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Morocco

Real estate takes off for Moulay Rachid's associates

Those in the entourage of King Mohammed VI's brother Prince Moulay Rachid are doing very nicely out the real estate [...]

Subscribers only Business Running story - Makhzen Inc. 05.03.2020

Ali Bongo's son Noureddin Bongo establishes Shanah fund

On January 29 in Casablanca the head of state's son and presidency coordinator Noureddin Bongo incorporated Shanah Investments Maroc, a [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 05.03.2020

MASEN to open solar farm in Dakhla

Morocco's sustainable energy agency MASEN is set to open the [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Business 05.03.2020

Forafric swells its Moroccan subsidiaries' coffers

Milling firm Forafric Maroc, which markets the MayMouna and Tria [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.03.2020

Ali Fassi-Fihri revives Gabon's LafargeHolcim project

Ali Fassi-Fihri, the chairman of LafargeHolcim Maroc (LHMA), a joint [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.03.2020

Ahmed El Fehdi files complaint against Vietnam at ICSID

Real estate and education businessman Ahmed El Fehdi is set [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.03.2020

Guterres is still looking for Köhler's successor

Appointing a UN special envoy for Western Sahara is a [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.03.2020

Tendrara sale freeze: Sound Energy's bad call

The British junior active in Morocco Sound Energy is having a much harder time selling 51% of its assets in [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2020

Garba Farouk Said still captain of NNPC pipeline project with Rabat

The project to build an offshore gas pipeline from Nigeria's Niger Delta all the way to Morocco, passing through 10 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2020

Once again, Carlyle's action slows Samir arbitration against Rabat

Last month, the ICSID suspended the arbitration proceedings opened to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 03.03.2020

Al Mada puts Amine Myel in charge of Sotherma restructuring

Mineral water bottling company Sotherma (distributor of the Aïn Saïss and Sidi Harazem brands), a subsidiary of royal holding company [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2020

Lalla Meryem sells Baccarat Hotel to Saudi Arabia's Al Shahri

Mohammed VI's older sister Lalla Meryem has finally succeeded in ridding herself of her failed Baccarat Hotel project in Rabat's [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2020

IMF's Georgieva blows hot and cold

International Monetary Fund (IMF) director general Kristalina Georgieva's visit to Morocco from February 17 to 20 gave finance minister Mohamed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2020

The ONEE takes on Sigmatop to help it dispose of property assets

As it continues to negotiate a new development agreement with [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2020

Madaëf takes over from CDG at Orascom's Chbika tourism project

The Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion (CDG) is in [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2020

Abbas-Vahid drops out of Ruimy's Aerium fund line-up

London-based Moroccan businessman Ely-Michel Ruimy reorganised his Moroccan property fund [...]

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2020

Aziz Akhannouch gets caught in the AFD's fishing net

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is preparing to order [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.02.2020

EBRD wants to recoup funds lost in CMS copper

The European development bank has ordered a revalorisation of the Compagnie minière de Seksaoua (CMS) to work out how it can recover the $15 million it injected in the site.

Subscribers only Mining 25.02.2020

In Focus
Naval Group and Piriou want to set up a shipyard to serve the Moroccan navy

The question was discreetly discussed, according to our sources, during the visit of French defence minister Florence Parly to Rabat on February 6. She had a meeting with her opposite [...]

Subscribers only Defence 24.02.2020

The multi-mission frigate Mohammed VI delivered by Naval Group in 2014.

Rabat brings into service the two maritime surveillance aircraft it has bought from Leonardo

Two Beechcraft King Air 350ER twin-engine aircraft supplied by Italy's Leonardo group have just gone into service with the Royal [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.02.2020

Emmanuel Macron's visit postponed indefinitely

Once again, French president Emmanuel Macron has postponed his planned visit to Morocco. He cannot visit in March (MC 1366) [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.02.2020

Emmanuel Macron's visit postponed indefinitely

Once again, French president Emmanuel Macron has postponed his planned visit to Morocco. He cannot visit in March (MC 1366) [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.02.2020

The OCP puts fresh capital into its expanding hotels business

Phosphates giant OCP has reinforced the capital base of its [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.02.2020

Adil Khamaye resigns from SMI following Green Tech Valley failure

Adil Khayame resigned as deputy chief executive of property company [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.02.2020

Mezian Benjelloun's arts and crafts museum runs into problems

The big traditional arts and crafts museum which Leïla Mezian [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.02.2020

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