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Mohammed VI moves into lucrative avocado business

With global demand exploding, the competition is getting tougher for Morocco's veteran avocado exporters. They will soon have to compete with the royal family.

Subscribers only Business 18.07.2024

World Cup 2030: Moroccan officials invited to US

The US ambassador in Rabat, Puneet Talwar, recently reached out to the teams of Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), and Mouad Hajji, the FRMF's general coordinator, in a bid to share experiences.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 16.07.2024

Amina Benkhadra, head of Morocco's Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, in Rabat, Morocco, on 15 September 2022. © Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu via AFP

Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

The head of Morocco's national oil company ONHYM, Amina Benkhadra, wants to encourage joint ventures with mining juniors in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Several Canadian groups have shown an interest.

Subscribers only Mining 15.07.2024

General view of Tanger Med on 6 June 2024. © Abdelhak Balhaki/Reuters

Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

The Moroccan consortium is expected to win the tender call, even though rival bidder Bouygues appears to have more technical expertise. The winner should be announced over the next few days.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.07.2024

French Egis-Systra duo still in running for Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line

French Egis teamed up with compatriot Systra and Moroccan Novec in the race against Spanish engineering giant Ineco to win the project management contract for the high-speed rail line connecting Kenitra and Marrakech.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.07.2024

Belgian electrolysis leader John Cockerill keen to develop hydrogen sector

Following its stalled project with Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch's company Maghreb Oxygène, the firm is still keen to be involved in the industrialisation of Morocco's green hydrogen sector.

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2024

Britain's Chariot group ready to start exploring again with new well

After allying with London-listed junior Energean to boost its exploration capacity, Chariot Oil & Gas is counting on a new well to boost its Anchois gas project off the northwestern Moroccan city of Larache.

Subscribers only Energy 03.07.2024

SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

After Canada tried to veto its Chinese industrial partner C-One in an anode plant in Morocco from becoming a shareholder, Benoît La Salle's industrial and mining group has decamped to Abu Dhabi in a bid to win over Middle Eastern sovereign funds.

Free access Mining 03.07.2024

Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Plans to connect Western Sahara and Morocco's economic capital with a high voltage electricity line have come to a standstill. Despite the extra time granted by ONEE, the eligibility conditions and timetable are still considered unrealistic by potential applicants.

Subscribers only Business 02.07.2024

A high voltage power line in Errachidia province, eastern Morocco.

Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Rabat and Lusaka are relaunching the Morocco-Zambia Business Council, created in 2017 to facilitate investment and trade between the two countries.

Subscribers only Business, Southern Africa and Islands 01.07.2024

Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows set for Moroccan launch

The fintech platform, which offers community lending, is at an advanced stage of negotiations.

Subscribers only Finance 28.06.2024

Attijariwafa Bank gears up for business summit

Ministers and industry leaders from across the continent are set to attend this week's International Africa Development Forum, organised by the bank of the royal holding company Al Mada.

Subscribers only Business 27.06.2024

Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

The kingdom is looking at a number of ways to diversify its gas imports. Time is running out as Morocco embarks on the construction of energy-intensive industrial infrastructure.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 26.06.2024

Leila Benali, Morocco's Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, in Munich, Germany, 18 February 2024.

Plethora of candidates for French African expats' National Assembly seat

No less than 19 hopefuls are competing to represent the 9th electoral constituency for French citizens living abroad in the French National Assembly. Voters in the Maghreb will play a determining role in the outcome.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.06.2024

Franco-Tunisian Karim Ben Cheikh, outgoing deputy for the ninth constituency for French citizens living abroad, on 4 April, 2024.

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Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

The French PM was due to visit Rabat in July to meet his Moroccan opposite number, but the trip was cancelled after the French president dissolved parliament and called snap elections. It also seems increasingly unlikely that the Algerian leader will travel to Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.06.2024

French president Emmanuel Macron (right) and France's prime minister Gabriel Attal.

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Morocco

Mohammed VI moves into lucrative avocado business

World Cup 2030: Moroccan officials invited to US

Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

French Egis-Systra duo still in running for Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line

Belgian electrolysis leader John Cockerill keen to develop hydrogen sector

Britain's Chariot group ready to start exploring again with new well

SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows set for Moroccan launch

Attijariwafa Bank gears up for business summit

Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

Plethora of candidates for French African expats' National Assembly seat

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Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

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Bombardier eyes fully home-made Moroccan aircraft

Marrakech pampers Quebec business delegation

Venture capitalist First Circle Capital seeks new business opportunities in Morocco

Unpaid suppliers lose patience with Chakib Alj

Belgium forks out €30m for regions hit by earthquake

Automaker Stellantis prepares to buy Al Mada's automotive subsidiary

Somagec bids for Casablanca shipyard operating concession with Turkey's Kuzey Star

ESL & Network restructures top of its Moroccan subsidiary

Banque Centrale Populaire aims to develop microcredit business in Senegal

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Morocco quietly continues cooperation with Israel despite tension over Gaza

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Mohammed VI moves into lucrative avocado business

World Cup 2030: Moroccan officials invited to US

Rabat moves to speed up exploration by foreign mining firms in Western Sahara

Somagec-SGTM firm favourite for Tanger Med roll-on/roll-off terminal extension

French Egis-Systra duo still in running for Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line

Belgian electrolysis leader John Cockerill keen to develop hydrogen sector

Britain's Chariot group ready to start exploring again with new well

SRG defies Ottawa and moves to Abu Dhabi to keep Chinese gigafactory partner

Dakhla-Casablanca power line project hits dead end

Rabat and Lusaka aim to relaunch bilateral trade

Egyptian fintech startup Money Fellows set for Moroccan launch

Attijariwafa Bank gears up for business summit

Rabat relaunches floating LNG terminal project

Plethora of candidates for French African expats' National Assembly seat

Spotlight Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

Spotlight Bombardier eyes fully home-made Moroccan aircraft

Marrakech pampers Quebec business delegation

Venture capitalist First Circle Capital seeks new business opportunities in Morocco

Unpaid suppliers lose patience with Chakib Alj

Belgium forks out €30m for regions hit by earthquake

Automaker Stellantis prepares to buy Al Mada's automotive subsidiary

Somagec bids for Casablanca shipyard operating concession with Turkey's Kuzey Star

ESL & Network restructures top of its Moroccan subsidiary

Banque Centrale Populaire aims to develop microcredit business in Senegal

Spotlight Morocco quietly continues cooperation with Israel despite tension over Gaza

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Dissolution of parliament disrupts Macron's North Africa agenda

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Bombardier eyes fully home-made Moroccan aircraft

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Morocco quietly continues cooperation with Israel despite tension over Gaza