Morocco
Mohammed VI treats himself to Al-Saud's palatial estate a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower

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Emmanuel Macron, Tidjane Thiam, Mohammed VI

Intrigues big and small... Every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

France/Cameroon Emmanuel Macron's agenda in Yaoundé

Ivory Coast Ex-banker Tidjane Thiam soon in Abidjan

Morocco/France Mohammed VI and Macron fail to meet

Morocco
South Africa's Sanlam teams up with IRG Real Estate to launch its own property firm

Sanlam Pan Africa is entering the real estate investment market alongside one of the Moroccan specialists in this sector, which has been expanding rapidly in the Kingdom over the past two years.

Morocco
Princess Lalla Asmae cedes Sicopa cannery to longtime associate Rachid Fahmane

King Mohammed VI's younger sister has ceded her shares in the Sicopa cannery to the businessman close to the royal family. Fahmane remains in partnership with the princess in the Atlas Agrumes agricultural company.

Morocco
Parisian ventures mark Moulay M'hamed Elalamy's transformation of Saham Group

The son of industry minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy has set up a real estate company in Paris and is exerting his influence on the family group by restructuring its management and Saham's activities.

Morocco
Princess Lalla Asmae soon to be queen of private universities thanks to Yamed Capital

King Mohammed VI's sister has injected 207m dirhams into Yamed Education 01, a company that invests in the high-potential market of university campuses and student accommodation.

Morocco
Akhannouch generation 2.0 joins family business

The daughters of Morocco's agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch have in recent months embarked on a range of e-commerce ventures, a move that will also boost their parents' businesses.

Morocco
Anis El Youssoufi: from central bank majordomo to princess's Paris property dealer

Princess Lalla Hasna aimed high when choosing who would manage her real estate transactions in Paris: she turned first to central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri, then his director of international relations Anis El Youssoufi.

Morocco
How Yamed got its hands on Casablanca's most sought-after building site

The Les Arènes site, where Yamed and princesses Lalla Asmae and Lalla Hasna plan to build a Hilton hotel, was sold to them at an advantageous price by Crédit du Maroc, even though the bank had long planned to build a major complex there itself in Casablanca's most expensive district.

Morocco
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 [...]

Morocco
Lalla Meryem switches her money from sand to property

Mohammed VI's sister, Lalla Meryem, is reorganizing her investment portfolio. According to our sources, her holding company, Unihold, has sold [...]

Spotlight | Morocco
Prince Rachid and Adil Rtabi expand into industrial zones

Moulay Rachid, who like the rest of the royal family has extensive property interests, is planning to go into the development of industrial zones. He will do so with a more than solid partner in the form of Mohamed Adil [.

Simon Porte Jacquemus tightens ties with rap world

Young French designer Simon Porte Jacquemus's success set him up to acquire a rap star's duplex in Paris. Now he has opened a temporary shop on the French capital's Avenue Montaigne.

No more lifeline in Riyadh for King Saud bin Abdulaziz's son in London court case

Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz al-Saud owes money to Kuwaiti telecommunications company Zain. His case is being ruled in London despite his attemps to avoid it. In Riyadh, he has been pushed to the sidelines.