The city’s free zone, which is Morocco’s largest, is home to over 450 export-oriented enterprises. Their main fields of work are auto parts and aerospace.
Author: Aurea Santos
Boaonda, based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, is active in the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Morocco and Egypt. Now, the company plans on breaking into the Tunisian market.
Country bets on location as an attractive factor for international investors. The Tanger-Med Port, for example, is located only 14 kilometers from the European continent.
The Moroccan agricultural sector generates US$ 11.56 billion, aim is to reach US$ 17 billion by 2020. The government is going to lease 600,000 hectares to local and foreign investors.
With businesses in the fields of electronics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, research and services, Technopolis gathers over 40 companies in Rabat and is open to Brazilian entrepreneurs.
Mohamed El Sayed will teach Sufi and belly dance techniques. Lessons will take place on February 15 and 16. Registration is open.
At the inauguration of a new building of the cardiology hospital HCor, in São Paulo, cardiologist Adib Jatene was honoured by Brazilian vice-president Michel Temer, São Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin and mayor Fernando Haddad.
Region received 19.607 million visitors last year, according to the preliminary information released by the World Tourism Organization. The Middle East, which received almost 52 million people, saw an increase by only 0.3%.
Project by a sector association will invest up to R$ 300,000 in actions to promote exports to North Africa and Middle East countries. Actions include business roundtables with buyers from Egypt, Morocco and Algeria.
Premiere ICArabe celebrates the Institute of Arab Culture’s tenth anniversary and shows national and Latin American productions with Arab themes. The exhibit starts in São Paulo, on February 03.
The country is receiving the first unit of the Business Leadership Group (Lide) in the Arab world. The launching ceremony will take place in Marrakesh this Saturday (18), with the participation of government and private sector representatives.
Brazilian sweets company, Florestal Alimentos, already sells candy and lollipops to Yemen, United Arab Emirates and Palestine. The company is participating for the first time at Gulfood and wishes to enter the North Africa markets.
Zaatari – Children of the War, exhibit by Brazilian photographer Gabriel Chaim, brings 25 images of the lives of children who have escaped the conflicts in Syria. The show is open until February 07 in Belém, in the Northeast of Brazil.
Brazilian artist Marilza Ramos has already exported her pictures to the region through trade shows. After a recent exhibit in Qatar, she plans on opening a studio in Doha and a showroom in Dubai.
