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Business Power 24/09/2021

Troubled Noor PV II solar project lands on new PM's desk

The 400-MW solar farm project, backed by the Masen sustainable energy agency, is at the heart of a muted row between the agency and the energy ministry. The situation will have to be resolved quickly by the new prime minister Aziz Akhannouch, who is himself involved via his company Green of Africa. [...]

Diplomacy 24/09/2021

Mohammed VI ensures continuity in Sahara and Washington with General El Farouk

General Belkhir El Farouk (left), with General Andrew M. Rohling (US Army Southern European Task) during the African Lion exercises on 7 June 2021. © FAR/Story & Brands

Politics Business 23/09/2021

Nabila Rmili's election as Casablanca mayor will delight property developers

Casablanca's powerful real estate sector is unlikely to be perturbed by the election of Nabila Rmili as the city's mayor. She got the job following an agreement between her RNI party, PAM and Istiqlal. [...]

Diplomacy 22/09/2021

Worried Rabat keeps close eye on Managem and other Moroccan interests in post-putsch Conakry

The fall of Alpha Condé, one of Mohammed VI's most reliable allies in West Africa, has caught Morocco off guard and fuelled concerns about its many assets and interests in Guinea. [...]

Business Fintech 17/09/2021

Financial compliance expert Square Facts sets up shop in Rabat

The French firm Square Facts, which specialises in risk management and compliance, opened a subsidiary in Rabat in September. [...]

Politics 16/09/2021

Aziz Akhannouch has abundance of choice for new inner circle of advisers

The new Moroccan prime minister Aziz Akhannouch. © Chadi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Business Defence 15/09/2021

Tel Aviv may help Rabat build kamikaze drone sector Free

The latest step in Rabat's breathless rapprochement with Israel's defence industry is Morocco's plan to set up a domestic sector to develop suicide drones, devices that are relatively easy to build and have devastating consequences. [...]

Oil & gas 09/09/2021

Gazoduc Maghreb Europe : break with Algiers prompts crisis summit between Naturgy and ONHYM

Antonio Basolas, the Spanish company's boss, met Amina Benkhadra, Morocco's top official for hydrocarbons and mines, in Rabat to discuss the future of the Maghreb Europe gas pipeline. The project is under threat following the recent rift between Algeria and Morocco. [...]

British billionaire Richard Branson. © Virgin.com

Business 07/09/2021

Kite-boarding Richard Branson plays into Rabat's 'surf diplomacy' in Western Sahara

The British billionaire, who already owns a five-star hotel near Marrakech, visited Dakhla for the first time, staying at a hotel owned by Mohammed VI's cousin. [...]

Angela Merkel with several African heads of state at the third edition of the Compact with Africa meeting in Berlin on 27 August. © Michèle Tantussi/Reuters

Diplomacy 03/09/2021

Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Despite signs of a détente at the end of July, relations between Morocco and Germany remain frosty. [...]

Business 02/09/2021

Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio

After more than four years at the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) bureau in Tunisia, France's Antoine Sallé de Chou took over the bank's Moroccan branch on 1 September. [...]

Morocco's King Mohammed VI and Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman. © Pool/Abaca via Reuters Connect/Reuters/FW1F/Cynthia Osterman

Diplomacy 01/09/2021

Mohammed VI ropes in Mohamed bin Salman to mend Algiers rift

Following the breakdown of diplomatic relations with Algiers, Rabat has asked for Saudi Arabia's help in representing its interests with its neighbour. The Saudi crown prince is also keen to mediate between both countries. [...]

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. © Valeria Mongelli/Hans Lucas/Reuters

Diplomacy 01/09/2021

Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria give Josep Borrell fresh headaches

EU foreign ministers will hold an informal meeting on the situation in the Maghreb on 3 September in Slovenia. [...]

Diplomacy 01/09/2021

IOG sends his trade minister to Casablanca for training

Mohamed Warsama Dirieh will travel to Rabat and Casablanca on 6 and 7 September at the head of a small delegation of business leaders. [...]

Business Ports and airports 31/08/2021

Morocco pulls out all the stops for Sahrawi ports

To speed up stowage in the kingdom's disputed territory, Morocco's national ports agency (ANP) is carrying out several projects in this area, from the deep-water Dakhla Atlantic port to the fishing port at Lamhiriz. [...]

Business Power 30/08/2021

EDF's Noor Midelt solar plant still shrouded in clouds

The ONEE has still not signed the power purchase agreements needed to launch the vast solar power park that EDF Renouvelables has been hired to build for Morocco's sustainable energy agency Masen. Several executives of the French group in charge of the file recently left the firm. [...]

Maghreb Europe gas pipeline (MEG). © Naturgy

Oil & gas Business 26/08/2021

Despite Rabat and Algiers spat, MEG gas pipeline 'last-chance' talks continue

The break on 24 August in diplomatic relations between Morocco and Algeria came in the midst of talks on the renewal of the Maghreb Europe gas pipeline (MEG) contract, a key project for both countries which may well survive the crisis. [...]

The former mayor of Tangier, businessman and member of the powerful Sahrawi Derham clan, Dahmane Derham. © Marcab

Business Oil & gas 24/08/2021

Tycoon Derham tidies up oil empire

Dahmane Derham, leader of the Sahrawi Derham clan's business ventures, has decided to consolidate his oil and gas distribution and transport activities while his fleet of tankers continues to supply the kingdom and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Meilla. [...]

Diplomacy 19/08/2021

Rabat secures first AU Commission director general seat

Though not part of the current African Union Commission, Morocco seems to have at last got even by landing one of the Addis Ababa-based institution's most senior positions. [...]

The Congolese deputy and businessman Alexis Ndinga. © Facebook/Alexis Ndinga

Business 17/08/2021

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

The offshoot of King Mohammed VI's holding company Al Mada is handing over all of its car dealerships in the DRC, Gabon and soon Congo to Sada Motors, a newcomer controlled by a Congolese MP with ties to Denis Sassou Nguesso. [...]

Diplomacy 17/08/2021

Despite EU's billions, North Africa cooperation declines

North Africa continues to drift away from the European Union, with cooperation on both sides of the Mediterranean made difficult by political resets and other hurdles to free trade and key issues. [...]

Business 16/08/2021

Raymond Farhat & co to steer Moroccan industrialists' African ambitions

Founded by three former Saham executives, the holding company owned by industry and trade minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Emerge Invest has opened a new branch to facilitate exports to Africa. [...]

Mustapha Bakkoury and Mohammed VI, during the launch of the construction works of the Noor Ouarzazate IV power plant, on 1 April 2017. © Story&Brands

Business Power 29/07/2021

Clouds amass over Masen and Mustapha Bakkoury's photovoltaic plans

The bidders for the Noor PV II project to construct photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 400 MW have secured an extension to the bidding process. [...]

Diplomacy 26/07/2021

Rabat talks tough on Berlin while quietly mending diplomatic fences behind the scenes

Publicly, Morocco is maintaining an aggressive diplomatic stance towards Germany by refusing to accredit its new representative in Rabat. But privately, it is busy resurrecting cooperation programmes and striving to avoid a European backlash. [...]

Business Ports and airports 23/07/2021

ONDA audits Rabat airport construction site abandoned by Sinohydro

The director general of the National Airports Office, Habiba Laklalech, has launched a financial and accounting audit of the capital's airport extension project. Financed by the African Development Bank, the project is several years behind schedule. [...]

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Troubled Noor PV II solar project lands on new PM's desk

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Kite-boarding Richard Branson plays into Rabat's 'surf diplomacy' in Western Sahara

Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio

Mohammed VI ropes in Mohamed bin Salman to mend Algiers rift

Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria give Josep Borrell fresh headaches

IOG sends his trade minister to Casablanca for training

Morocco pulls out all the stops for Sahrawi ports

EDF's Noor Midelt solar plant still shrouded in clouds

Despite Rabat and Algiers spat, MEG gas pipeline 'last-chance' talks continue

Tycoon Derham tidies up oil empire

Rabat secures first AU Commission director general seat

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Despite EU's billions, North Africa cooperation declines

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Clouds amass over Masen and Mustapha Bakkoury's photovoltaic plans

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Troubled Noor PV II solar project lands on new PM's desk

Mohammed VI ensures continuity in Sahara and Washington with General El Farouk

Nabila Rmili's election as Casablanca mayor will delight property developers

Worried Rabat keeps close eye on Managem and other Moroccan interests in post-putsch Conakry

Financial compliance expert Square Facts sets up shop in Rabat

Aziz Akhannouch has abundance of choice for new inner circle of advisers

Tel Aviv may help Rabat build kamikaze drone sector Free

Gazoduc Maghreb Europe : break with Algiers prompts crisis summit between Naturgy and ONHYM

Kite-boarding Richard Branson plays into Rabat's 'surf diplomacy' in Western Sahara

Mohammed VI snubs Merkel's latest Compact with Africa

Antoine Sallé de Chou takes charge of EBRD's Moroccan bureau and its €1.6bn project portfolio

Mohammed VI ropes in Mohamed bin Salman to mend Algiers rift

Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria give Josep Borrell fresh headaches

IOG sends his trade minister to Casablanca for training

Morocco pulls out all the stops for Sahrawi ports

EDF's Noor Midelt solar plant still shrouded in clouds

Despite Rabat and Algiers spat, MEG gas pipeline 'last-chance' talks continue

Tycoon Derham tidies up oil empire

Rabat secures first AU Commission director general seat

Mohammed VI's Tractafric Motors to transfer all interests to Sassou ally

Despite EU's billions, North Africa cooperation declines

Raymond Farhat & co to steer Moroccan industrialists' African ambitions

Clouds amass over Masen and Mustapha Bakkoury's photovoltaic plans

Rabat talks tough on Berlin while quietly mending diplomatic fences behind the scenes

ONDA audits Rabat airport construction site abandoned by Sinohydro

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