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Morocco
Cegelec to connect Western Sahara's Laâyoune to extra-high voltage grid

The national electricity board has commissioned Cegelec, a subsidiary of French group Vinci, to connect Laâyoune in Western Sahara to the national grid. This line will be used to offload electricity from the Sahrawi power plants of Mohammed VI's company Nareva. [...]

Published on 24/02/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Shortly before becoming prime minister, Aziz Akhannouch launched a major wind power project in Dakhla, Western Sahara. To create this 200MW wind farm, his company Green of Africa, co-owned with the banker Othman Benjelloun, has embarked on an ambitious project with Belgian-Dutch company Windvision.

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Suez tasks former French rail chief with troubleshooting its ailing Casablanca utility

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Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

The French construction giant and bidder for a contract to build the Dakhla Atlantique port will join a delegation of elected French officials planning to visit the Western Sahara city in June.

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CMS gets set for king's vast Boujdour wind farm

The construction and engineering firm will help build a huge array of turbines in Western Sahara owned by royal holding company Al Mada. Since its acquisition by the king's former steward, Zouhair Fassi Fehri, CMS's turnover has increased fortyfold.

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Masen's big solar farm programme risks blowing a fuse

Renewable energy agency Masen, which plans to use private investment to develop a number of PV power stations, is having to deal with ill will on the part of national electricity utility ONEE at a time when its chairman Mustapha Bakkoury is out of favour politically.

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Morocco
Laâyoune looks for more consultants to oversee its €4.6bn regional development programme

The Laâyoune region is looking for more consultants to help it speed up work on the government's development plans for the Sahrawi regions. The practice is commonly used by regional presidents as they strive to meet the objectives of the major works strategy pursued by the Moroccan government in the disputed territory.

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Morocco
Masen boss Bakkoury does a disappearing act, Nareva spies opportunity

Mustapha Bakkoury, the head of sustainable energy agency Masen, has faded into the background after Mohammed VI's fury at the soaring cost of its huge solar energy sites.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.02.2021

Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

Electrical work in Abidjan's Mohammed VI mosque will be completed by Electomar. The change of contractor comes several weeks after the building was supposed to have been finished.

Subscribers only Business 03.02.2021

Morocco
Lamalif drops African urban projects, moves into luxury housing in Marrakesh

Moulay Lakbir Alaoui Ismaili's street lighting and street furniture specialist Lamalif will build four luxury estates in one of Marrakesh's most affluent neighbourhoods.

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Africa
Pretoria still opposed to fellow AU member Rabat's stance on Western Sahara

Even as support for the Polisario Front on the continent dwindles, there is still a small group of SADC countries that have taken Algeria's position against Morocco's presence in Western Sahara.

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Foreign ministry gives Rahal Boulgoute's real estate expansion a discreet helping hand

The ministry helped Rahal Boulgoute win construction contracts in Gambia and Guinea Bissau. Now the businessman wants to build a luxury diplomatic quarter in Rabat.

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Morocco
Western Sahara: Masen to build Noor solar farm near El Argoub, Dakhla

Morocco's sustainable energy agency Masen is gradually clarifying details of its solar power plant project in Dakhla, Western Sahara, which will be part of its Noor programme.

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Sinohydro to build Kénié power plant for Eranove

The French electricity producer Eranove may not have yet closed the finances for its Kénié hydropower project but has already locked in the site constructor, Chinese dam engineering giant Sinohydro.

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Ali Fassi-Fihri takes on Al Mada electricity brief

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RTE and Fichtner to design southern electricity network

Germany's Fichtner and France's RTE Internatonal, a subsidiary of French [...]

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Morocco
Cegelec to connect Western Sahara's Laâyoune to extra-high voltage grid

Morocco
In Dakhla, Akhannouch, Benjelloun and Windvision are powering a secret wind turbine project

Morocco
Suez tasks former French rail chief with troubleshooting its ailing Casablanca utility

Morocco
Eiffage embarks for Dakhla alongside French political delegation

Morocco
CMS gets set for king's vast Boujdour wind farm

Morocco
Masen's big solar farm programme risks blowing a fuse

Morocco
Laâyoune looks for more consultants to oversee its €4.6bn regional development programme

Morocco
Masen boss Bakkoury does a disappearing act, Nareva spies opportunity

Morocco
Rabat rushes to finish Mohammed VI mosque in Abidjan

Morocco
Lamalif drops African urban projects, moves into luxury housing in Marrakesh

Africa
Pretoria still opposed to fellow AU member Rabat's stance on Western Sahara

Morocco
Foreign ministry gives Rahal Boulgoute's real estate expansion a discreet helping hand

Morocco
Western Sahara: Masen to build Noor solar farm near El Argoub, Dakhla

Mali
Sinohydro to build Kénié power plant for Eranove

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Ali Fassi-Fihri takes on Al Mada electricity brief

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RTE and Fichtner to design southern electricity network