Office Cherifien des Phosphates

Morocco
Morocco-France forum to host hundreds of business leaders

As bilateral relations continue to improve, the France-Morocco business forum scheduled for 26 April in Rabat will be punctuated by signs of goodwill.

Morocco
Rabat welcomes Brazilian agricultural firms with open arms

Brazil will officially attend Morocco's SIAM agricultural fair, thus confirming its heightened interest in a market that it began exporting cattle to last year.

The New Guard
Madagascar, Morocco, Tanzania

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Madagascar Ketakandriana Rafitoson targets transparency

Morocco Ali Moutaïb, spin doctor on the up and up

Tanzania Geophrey Tenganamba, agriculture 2.0

Morocco, Niger
Niger's ambassador pulls out all the stops with Moroccan businesses

Following Morocco's proposal of an economic partnership with the Sahel countries, Niamey is jumping on the opportunity to revive projects ex-President Mohamed Bazoum had started.

Morocco
OCP uses Mohammed VI Polytechnic University as bridgehead in North America

The university, which has the financial backing of OCP, is honing its development plans in Canada and the US, where the phosphates giant is trying to make a comeback.

Morocco
Peter A. Gish, Acciona's trailblazer in Morocco

The US businessman, who returned to the kingdom in 2022, is behind the ORNX Boujdour green hydrogen platform project, launched in partnership with a subsidiary of a Spanish energy and infrastructure conglomerate.

Morocco
State consolidates its presence at Masen Capital

Masen Capital, a subsidiary owned outright by Masen, the Moroccan renewable energy agency headed by Mustapha Bakkoury, has appointed a new director.

Morocco
OCP awards €30m power station contract to China's Sepco

A pioneer among Chinese companies in Morocco, where it has been present since 2013, the Shandong Electric Power Construction Corp has won a key project at the Jorf Lasfar industrial site.

Morocco
Nicolas Sarkozy to visit Rabat on book tour

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is to visit Morocco in mid-December to promote his latest book, Le Temps des combats (The Time of Battles).

Morocco
OCP Africa's musical chairs

After running Moroccan phosphate giant OCP Africa's West Africa office in Abidjan, Mohamed Hettiti took over its East Africa branch, based in Addis Ababa, in September. He swaps places with Youssef Lahmiti.

DRC
Law firm Gauvin & Raji to set up shop in Kinshasa

The banking regulations specialist is to open an office in the DRC to assist a Canadian mining equipment firm in establishing itself in the country.