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Mining Business 28/09/2020

André Baya takes charge of Mohammed VI's international mining business

André Baya va prendre la direction des opérations en Afrique de Managem, la branche minière de la holding royale marocaine Al Mada. Elle est active notamment au Soudan, en Guinée et en RDC. [...]

Diplomacy 24/09/2020

SouthBridge A&I takes on lobbying role to bring AU's Centre for Disease Control to Morocco

Hassan Beklhayat's strategic consulting firm has no lobbying experience but has been hired to help Rabat convince Africa CDC to move its headquarters to Morocco. The firm may receive a hand from its partner, Lionel Zinzou and Donald Kaberuka's Southbridge Group. [...]

Business 14/09/2020

El Majidi Inc. or how the king's private secretary and his clan are prospering on the coat-tails of royal group Al Mada

The private secretary of King Mohammed VI, Mounir el-Majidi. ©FDaburon/Wikimedia Commons

Politics 08/09/2020

Covid-19: Inmate mask-making programme takes a hit

Supply glitches are hampering the Moroccan prison authority's response to the Covid-19 epidemic. [...]

Business 07/09/2020

Prince Moulay Ismail beefs up businesses, from agricultural trade to Brioche Dorée sandwiches

Mohammed VI's cousin Moulay Ismail has founded Orbis Agro Trading to directly trade his own agricultural commodities all the while continuing to invest in the opening of a Brioche Dorée fast food chain across the kingdom. [...]

Business 04/09/2020

Sahrawi business magnate Dahmane Derham ventures into automobile distribution in Rabat

Businessman Dahmane Derham, a key figure in the Derham family clan which plays a major role in the Western Sahara, is about to begin a new career in the automobile business. [...]

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in West and North Africa. [...]

Mounir el-Majidi, the king's private secretary.

Business 03/09/2020

Amid pandemic, Mounir El Majidi launches all-out assault on telecom business

The king's private secretary, who owns GSM Al-Maghrib, Maroc Télécom mobile services exclusive distributor, is gunning for the business services market. He has also taken control of Sahatel, a dealer for the royal operator Inwi. [...]

Business 02/09/2020

US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Huawei Technologies Morocco, which does business with some of the kingdom's most influential figures - from the king's private secretary Mounir el-Majidi to police chief Abdellatif Hammouchi -, is feeling the heat of the US's retaliation measures against its parent company. [...]

Morocco's ambassador to Mali Hassan Naciri and CNSP president Assimi Goita met in Bamako on 25 August 2020.

Diplomacy 02/09/2020

Rabat reaches out to post-coup Bamako Free

Ever since the military seized power in Mali on 18 August, Morocco has been building ties with the coup leaders as Algiers, wanting to retain its influence in Bamako, looks on with a wary eye. [...]

Business 01/09/2020

Former Jet Contractors executive Nicolas Kepel moves into PPP consulting

Frenchman Nicolas Kepel, former head of development at leading Moroccan construction group Jet Contractors, has activated his financial and business strategy consulting company Add Equatio. [...]

Business 27/08/2020

How Yamed got its hands on Casablanca's most sought-after building site

The Les Arènes site, where Yamed and princesses Lalla Asmae and Lalla Hasna plan to build a Hilton hotel, was sold to them at an advantageous price by Crédit du Maroc, even though the bank had long planned to build a major complex there itself in Casablanca's most expensive district. [...]

Business Power 24/08/2020

Western Sahara: Masen to build Noor solar farm near El Argoub, Dakhla

Morocco's sustainable energy agency Masen is gradually clarifying details of its solar power plant project in Dakhla, Western Sahara, which will be part of its Noor programme. [...]

Business 20/08/2020

Moroccan firms urged to take over ferry links from Comanav and Comarit

Transport minister Abadelkader Amara wants to have Moroccan firms reinvest in the ferry market between Morocco and Europe, dominated by foreign companies. The El Moutea family, owner of City Bus, has already shown interest in taking a slice. [...]

Business 19/08/2020

Mohammed VI offers Pathé a ticket to the movies

Without waiting for its first multiplex to open in Casablanca, the French cinema giant is already busy setting up shop in Rabat. For its Moroccan operations, Pathé has teamed up with King Mohammed VI's firm Marjane. [...]

Works on the Bongo family's palace in Marrakesh in 2014, which should be finished in a few months.

Politics 17/08/2020

Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

Constructed on land donated by the Moroccan king Mohammed VI, a close friend of Ali Bongo, the palace of the Gabonese presidential family set in the palm grove of Marrakesh has taken ten years to complete and has been worked on by some of the most sought-after service providers in the kingdom. [...]

Business 17/08/2020

Guillaume Chaban-Delmas quits Boury Tallon for African lobbyist MGH Partners

Until recently the director of consultancy at the French institutional relations advisor Boury, Tallon & associés, Guillaume Chaban-Delmas this month became a founding partner of the lobbying firm MGH Partners. [...]

Diplomacy 29/07/2020

Abdelmajid Saif Al Nasr and Rabat want new Skhirat accord, with Algiers' green light

To keep his job as ambassador to Rabat, the leading light of the Ould Slimane tribe is helping Morocco launch new Libyan peace talks, which explains his involvement in Aguila Salah Issa's latest visit. [...]

Business 28/07/2020

Covid-19: Managem charters RAM plane to bring home executives stranded in Sudan, Guinea

Managem, part of Al Mada, repatriates executives stranded by Covid-19 in Sudan and Guinea aboard chartered Air Maroc plane. [...]

An Air Senegal point of sale in Dakar, shortly after the airport reopened on July 15.

Diplomacy 27/07/2020

Dakar, Rabat, in diplomatic spat over Covid-19 repatriation flights

Morocco has yet to grant Senegal's request to fly in its airspace or land planes on its territory to repatriate its citizens. The delay protects Royal Air Maroc's landing slots approved by Dakar, to the detriment of Air Senegal. [...]

Business 23/07/2020

Mohammed VI's air force puts $1 billion retrofit of F-16 fighter fleet on hold

The Moroccan air force has suspended its programme to modernise its fleet of fighter planes, which was negotiated last year with the Pentagon and US State Department, but the purchase of new aircraft still looks likely to go ahead. [...]

Mining 23/07/2020

Fertilisers: Mosaic calls in Trump camp lobbyists and lawyers to back its offensive against OCP

American fertiliser group Mosaic has reportedly brought in Brian Ballard, a lobbyist close to protectionist US president Donald Trump, and lawyer David Ross, who has links with the Republican Party, to defend its call for action against "subsidised" phosphate imports from Morocco's OCP and Russia's PhosAgro. [...]

Business 22/07/2020

Minister of Interior Abdelouali Laftit slams Alj clan's control of employers' association

The "Sardine King" Saïd Alj is being dragged in the conflict between the Minister of Interior and his nephew Chakib Alj, who chairs Morocco's employers' body. [...]

Business 21/07/2020

Outgoing RAM boss Abdelhamid Addou begins major asset sell-off

National airline Royal Air Maroc, which is in great financial difficulty, is ready to sell off more than 50% of its assets. Its airport assistance business is one of those in line for the chop. [...]

Business 17/07/2020

Salwa Akhannouch raises Aksal capital for two new mall builds

The influential wife of Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch, Salwa Idrissi Akhannouch, is increasing the capital of her holding company Aksal to build a new mall in Rabat and one in Marrakesh. [...]

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André Baya takes charge of Mohammed VI's international mining business

SouthBridge A&I takes on lobbying role to bring AU's Centre for Disease Control to Morocco

El Majidi Inc. or how the king's private secretary and his clan are prospering on the coat-tails of royal group Al Mada

Covid-19: Inmate mask-making programme takes a hit

Prince Moulay Ismail beefs up businesses, from agricultural trade to Brioche Dorée sandwiches

Sahrawi business magnate Dahmane Derham ventures into automobile distribution in Rabat

Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Amid pandemic, Mounir El Majidi launches all-out assault on telecom business

US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Rabat reaches out to post-coup Bamako Free

Former Jet Contractors executive Nicolas Kepel moves into PPP consulting

How Yamed got its hands on Casablanca's most sought-after building site

Western Sahara: Masen to build Noor solar farm near El Argoub, Dakhla

Moroccan firms urged to take over ferry links from Comanav and Comarit

Mohammed VI offers Pathé a ticket to the movies

Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

Guillaume Chaban-Delmas quits Boury Tallon for African lobbyist MGH Partners

Abdelmajid Saif Al Nasr and Rabat want new Skhirat accord, with Algiers' green light

Covid-19: Managem charters RAM plane to bring home executives stranded in Sudan, Guinea

Dakar, Rabat, in diplomatic spat over Covid-19 repatriation flights

Mohammed VI's air force puts $1 billion retrofit of F-16 fighter fleet on hold

Fertilisers: Mosaic calls in Trump camp lobbyists and lawyers to back its offensive against OCP

Minister of Interior Abdelouali Laftit slams Alj clan's control of employers' association

Outgoing RAM boss Abdelhamid Addou begins major asset sell-off

Salwa Akhannouch raises Aksal capital for two new mall builds

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André Baya takes charge of Mohammed VI's international mining business

SouthBridge A&I takes on lobbying role to bring AU's Centre for Disease Control to Morocco

El Majidi Inc. or how the king's private secretary and his clan are prospering on the coat-tails of royal group Al Mada

Covid-19: Inmate mask-making programme takes a hit

Prince Moulay Ismail beefs up businesses, from agricultural trade to Brioche Dorée sandwiches

Sahrawi business magnate Dahmane Derham ventures into automobile distribution in Rabat

Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Amid pandemic, Mounir El Majidi launches all-out assault on telecom business

US sanctions impact Huawei's VIP partners El-Majidi, Hammouchi and Raji

Rabat reaches out to post-coup Bamako Free

Former Jet Contractors executive Nicolas Kepel moves into PPP consulting

How Yamed got its hands on Casablanca's most sought-after building site

Western Sahara: Masen to build Noor solar farm near El Argoub, Dakhla

Moroccan firms urged to take over ferry links from Comanav and Comarit

Mohammed VI offers Pathé a ticket to the movies

Ten years in the making - a palm oasis palace for the Bongos in Marrakesh

Guillaume Chaban-Delmas quits Boury Tallon for African lobbyist MGH Partners

Abdelmajid Saif Al Nasr and Rabat want new Skhirat accord, with Algiers' green light

Covid-19: Managem charters RAM plane to bring home executives stranded in Sudan, Guinea

Dakar, Rabat, in diplomatic spat over Covid-19 repatriation flights

Mohammed VI's air force puts $1 billion retrofit of F-16 fighter fleet on hold

Fertilisers: Mosaic calls in Trump camp lobbyists and lawyers to back its offensive against OCP

Minister of Interior Abdelouali Laftit slams Alj clan's control of employers' association

Outgoing RAM boss Abdelhamid Addou begins major asset sell-off

Salwa Akhannouch raises Aksal capital for two new mall builds

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