Economy

In regulating virtual assets, Africa appears divided between a handful of jurisdictions that have turned their regulatory frameworks into effective supervisory tools and a majority caught between regulatory inertia and bans that exist largely on paper.

Netflix, Spotify, Google, Apple, TikTok and OpenAI: major international digital platforms have begun applying Moroccan VAT to services provided to consumers based in Morocco. Around 30 platforms are now reportedly covered by the measure, the result of several months of preparation whose first effects are now being felt on bills and transactions. How did the reform come about? How does it work, and what does it concretely change for platforms and consumers alike? Here is a look back at the origins and mechanisms of a system set to reshape the relationship between Morocco’s tax authorities and the giants of the digital economy.

Synhelion has signed an MoU with the government and secured land for the project, which is planned to produce renewable jet fuel, diesel and gasoline.

More than 400 participants are expected at Tanger Med Port Center on September 25 for the 8th edition of Tangier Logistics Days. Organized by Tanger Med, the event will focus on how artificial intelligence and data are transforming the supply chain.

Morocco is making a major breakthrough in Finland’s blueberry market. Between July 2025 and June 2026, Morocco exported 657 tonnes of blueberries to Finland, worth more than €6 million. That is 7.5 times the combined volume exported over the previous five years. The performance propelled Morocco to second place among Finland’s suppliers, with a 16.2% market share, driven by rapidly growing local demand.

As apple growers in Imouzzer Kandar prepare to bring this year’s crop to market, the start of the harvest is showing more promising signs than in previous seasons. Heavy rainfall earlier this year has improved tree yields and boosted production, raising hopes among farmers in the Ain Rekkada area for an abundant and profitable season.

The Attijariwafa bank neobank is expanding its mobile services to make international education-related payments easier for Moroccan families.

Morocco recorded 51,805 new businesses in its commercial registry during the first six months of 2026, with legal entities accounting for three-quarters of all new registrations, according to the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC).

The fish had been selling for around MAD13 through the summer. Hamid Halim of the Morocco Blue Foundation points to warmer waters and seasonal changes in catches, while middlemen add to the price consumers eventually pay.