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Al Mada eyes Marrakech Airport privatisation

Marrakesh airport. © YOUSSEF BOUDLAL/Reuters

The Royal holding company Al Mada is looking to team with Vinci to manage the country's second airport. The Covid-19 pandemic may hasten the deal. [...]

Published on 28.10.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Al Mada
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Hicham Naciri
Mohamed Benchaaboun
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King Hicham Naciri's lawyer comes to the rescue of Autoroutes du Maroc against Finetis and the Majidi clan

The ICSID arbitration tribunal is due to settle a dispute between the state agency and Finetis, which operates the fibre optic network installed along motorways. The French group has close ties to the king's private secretary, Mounir al-Majidi, and his brother, the businessman Mahdi al-Majidi.

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Lawyer Hicham Naciri at the Casablanca stock exchange, 25 November 2015.

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Later this month the royal holding company will present glowing 2020 figures at a shareholders' annual general meeting, with unprecedented net profits and generous dividends.

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Minor league Rahhal Chriqi gains major construction favour with gendarmes and army

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Equity Conseil flies to airports authority's rescue on social networks

On December 16th, the Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) chose Equity Conseil to monitor and manage its online image.

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Upline and Attijari secretly structure Mohammed VI's investment fund

Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaâboun has secretly instructed his favourite investment banks, Upline Corporate Finance and Attijari Corporate Finance, to structure the €4bn Mohammed VI Investment Fund which aims to revive Morocco's economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Mohamed Benchaâboun, Moroccan Finance Minister.

Morocco
Benchaâboun concerned by financial turbulence at airports due to Covid-19

The minister of the economy, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and with plans to create an entity to manage the state's public holdings, is to launch a major audit to assess the technical and financial management of the kingdom's airports.

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

Mohammed VI recently purchased the impressive Parisian property that previously belonged to a Saudi royal family member.

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The new house of king Mohammed VI in Paris.

Morocco
Amid pandemic, Mounir El Majidi launches all-out assault on telecom business

The king's private secretary, who owns GSM Al-Maghrib, Maroc Télécom mobile services exclusive distributor, is gunning for the business services market. He has also taken control of Sahatel, a dealer for the royal operator Inwi.

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Mounir el-Majidi, the king's private secretary.

Morocco
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.

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Marrakesh's legendary luxury hotel La Mamounia.

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