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Ali Fassi-Fihri takes on Al Mada electricity brief

After having been sacked in October following a "royal rage" over delays on ONEE (national electricity and drinking water office) projects in Al Hoceima (MC 1252), former ONEE boss Ali Fassi-Fihri has made a quick return to favour with… Mohammed [...] (677 words)

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Engie deploys Sebastien Arbola to resume talks with Nareva

French giant Engie and Nareva, a subsidiary of Mohammed VI's Al Mada holding company, are expected to relaunch their African renewable energy partnership and find a future at the Safi coal-fired power plant. [...]

Sébastien Arbola, Executive Vice President of Engie. © Engie MESCAT/Twitter

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Cegelec to connect Western Sahara's Laâyoune to extra-high voltage grid

The national electricity board has commissioned Cegelec, a subsidiary of French group Vinci, to connect Laâyoune in Western Sahara to the national grid. This line will be used to offload electricity from the Sahrawi power plants of Mohammed VI's company Nareva. [...]

MOROCCO Business 19/02/2021

Mohammed VI's cherished contractor CMS bags Marjane malls

Construction Management Services, run by the king's former steward Zouhair Fassi-Fehri, is to build two giant shopping centres for the Marjane hypermarket chain, a subsidiary of the Al Mada royal holding company. [...]

CMS also clinched a contract in Casablanca to renovate Marjane California. © G3A

MOROCCO Energy Business 16/02/2021

Masen boss Bakkoury does a disappearing act, Nareva spies opportunity

Mustapha Bakkoury, the head of sustainable energy agency Masen, has faded into the background after Mohammed VI's fury at the soaring cost of its huge solar energy sites. [...]

Mustapha Bakkoury, CEO of Masen. © YouTube/The Africa CEO Forum

MOROCCO Business 29/05/2020

Royal Business: From La Mamounia to Western Saharan wind farms, CMS becomes Mohammed VI's favourite construction firm

Controlled by Mohammed VI's former 'steward' Zouhair Fassi Fehri, Construction Management Services keeps bagging plum contracts, from renovating the opulent La Mamounia hotel in Marrakesh, to building Nareva's wind farm in Boujdour. [...]

Marrakesh's legendary luxury hotel La Mamounia. © La Mamounia

MOROCCO Energy 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 [...]

MOROCCO Business 13/02/2020

Mahdi El Majidi eyes security market with Delta Drone

Drones, artificial intelligence and privileged access to companies controlled by royal holding company Al Mada. These are the key assets [...]

MOROCCO Business 30/01/2020

Masen comes to the rescue of Carteron's Dakhla summit meeting

Moroccan renewable energy agency Masen will be lead sponsor for [...]

MOROCCO Infrastructures Business 19/12/2019

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! [...]

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MOROCCO Infrastructures Politics 05/12/2019

DLA Piper revises "13-09" renewables law for Rabbah

Ten years after it was adopted, the 13-09 law on "renewable" private sector electricity production is to be radically revised. The reform, which was been drawn up with the help of law firm DLA Piper, could open up a breach [. [...]

MOROCCO Business 29/08/2019

SICPA-De La Rue battle embarrasses Benchaaboun

Economy and finance minister Mohamed Benchaaboun is taking his time [...]

TUNISIA Infrastructures Business 18/07/2019

Total Eren and EDF drop out of giant solar energy project

The big tender call for the construction of solar energy plants representing a total 500 MW on a concession basis [...]

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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 [...]

MOROCCO Business 06/06/2019

SGTM looks to expand in Africa as it struggles at home

Civil engineering giant SGTM (Societe Generale des Travaux du Maroc) is looking to extend its presence on the African continent. [...]

MOROCCO Infrastructures Business 23/05/2019

The ONEE stops fuel-based power units in Mohammedia

The national electricity and drinking water office ONEE has stopped [...]

MOROCCO Infrastructures Business 18/04/2019

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 [...]

LIBYA Business 07/02/2019

IQ Power recruits Engie, Nexans and CMI for Misrata solar project

Start-up IQ Power has succeeded in convincing French energy giant Engie to participate in its ambitious project to build a [...]

MOROCCO Business 07/02/2019

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. [...]

MOROCCO Business 31/01/2019

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 [...]

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MOROCCO Business 24/01/2019

Abderrahim Hafidi attempts a risky merger at the ONEE

Abderrahim Hafidi, who was appointed to replace Ali Fassi-Fihri as head of national electricity and drinking water utility ONEE in April, will need to give concrete form this year to the merger between the organisation's electricity (ONE) and water (ONEP) [. [...]

MOROCCO Business 10/01/2019

IFED to industrialise argan oil production

Ingenierie, Formation, Etudes et Developpement (IFED) won the contract in [...]

MOROCCO Business 06/12/2018

And the Dakhla desalination plant is awarded to…

According to our sources, the project to construct a wind-powered desalination plant in Dakhla was awarded on 4 December to [...]

MOROCCO Business 06/12/2018

Brasseries du Maroc-Castel buys bottle-maker SEVAM from Al Mada

French brewer Castel, which is renowned in Morocco for its Flag Spéciale beer brand, could soon be producing its own [...]

MOROCCO Business 06/12/2018

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, [...]

MOROCCO Mining 04/12/2018

Former Managem bedfellows move into mining consultancy

Three former Managem men have joined forces to set up their own mining advisory firm. [...]

MOROCCO Diplomacy 25/10/2018

Bourita opens the way to Nareva and Managem

South Sudanese foreign minister Nhial Deng Nhial's visit to Rabat, [...]

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MOROCCO Politics 11/01/2018

Dakhla desalination plant attracts industry big boys

Agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch's "Moroccan Sahara" showpiece project, the wind-powered desalination project, which will provide irrigation for 5,000 hectares of agricultural land in the Dakhla Oued-Eddahab region, is attracting the leading national and international groups in the field. [...]

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Laftit’s empty promise to the "Hirak"

Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit was unwise when he promised in Al Hoceima on June 12 that a new water desalination [...]

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MOROCCO Business 17/12/2015

"M6" set to become electricity magnate

The award of the contract for realization of the "integrated wind power programme" of national electricity and water office ONEE to a consortium headed by Nareva is going to make Mohammed VI ("M6") the kingdom's biggest electricity producer. [...]

MOROCCO Business 04/10/2012

How ACWA won Ouarzazate deal Free

Many are wondering how the Saudi-Spanish ACWA-Aries-TSK consortium, which won the contract to build the first part of the Ouarzazate [...]

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Masen boss Bakkoury makes do with Toronto video call after missing out on COP26

Engie deploys Sebastien Arbola to resume talks with Nareva

Cegelec to connect Western Sahara's Laâyoune to extra-high voltage grid

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Masen boss Bakkoury does a disappearing act, Nareva spies opportunity

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Masen's new solar power projects fail to attract developers

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Masen comes to the rescue of Carteron's Dakhla summit meeting

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SICPA-De La Rue battle embarrasses Benchaaboun

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SGTM looks to expand in Africa as it struggles at home

The ONEE stops fuel-based power units in Mohammedia

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Brasseries du Maroc-Castel buys bottle-maker SEVAM from Al Mada

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