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Nigeria's Cellulant plugs into Moroccan mobile money

Nairobi-based fintech Cellulant Corp is setting its sights on Morocco and its burgeoning mobile and online payments market.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 31.05.2021

Mohammed VI delays arrival of UN special envoy to Western Sahara

Staffan de Mistura is waiting to be appointed UN Special Envoy to Western Sahara. © Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.05.2021

Revolving doors: agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch poaches Yasser Sbihi from BCG

Yasser Mohammed Sbihi became advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests. © Linkedin/Yasser Mohammed Sbihi

Subscribers only Business 25.05.2021

Mohammed VI still on the lookout for a chief lobbyist in Washington

Morocco is taking its time to find the right person to coordinate its influence networks in the US. Meanwhile, Mohammed VI's cousin and ambassador Lalla Joumala Alaoui has kept close ties with the Republican Party and with the controversial lobbyist Richard Smotkin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

Tourism operators press for reopening of borders

The Confédération nationale du tourisme (CNT), Morocco's tourism operators' association, is intending to bring pressure to bear on the tourism [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2021

Boulgoute attempts double bluff for 'diplomatic city', cites Marriott deal, Bourita approval

For his next luxury real estate project on the outskirts of Rabat, entrepreneur Rahal Boulgoute has been talking up a partnership with the hotel chain Marriott and a deal with the ministry of foreign affairs, though neither of these have confirmed their end of the bargain.

Subscribers only Business 19.05.2021

Rabat ignores Merkel's olive branch

Hawkish Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has not replied to an invitation to attend a June conference on Libya in Berlin. He has also delayed the appointment of a new German ambassador to Rabat.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.05.2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Marrakesh, Morocco, in December 2018.

Boomerang Communication to drum up voter turnout again

The advertising agency Boomerang Communication, owned by Jamal Benkhadra, brother of the former minister of energy Amina Benkhadra, will run a campaign to mobilise voters ahead of the 8 September general elections.

Subscribers only Business 17.05.2021

Crisis? What crisis? Al Mada rides Covid storm to record profits

Later this month the royal holding company will present glowing 2020 figures at a shareholders' annual general meeting, with unprecedented net profits and generous dividends.

Subscribers only Business 13.05.2021

Canada bends rules for drone-maker Baykar and L3 Harris

The Bayraktar-TB2 armed drones that Morocco will receive will be equipped with Canadian-made Wescam LX-15 optronics, despite Ottawa's decision to ban the sale of such equipment to Turkish manufacturer Baykar.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 07.05.2021

Moroccan leader Avant-Scène sails past devastated events industry

Moroccan events guru Myriam Abikzer's agency Avant-Scène will be orchestrating the World Tourism Organization's annual meeting in November in Marrakech and is tipped to also oversee the World Bank and the IMF's get-together in 2022.

Subscribers only Business 06.05.2021

Miryam Abikzer, CEO of Avant-Scène events group.

Ambassador to Ethiopia Nezha Alaoui to carry on with same policy in Tanzania

After helping Morocco's return to the African Union, Mohammed VI's star ambassador Nezha Alaoui M'hammdi will continue to push for recognition of the country's sovereignty over Western Sahara from her new post in Dar es Salaam.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2021

Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Morocco is furious about France's refusal to recognise its sovereignty over the Western Sahara and has retaliated by elimininating French construction group Eiffage from the bidding for the contract to build the port of Dakhla Atlantique in the contested territory.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 30.04.2021

Olive oil leader CHO parts ways with ex-minister Moncef Belkhayat

The two partners had announced in 2017 they would jointly invest around 200 million dirhams (€20m) to build a production and packaging facility in Morocco's oil-growing region of Meknès.

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2021

Hicham Dlimi follows Akhannouch's trail to Dakhla

Hicham Dlimi, a representative of the youth faction of Agriculture and Fishing Minister Aziz Akhannouch's RNI (Rassemblement national indépendant) party and son of former wali, El Gheilani Dlimi, is expanding his business to Dakhla.

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2021

Hicham Dlimi, member of the youth branch of the Rassemblement national indépendant.

Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

The French construction giant and bidder for a contract to build the Dakhla Atlantique port will join a delegation of elected French officials planning to visit the Western Sahara city in June.

Subscribers only Business 28.04.2021

Royal Mansour Casablanca case shifts from Delaware to UK

The case pitting the Compagnie des Grands Hôtels d'Afrique against US hotel giant Starwood has gone to the UK courts, with Maquay Investments, linked to Starwood, and its director Sarah Purdy at the centre of these new proceedings.

Subscribers only Business 28.04.2021

Jaâfar Heikel eyes hospital PPPs with behind-the-scenes backing of ex-minister Mezouar

Morocco's star epidemiologist Jaâfar Heikel, who is very active in private healthcare, is taking advantage of Mohammed VI's drive to extend social security coverage by launching a firm specialising in the outsourcing of hospital care via public-private partnerships.

Subscribers only Business 26.04.2021

Rabat stage-manages Western Sahara trip for French MPs

With the assistance of lobbyist Omar Alaoui, Rabat is planning a jamboree for French MPs supportive of Morocco's claim to sovereignty over Western Sahara. It is likely to involve a flight on the inaugural Royal Air Maroc flight between Paris and Dakhla in June.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.04.2021

Businessman-psychologist Charles Teboul offers body care and business solutions in Africa and US

Franco-Moroccan company psychologist Charles Teboul, a tireless promoter of rejuvenation therapy, has built up a contact network which stretches from Ethiopia to Libya, helped by his links with events magnate Richard Attias.

Subscribers only Business 22.04.2021

National police to expand all-seeing eye on Casablanca

Casa Transports wants to transform its transportation management system into a vast high-tech video surveillance system to be used by the police. China's Huawei and Hikvision are interested in the contract, as is AB Protection, whose CEO Mounir Belmahi has many ties within the Makhzen.

Subscribers only Business 21.04.2021

Carlyle could get trial after all in Samir row against insurers

Carlyle has tried unsuccessfully for years to convince US courts that it was robbed by Morrocan refinery operator Samir and should therefore be compensated by its insurance. But an appeals court has just reversed the ruling against it, reviving the hopes of the beleaguered US fund.

Subscribers only Energy 21.04.2021

A general view shows the Samir oil refinery in Mohamadia, Morocco.

Amid Ramadan demand surge, grain trader Millcorp supplies Morocco via Switzerland

Moroccan financier Yariv Elbaz's Swiss grain trading firm supplies leading miller Forafric with wheat from Ukraine and Russia.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders, Business 21.04.2021

Claude Fraissinet, Macron's future party rep in Western Sahara

Western Sahara business expert Claude Fraissinet has offered to open a committee of Emmanuel Macron's party in Dakhla. He wants to run the office with Mirelle Malbos, owner of a tourism business with Mohammed Vi's cousin Princess Noufissa El Yacoubi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.04.2021

Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Turkey's Baykar, which has close links with Erdogan, is to supply attack drones to the Moroccan army. The contract will not radically change the military balance between Morocco and Algeria but has been signed just as hostilities are resuming against Polisario in Western Sahara.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 16.04.2021

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Nigeria's Cellulant plugs into Moroccan mobile money

Mohammed VI delays arrival of UN special envoy to Western Sahara

Revolving doors: agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch poaches Yasser Sbihi from BCG

Mohammed VI still on the lookout for a chief lobbyist in Washington

Tourism operators press for reopening of borders

Boulgoute attempts double bluff for 'diplomatic city', cites Marriott deal, Bourita approval

Rabat ignores Merkel's olive branch

Boomerang Communication to drum up voter turnout again

Crisis? What crisis? Al Mada rides Covid storm to record profits

Canada bends rules for drone-maker Baykar and L3 Harris

Moroccan leader Avant-Scène sails past devastated events industry

Ambassador to Ethiopia Nezha Alaoui to carry on with same policy in Tanzania

Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Olive oil leader CHO parts ways with ex-minister Moncef Belkhayat

Hicham Dlimi follows Akhannouch's trail to Dakhla

Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

Royal Mansour Casablanca case shifts from Delaware to UK

Jaâfar Heikel eyes hospital PPPs with behind-the-scenes backing of ex-minister Mezouar

Rabat stage-manages Western Sahara trip for French MPs

Businessman-psychologist Charles Teboul offers body care and business solutions in Africa and US

National police to expand all-seeing eye on Casablanca

Carlyle could get trial after all in Samir row against insurers

Amid Ramadan demand surge, grain trader Millcorp supplies Morocco via Switzerland

Claude Fraissinet, Macron's future party rep in Western Sahara

Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

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Nigeria's Cellulant plugs into Moroccan mobile money

Mohammed VI delays arrival of UN special envoy to Western Sahara

Revolving doors: agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch poaches Yasser Sbihi from BCG

Mohammed VI still on the lookout for a chief lobbyist in Washington

Tourism operators press for reopening of borders

Boulgoute attempts double bluff for 'diplomatic city', cites Marriott deal, Bourita approval

Rabat ignores Merkel's olive branch

Boomerang Communication to drum up voter turnout again

Crisis? What crisis? Al Mada rides Covid storm to record profits

Canada bends rules for drone-maker Baykar and L3 Harris

Moroccan leader Avant-Scène sails past devastated events industry

Ambassador to Ethiopia Nezha Alaoui to carry on with same policy in Tanzania

Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Olive oil leader CHO parts ways with ex-minister Moncef Belkhayat

Hicham Dlimi follows Akhannouch's trail to Dakhla

Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

Royal Mansour Casablanca case shifts from Delaware to UK

Jaâfar Heikel eyes hospital PPPs with behind-the-scenes backing of ex-minister Mezouar

Rabat stage-manages Western Sahara trip for French MPs

Businessman-psychologist Charles Teboul offers body care and business solutions in Africa and US

National police to expand all-seeing eye on Casablanca

Carlyle could get trial after all in Samir row against insurers

Amid Ramadan demand surge, grain trader Millcorp supplies Morocco via Switzerland

Claude Fraissinet, Macron's future party rep in Western Sahara

Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

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