

2008-08-05

In response to alarming levels of unemployment in the country, particularly among university graduates, the Tunisian government has pledged to provide one million new jobs by 2016.

2008-07-29

The Moroccan government approved 16 investment projects totalling $2.8m, MAP reported Monday (July 28th). Moroccan Prime Minster Abbas El Fassi said...

2008-07-18

Construction on a new $800m industrial park began Thursday (July 17th) near the northern Moroccan town of Nador, local press reported. The park, whic...