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Lamia Boutaleb struggles to defuse Southbridge affair

Secretary of State for Tourism Lamia Boutaleb has been trying for a week to defuse the "Southbridge affair", which was provoked by her ministry's award of a consultancy contract to fellow RNI party member Hassan Belkhayat, But it is proving [...] (634 words)

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MOROCCO
Abdallah Benmansour
Amine Tazi-Riffi
BCG
Bull Maroc
Corporate Software
Eco Medias
Editor's note september 7, 2017
Hassan Belkhayat
Laila Ouachi
Lamia Boutaleb
McKinsey
Mehdi Kettani
Moncef Belkhayat
National Tourism Confederation
OL Consulting
PJD
Rachid Talbi Alamai
Said Tahiri
Southbridge
Southbridge A&I
Yassine El Bahlouli
Yassir Zenagui

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. [...]

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Herbert Smith, Rothschild and Intellidex paint post-Covid future to their clients

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RNI favourite, Southbridge A&I, snatches new contract with tourism ministry

Hassan Belkhayat's consultancy Southbridge A&I, which had been keeping a low profile since the 2017 Southbridge affair, has won a 1.8m dirham contract to overhaul the Maison de l'Artisan. With trouble brewing in the RNI party, the award of a government contract to those close to the ruling party could cause further turmoil. [...]

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Mohamed Aujar and the RNI in business mode in Beijing

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Aziz Akhannouch keeps on Lamia Boutaleb and Rachid Talbi Alami

Former Secretary of State for Tourism Lamia Boutaleb and former Minister for Youth and Sport Rachid Talbi Alami, who were [...]

MOROCCO Business 19/09/2019

Doctor-businessman Jaafar Heikel starts private clinic venture Free

High profile doctor Jaafar Heikel plans to invest in the private clinic sector. In a few days, he will open [...]

MOROCCO Business 22/08/2019

Boston Consulting set to lose MAD 5m as Vision 2020 gets chop

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) will probably have to forget about the 5 million dirham it is claiming from the Ministry [...]

MOROCCO Business 18/10/2018

BCG demands MAD 5 million from Boutaleb in Southbridge affair

The Southbridge affair, so-called after tourism secretary Lamia Boutaleb awarded a consulting contract to fellow RNI party member Hassan Belkhayat [...]

MOROCCO Business 18/01/2018

Marchica Med's Cite des Deux Mers still on drawing board

The Cite des Deux Mers, which is supposed to turn [...]

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MOROCCO Business Document 28/09/2017

El Omari and Bennani Karim's MEDCOP22 bonanza

Secretary of State for Tourism Lamia Boutaleb succeeded in heading off the "Southbridge affair" by cancelling the consultancy contract awarded to a company owned by a member of her RNI party (MC 1260). A similar affair could come back, however, [. [...]

MOROCCO Business 31/08/2017

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Editor's note september 7, 2017
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Laila Ouachi
Lamia Boutaleb
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Moncef Belkhayat
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