MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 21/10/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to your economic meeting on Médien.
00:13We start in Morocco with the strengthening of the pillars of the social state,
00:17with the completion of the implementation of the project of the generalization of social protection.
00:23This is one of the priorities of the 2025 finance bill,
00:27presented on Saturday by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fteh,
00:31during a joint plenary session of the two chambers of parliament.
00:35This completion of the project of social protection
00:38is based on the generalization of AMO, compulsory health insurance,
00:42in favor of all socio-professional categories,
00:45while continuing to pay with an annual budget of about 10 billion dirhams,
00:50contributions to the title of the AMO regime,
00:52of people who cannot afford contributions rights.
00:56In this sense, Nadia Fteh explained that a budget of 32 billion dirhams
01:00was allocated to health and social protection in the finance bill,
01:05with an increase of about 1.9 billion, compared to the 2024 exercise.
01:11Concerning direct social assistance,
01:13the Minister assured that the Executive will work to continue this program,
01:17with an increase of aid to 250 dirhams for each child,
01:21among the first three schooled,
01:23or less than 6 years,
01:24to 350 dirhams for children with disabilities
01:28and 175 dirhams for each child,
01:31among the first three unschooled,
01:33for children under the age of 6 orphans on the paternal side
01:37or those who continue their studies.
01:39This aid will be 375 dirhams for each child,
01:43among the first three.
01:45Still in the Kingdom, the city of Tonga
01:47hosted on Friday the first Forum of Professional Women,
01:51in the presence of managers, representatives of associations,
01:54cooperatives and women's companies,
01:57as well as young project leaders.
01:59This event is organized by the Moroccan Space of Professionals,
02:03in partnership with the Moroccan Institute of Enterprises,
02:06under the theme Development Programs,
02:08a lever for the economic autonomy of professional women.
02:12The aim is to make known the available programs
02:15to strengthen the capacities of active women
02:18in the field of social and solidarity economy.
02:21This event also presents the entrepreneurial support programs,
02:24designed for women,
02:26as well as training and support initiatives
02:29for entrepreneurial women.
02:31Staying in Africa, the Ivory Coast and Guinea
02:34concluded two agreement protocols
02:36aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two countries
02:39in the field of digital transition and digitization.
02:43According to the Ivorian Press Agency,
02:45these two agreements were made by the Ivorian Minister
02:48of Digital Transition and Digitalization,
02:51Khalil Konaté,
02:53and the Guinean Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Economy,
02:56Rosa Pola Prismu.
02:58The first agreement protocol specifically deals
03:01with the interconnection of fiber optic networks,
03:04while the second concerns a more global cooperation
03:07in the sectors of telecommunications posts
03:10and digital economy between the two countries.
03:12The signing of these two agreement protocols
03:15is part of a strategic cooperation
03:18aimed at strengthening the digital infrastructures
03:21of the two countries.
03:22Direction of the Central African Republic,
03:25the International Monetary Fund
03:27has revised its forecast for the country's growth
03:30to 1% for the current year,
03:32against 1.3%
03:34envisaged at the end of its last mission in April.
03:37Despite progress in peacekeeping,
03:40the prospects of economic recovery
03:42in the Central African Republic
03:44remain subject to many challenges,
03:46indicated by the IMF
03:48in a statement published following its last mission
03:51in Central Africa,
03:52carried out in early October
03:54in the context of its facilitated expansion of loans.
03:57Despite the country's increase in internal revenues,
04:00which amounted to around $130 million,
04:03at the end of June 2024,
04:05an increase in the primary public deficit
04:07was observed during the same period.
04:09However, a significant short-term improvement
04:12in internal revenues
04:14will only be possible with a higher contribution
04:17from the oil tax.
04:19Current performance is estimated
04:21at around 9% of total internal revenues in 2024,
04:25results well below their historical level,
04:29i.e. between 20 and 25%.
04:32In Belgium,
04:33the courts of the company
04:35recorded around 1,200 bankruptcies
04:37last September,
04:39the highest number for this period since 2013,
04:43indicated by the Belgian Office of Statistics Stade Bel.
04:46The number of bankruptcies recorded in September 2024
04:49is an increase of 174%
04:52compared to last August.
04:54The monthly increase has been confirmed
04:56in all regions.
04:57In the Walloon region
04:58and in the region of Brussels-Capital,
05:00the number of bankruptcies
05:01has also increased
05:02compared to the months of September
05:04in 2023 and 2022
05:06and represents for Wallonia
05:08the highest number for this month since 2014.
05:11These bankruptcies
05:12concern all sectors of activity
05:14but are particularly important
05:16in construction,
05:17with 306 bankruptcies
05:19declared last month.
05:21We come to the end of this Economic Diary.
05:24Have a good rest of the program on Mediain.
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