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With Gulf funding, Khalid Aït Taleb resumes construction of Rabat university hospital

The health minister is quietly restarting a vast project to rebuild the capital's Ibn Sina hospital, but finance might turn out to be trickier than planned.

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2020

Aziz Akhannouch opens up Afriquia Gaz board to senior members of his political party

In another case of revolving doors, RNI cadres now have key roles in the subsidiary of the agriculture minister's Akwa Holding.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 23.04.2020

Billboard queen Nabila Freidji mends her nets in Dakhla

Nabila Freidji is seeking new partner in her firm FRED Fisheries. — Nabila Freidji is seeking new partner in her firm FRED Fisheries. © DR

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2020

Covid-19: Mohammed VI breaks with African Union, wants others to join him

Against a backdrop of an old rivalry with South Africa over Western Sahara, Rabat is snubbing the African Union's coordinated response to the pandemic and is set to work only with its west African allies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2020

Coronavirus: Delta Holding's ethanol monopoly nearly cost the country dear

With the coronavirus epidemic still in full flow, Morocco's sole ethanol producer nearly suffered a complete production breakdown, causing a panic in the pharmaceutical sector.

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2020

The ANP quietly restarts work on Lamhiriz's fishing port

On March 28, the National Ports Agency (ANP) published a series of four tender calls for the completion of work [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.04.2020

Mercure Industrie moves into the medical equipment business

It is what is called having a good nose for [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.04.2020

Ex-Managem mining expert Ali Saquaque sets up in Conakry

Geologist Ali Saquaque is developing his business network in Africa. [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.04.2020

Ex-Marjane man Mohamed Rais now works for Mahdi el Majidi

Mohamed Rais, who was until 2017 secretary general of the Marjane hypermarkets chain owned by royal holding company Al Mada, [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Senhaji's arrival at Casa stock exchange augurs ill for Tawfiki

The replacement on March 19 of Casablanca stock exchange director Karim Hajji by Tarik Senhaji does not augur well for [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

At a time when major construction contracts are becoming increasingly [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Omar Lazraq joins the boards of Alliances subsidiaries

Omar Nafakh Lazraq is becoming an increasingly influential figure at [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Younès Ajarraï ventures into the events business

Younès Ajarraï, who was appointed artistic director for the "Rabat, [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Spotlight
Paris offers €2.2 bn for high-speed line, Beijing €1.4 bn

Negotiations on the contract to build the future Kénitra-Marrakesh-Agadir high-speed rail line are forging ahead. France, which has been negotiating for several months with transport minister Abdelkader Amara and finance minister Mohamed Benchaâboun, is optimistic about the chances of the [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 19.03.2020

Inwi plans to overtake IAM on public sector and corporate markets

Telecoms operator Inwi, a subsidiary of Mohammed VI's holding company Al Mada, plans to conquer the corporate market. Nizar Bouguila, [...]

Free access Business 19.03.2020

Masen's new solar power projects fail to attract developers

Private sector electricity producers reacted with a mixture of perplexity and suspicion to the call from renewable energy agency Masen [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Business 19.03.2020

Benchaâboun heads coronavirus fund

Finance minister Mohamed Benchaâboun is to take charge of the special fund for management of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) response [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.03.2020

Wielton aims to boost African trailer sales from Casa base

Polish trailer manufacturer Wielton has established itself in Morocco. On [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.03.2020

Lalla Meryem sets up Immoffshore in the Tangiers free zone

Unihold, the holding company of Mohammed VI's older sister Lalla [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.03.2020

Marrakesh Airshow hits turbulence

An unmissable fixture in Africa's aviation sector since 2008, the biennial Marakesh Airshow might not have a seventh edition. This [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2020

Hassan Derham follows Lalla Noufissa into Dakhla hotel trade

Western Sahara businessman (Atlas Holding) and former USFP deputy for Laâyoune Hassan Derham is riding the hotel industry wave to [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2020

Asma Invest steps up its agri-business in Kénitra

Asma Invest, a partnership between the sovereign Public Investment Fund [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2020

Olivier de Bayser goes it alone after restructuring Lafarge Placo Maroc

Olivier de Bayser, the director until last December of plaster [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2020

Maya Gold and ONHYM make headway on Boumadine project

The drilling programme on the Moroccan polymetallic project Boumadine appears [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2020

New Sahraoui phosphate buyer from Brazil?

According to the 2020 edition of its annual P for [...]

Subscribers only Mining 10.03.2020

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