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Spotlight | Morocco
Lamia Boutaleb struggles to defuse Southbridge affair

Secretary of State for Tourism Lamia Boutaleb has been trying for a week to defuse the "Southbridge affair", which was provoked by her ministry's award of a consultancy contract to fellow RNI party member Hassan Belkhayat, But it is proving [...]

Published on 07/09/2017 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abdallah Benmansour
Amine Tazi-Riffi
BCG
Bull Maroc
Corporate Software
Eco Medias
Editor's note september 7, 2017
Hassan Belkhayat
Laila Ouachi
Lamia Boutaleb
McKinsey
Mehdi Kettani
Moncef Belkhayat
National Tourism Confederation
OL Consulting
PJD
Rachid Talbi Alamai
Said Tahiri
Southbridge
Southbridge A&I
Yassine El Bahlouli
Yassir Zenagui

Morocco
SouthBridge A&I takes on lobbying role to bring AU's Centre for Disease Control to Morocco

Hassan Beklhayat's strategic consulting firm has no lobbying experience but has been hired to help Rabat convince Africa CDC to move its headquarters to Morocco. The firm may receive a hand from its partner, Lionel Zinzou and Donald Kaberuka's Southbridge Group.

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Herbert Smith, Rothschild and Intellidex paint post-Covid future to their clients

Consultancy firms are eager to demonstrate that they remain at the side of their clients in the African mining industry despite the coronavirus pandemic.

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Morocco
RNI favourite, Southbridge A&I, snatches new contract with tourism ministry

Hassan Belkhayat's consultancy Southbridge A&I, which had been keeping a low profile since the 2017 Southbridge affair, has won a 1.8m dirham contract to overhaul the Maison de l'Artisan. With trouble brewing in the RNI party, the award of a government contract to those close to the ruling party could cause further turmoil.

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Amine Tazi-Riffi
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Bull Maroc
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Editor's note september 7, 2017
Hassan Belkhayat
Laila Ouachi
Lamia Boutaleb
McKinsey
Mehdi Kettani
Moncef Belkhayat
National Tourism Confederation
OL Consulting
PJD
Rachid Talbi Alamai
Said Tahiri
Southbridge
Southbridge A&I
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