Morocco
Bakkoury's Noor PV II solar project fails to electrify candidates

Morocco
Green of Africa seeks funding for Dakhla wind farm

The renewable energy company owned by Aziz Akhannouch and Othman Benjelloun is set to court the banks as it looks to finance its Western Sahara project.

Morocco
RMA Capital International changes chairman

The resignation of the Moroccan company's chairman Zouheir Bensaid in February has prompted its owner, RMA, to replace him in a number of positions he held in its top management.

Morocco
Benjelloun heir buries army drone project

As banking magnate Othman Benjelloun settles his estate succession plan, his son Kamal Benjelloun discreetly liquidated a firm through which he was developing a surveillance drone for civilian and military use.

The New Guard
Kenya, South Africa, Congo, Guinea, Morocco

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

KenyaSolomon Kuria, the link between Kenyatta and Odinga.

South AfricaNonceba Mhlauli, President Ramaphosa's youth champion

CongoSteven Moussala, Prime Minister Anatole Makosso's Franco-Congolese sherpa

GuineaMohamed Lamine Solano, Conakry's voice in Washington.

MoroccoOmar Chraibi, the man behind Voltalia's solar victory.

Morocco
Philip Jenkins and AMEA's GreenPower set to supply Tangier

A 30MW photovoltaic power plant that will soon supply the northern city is the work of Philip Jenkins, an American friend of Mohamed el-Alaoui, King Mohammed VI's chamberlain. But the project's technical, legal and financial aspects were handled by Emirati firm AMEA Power.

Morocco
A year into sluggish probe, Masen still in the pitlane

Aziz Akhannouch's government has yet to jump start the state's sustainable energy agency, even though it's leading some of the kingdom's biggest renewable projects.

Burkina Faso
AMEA and Sinohydro bring forgotten Zina solar plant back to life

Having already bought a 90% stake in the project from its original developer Cose banada's Windiga, UAE-based AMEA Power has awarded the construction of this 26.6MW solar power plant to China's Sinohydro, which has taken over from France's Bouygues.

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

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.

Morocco
Troubled Noor PV II solar project lands on new PM's desk

The 400-MW solar farm project, backed by the Masen sustainable energy agency, is at the heart of a muted row between the agency and the energy ministry. The situation will have to be resolved quickly by the new prime minister Aziz Akhannouch, who is himself involved via his company Green of Africa.

Morocco
EDF's Noor Midelt solar plant still shrouded in clouds

The ONEE has still not signed the power purchase agreements needed to launch the vast solar power park that EDF Renouvelables has been hired to build for Morocco's sustainable energy agency Masen. Several executives of the French group in charge of the file recently left the firm.

Morocco
Bidders not lighting up over Masen's 400 MW photovoltaic power stations

After the costly concentrated solar power station in Ouarzazate, which led to a legal investigation into CEO Mustapha Bakkoury, the Masen solar power agency has moved onto photovoltaic solar panels. But candidates for Noor PV II are not convinced.