Spotlight | Morocco
$1.6bn Franco-Spanish battle to supply Moroccan trains

Morocco
Hyundai Rotem and national railway operator seal deal

After winning a tender in February, the CEO of the South Korean railway equipment construction group went to Rabat at the end of October to officialise the launch of the partnership with the Office National des Chemins de Fer.

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Banque Centrale Populaire aims to develop microcredit business in Senegal

The Senegalese subsidiary of Moroccan microfinance group AMIFA is set to join microcredit platform Sunu Nafa,

Morocco
ONCF postpones tender for 168 new trains

Morocco's state-owned ONCF rail company has pushed back the submission deadline for the megaproject until July. France's Alstom and Spain's CAF and Talgo are all in the running, and the Spanish firms stand to gain from the delay.

Morocco
Football federation steps up 2030 World Cup preparations

The Moroccan football federation is getting into the swing of preparations for the 2030 World Cup, and has launched a first tender call to upgrade its training grounds.

Morocco
Alstom hopes new production plan will help it bag train contract

The French group, which is battling Spanish rivals for a contract for 168 new trains for Morocco's ONCF national rail company, hopes its plans to create local employment will help it triumph.

Morocco
As time goes by... Alstom trams stuck in Casablanca port

The French group and Casa Transport are at loggerheads over the delivery of the last batch of trams for the city's expanding public transport system, leaving the trainsets stuck in the port.

Morocco
Swiss firm Bulk Trading to supply Mohammedia power station

Swiss firm Bulk Trading has bagged a €16.7m contract to supply and deliver steam coal to Morocco's Mohammedia power station.

Morocco
Bruno Le Maire exploits diplomatic thaw to talk business in Rabat

French economy minister Bruno Le Maire is due to take part in April's Morocco-France 2024 Business Forum organised by Medef International and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises.

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.

Spotlight | Morocco
French giants shiver as Rabat-Paris relations remain icy

French companies such as Veolia, Alstom and BNP Paris are struggling in Morocco against a backdrop of diplomatic tensions and have been forced to cut back their activities.