"M6" set to become electricity magnate

An Israeli delegation is due in Morocco in mid-June to play golf and do business  Free

An Israeli business delegation is due to visit Morocco in mid-June. The delegation will be composed of representatives from the world of finance, health, and real estate and will meet with several leading figures in Moroccan business.

• MOROCCO - Makhzen keeping tabs on Obaid Amrane's rising star.

• GUINEA - Mamadou Diallo, from the embassy to the World Bank.

• ZIMBABWE - John Paradza, a key player in Mnangagwe's battle for the youth vote.

• LIBYE - Khalid Chaouki, former Italian MP growing his Tripoli business network.

Mongi Marzouk wants to scupper CPG's PPP desalination project in Gabès 

The energy and mines minister, who is against public-private partnerships, wants to cancel plans to build the plant which is supposed to supply water to the phosphate processing complex in Gabès. He risks incurring the wrath of the international financial institutions, however.

Engie eyes geothermal market to north of Nairobi 

The French giant Engie, which currently has a limited presence on the continent despite its size, is seeking to break into the Kenyan market.

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 [...]

High voltage row between ONEE and Masen on electricity prices 

Relations between national electricity and water office ONEE and sustainable energy agency Masen have become electric to say the least! [...]

Masen runs late on renewable projects in Zambia 

Renewable energy agency Masen's plans to become a developer of green electricity projects throughout Africa are proving slow to take [...]

EDF wins Midelt CSP contract, ACWA's photovoltaic bid is rejected 

The big Noor Midelt solar power project, which was launched in 2015, has once again blown a fuse. According to [...]

Sanlam to take 25% stake in Khalladi wind farm via Saham 

The 120 MW Khalladi wind farm, which is due into service in mid-2018, will soon count Saham Assurances among its [...]

Avant-Scene gets early bird pass to Expo 2020 in Dubai  Free

Morocco's plans to take part in Expo 2020 Dubai are good news for the business of events supremo Myriam Abikzer. [...]

Doubts over EDF-Masdar bid delay Noor Midelt contract award 

Renewable energy agency MASEN is faced with a major solar headache. According to our information, the agency is struggling to [...]

Engie and Nareva obtain Dakhla desalination plant contract unopposed 

French energy giant Engie and Nareva, energy subsidiary of Mohammed VI's personal holding company Al Mada, did not have too [...]

EDF just fails to clinch giant Noor Midelt solar plant contract 

The storm clouds are gathering over the giant Noor Midelt 800 MW solar power plant project. According to our information, [...]

EDF EN and Mitsui renegotiate terms for Taza wind farm project 

The Franco-Japanese consortium constituted by EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and Mitsui, which was chosen to build a 150 MW [...]

Chahed's wind farms attract interest from EDF, Enel and Acciona  Free

Prime minister Youssef Chahed hopes shortly to lay the foundation stones for "his" first big privately-owned wind farms. According to [...]

MASEN in seduction mode with Brussels elite 

During a recent visit to European institutions in Brussels, the [...]

Abdelmoumni comes to CAM's rescue 

Transparency Maroc secretary general Fouad Adbelmoumni, who launched an appeal on July 4 to suspend the boycott which has been [...]

Khalid Oudghiri builds himself an empire of spare parts 

Khalid Oudghiri, who was head of Attijariwafa Bank (owned by [...]

Voltalia is Veolia's joker for Dakhla desalination plant contract 

French utilities giant Veolia has teamed up with tiny French company Voltalia to bid for the contract for the huge [...]

The ONEE prepares for MASEN and Nareva grid plug-in 

The national electricity and drinking water office, the ONEE, is [...]

Mawazine festival fears becoming next boycott target 

After Sidi Ali, Centrale Danone and Afriquia, the Mawazine festival [...]

Hatim Ismaili becomes head of SPIE Maroc 

SPIE Maroc, which was taken over by French energy giant [...]

Masen takes a fresh look at its accounting capacities 

The Moroccan Solar Energy Agency (Masen) is finding it difficult [...]

Banda peters out under World Bank watch 

At one point the Mauritanian government had made clear assurances that it would make the development of Banda gas (merely [...]

Nareva, Enel and Siemens short of wind 

The wind is blowing against Morocco's ambitious Integrated Wind Power Programme (PEI)! According to our information, Nareva, a subsidiary of [...]

Engie will light up Casablanca's Grand Theatre 

France's Engie has landed a fine contract thanks to its [...]

Green light for Pharma 5 plant in Abidjan 

Nine months late, Pharma 5 is preparing to lay the first stone of its pharmaceuticals plant in Abidjan. According to [...]

Engie on track for Rabat-Sale tramway extension contract 

Following Mohammed VI's official send-off for the 7-km extension of [...]

ECC and LNG Value to help ONEE with gas contracts 

The huge Gas to Power project, which is intended to free Morocco from its dependence on Algerian gas by developing [...]

Schneider Electric moves into Casablanca Finance City 

French electrical equipment giant Schneider Electric has finally succumbed to [...]

Attijari Invest backs Mehdi Ghorfi in biomass venture 

Mehdi Ghorfi-led investment fund, PGS Invest, is to get backing [...]

Franco-German rivalry wells up again on the lagoon  Free

The two countries are engaged in fierce competition in the energy sector.

Abdellatif Berrada tails "M6" everywhere in Africa 

Abdellatif Berrada, who has made a speciality of providing technical support for Morocco's social projects in Africa, is now trying [...]

Ahmed Nakkouch bounces back with Aziz Akhannouch 

Three months after having handed over to Aymane Taud as head of Nareva, the energy subsidiary of royal holding company [...]

EleQtra, a discreet investor builds its nest on the continent 

The mid-June signing of a partnership with French energy group Engie for the construction of a 50 MW wind farm [...]

Mohamed Krisni investigated by royal auditors 

The sacking in early May of Mohamed Krisni, chief executive of Attijariwafa Bank Cameroon subsidiary Societe Commercial de Banque (SCB), [...]

Attijariwafa Bank to set up in Bangui and Kinshasa 

After a lull of several years, Attijariwafa Bank, which is owned by royal holding company SNI, has resumed its expansion [...]

SOMED sells its hotels to Khalil Tizniti 

SOMED, the holding company owned by the Moroccan state, royal holding company SNI and Emirati interests (including the reigning Abu [...]

The ONEE pulls out all the stops for Nareva in the Sahara 

The ONEE (Office National de l’Electricite et de l’Eau Potable) [...]

King of Morocco introduces his loyalists to Madagascan businessmen 

King Mohammed VI of Morocco took some thirty Moroccan captains [...]

Gaertringen plays journalist for Quaesta Capital 

The launch of a €100 million fund for Morocco, which [...]

GE sets up services venture 

GE (General Electric) has set up a new structure in [...]

Sassou Nguesso Jr in row with Tractafric 

A spat over a Mercedes car nearly upset the good [...]

Tractebel to study electricity grid modernisation 

The World Bank (WB) has designated the winner of its [...]

Zoumana Traore updates the mines registry 

Named director of the mining registry at Burkina Faso’s mines ministry in late May (AMI 369), Zoumana Traore has already [...]

World Bank offers cash for clean-up operations 

The World Bank’s directors are to be asked on Dec. [...]

Amara puts Gas to Power into Italian 

Minister of Energy Abdelkader Amara is seeking to promote his ambitious Gas to Power plan, which is aimed at reducing [...]

Renewables firm Akuo Energy gets in on the ground  Free

After several years of approach work, French renewable energy specialist Akuo Energy is to establish itself in Morocco. The group [...]

Majidi hires former Sarkozy pollster Giacometti 

Pierre Giacometti, the one-time "opinion" adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy who was recently charged over his role in the opinion polls [...]

EDF and Mitsui see light at the end of the tunnel in Taza 

EDF énergies nouvelles (EDF EN) and Mitsui hope to start construction work this year at the Taza wind farm site, [...]

The ONEE prepares its network for Nareva and the others 

The ONEE (Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau Potable) [...]

Fund sells off $24 million of Glencore shares in Sahrawi offshore 

Opposed to its operations in Western Sahara, Norway’s KLP fund has withdrawn its trust from Glencore and is threatening to suspend other investments, too.

Ali Fassi-Fihri returns to the sun 

Ali Fassi-Firhi, head of national electricity and water office ONEE, [...]

Ali Fassi-Fihri in active mode at ONEE 

Ali Fassi-Fihri is proceeding energetically with rationalization of the national electricity and water office ONEE. He has just commissioned BearingPoint [...]

Spain goes on the offensive on renewable energy 

Spain’s Glual has just opened an offshoot in Casablanca, Glual [...]

EIB edges away from Sahrawi project  Free

Since last week the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been examining the idea of financing the "integrated wind energy plan" [...]

Mohamed VI picks lighter diet 

With the street finally beginning to grumble in Morocco, royal circles are doing their utmost to shield king Mohammed VI. [...]