Saturday, November 14

    – Morocco and the African Development Bank Group have signed a €434.4 million financing agreement to speed up the structural transformation of the Moroccan economy. The funding, worth nearly 4.8 billion dirhams, aims to foster stronger and more inclusive growth

    News Just In

    – Abu Dhabi has broken into the world’s top 15 leading maritime cities for the first time, ranking 15th in the 2026 Leading Maritime Cities report. The biennial report is jointly published by DNV and Menon Economics. The emirate climbed

    – Ghana’s parliamentary Minority has challenged the government to show how it will raise the US$10 billion needed for its New Economy programme. The caucus wants a full financing plan published before the 2027 Budget is presented. Dr Mohammed Amin

    News

    – UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, who is visiting the UAE. The two discussed regional developments and the challenges facing the Arab world, the Emirates News Agency

    Business

    – Morocco and the African Development Bank Group have signed a €434.4 million financing agreement to speed up the structural transformation of the Moroccan economy. The funding, worth nearly 4.8 billion dirhams, aims to foster stronger and more inclusive growth

    Travel

    – Türkiye aims to become the world’s sixth-highest-earning country in tourism revenue, backed by a larger budget allocation for the sector in 2027. The 2027 central government budget draft sets tourism funding at $244.5 million, up from $188.4 million this

    Sports

    Africa will host an Olympic sporting event for the first time when the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games open in Senegal on Saturday, October 31. The Games will run until November 13 and are expected to bring together 2,655 young

    Entertainment

    CALIFORNIA: Sony Interactive Entertainment and Santa Monica Studio announced on February 12 that the original God of War trilogy is being remade, reviving the series’ Greek era in a project the studio said is still in very early development. The announcement was made during

    Lifestyle

    Fresha, a leading global booking platform for lifestyle services, announced today that it has secured a $31 million investment from JP Morgan to enhance its machine learning and AI-driven robotics capabilities. This financial backing will enable Fresha to innovate further within its