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Mohammed VI

Morocco
Maroc Télécom places Taoufik Daidai at helm of MT Cash

Maroc Télécom is firing on all cylinders to get its mobile payment activity off the ground. As Africa Intelligence understands, [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.06.2020

Morocco
Sunk by royal command in Rabat marina, Boulgoute bobs back to surface with new office complex

The head of Marita Group is putting up a large commercial building in Rabat's poshest district.

Subscribers only Business 04.06.2020

Morocco
Construction federation to launch public works college

FNBTP, Morocco's national building and public works federation, wants to train the country's future construction professionals. On 21 May it decided to set up its own educational body.

Subscribers only Business 04.06.2020

In Focus | Morocco
Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Faced with the worst economic crisis of his reign, the king plans to refinance his private holding company Al Mada via a $500m bond issue. The main subscriber is likely to be mutual smallholders' insurance group MAMDA-MCMA, which has already got him out of difficulty on several occasions in the past.

Subscribers only Business 01.06.2020

Morocco
Royal Business: From La Mamounia to Western Saharan wind farms, CMS becomes Mohammed VI's favourite construction firm

Controlled by Mohammed VI's former 'steward' Zouhair Fassi Fehri, Construction Management Services keeps bagging plum contracts, from renovating the opulent La Mamounia hotel in Marrakesh, to building Nareva's wind farm in Boujdour.

Subscribers only Business 29.05.2020

Marrakesh's legendary luxury hotel La Mamounia.

Morocco
Lobbying: Rabat re-opens channel to US Democrats via Glover Park

Mohammed VI wants to keep all doors to the United States open in the runup to November's presidential election.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.05.2020

Morocco
Fintech: Maroc Télécom struggles as mobile money boss disembarks and new app flops

The national operator Maroc Télécom has just sacked Mehdi Housni, chief executive of its specialist subsidiary MT Cash, just as the country's late mobile money roll-out is hampering its response to the coronavirus crisis being led by Mohammed VI.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 13.05.2020

Morocco
Lamalif wins another contract to light up Rabat

Lamalif is doing very nicely indeed from Rabat streetlighting contracts.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 06.05.2020

Morocco
With Gulf funding, Khalid Aït Taleb resumes construction of Rabat university hospital

The health minister is quietly restarting a vast project to rebuild the capital's Ibn Sina hospital, but finance might turn out to be trickier than planned.

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2020

Morocco
Billboard queen Nabila Freidji mends her nets in Dakhla

Prominent in the world of urban advertising, the businesswoman is now seeking a new partner in her lesser-known Western Sahara firm FRED Fisheries to replace adman Saïd Bennani Karim.

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2020

Nabila Freidji is seeking new partner in her firm FRED Fisheries.

Morocco
Covid-19: Mohammed VI breaks with African Union, wants others to join him

Against a backdrop of an old rivalry with South Africa over Western Sahara, Rabat is snubbing the African Union's coordinated response to the pandemic and is set to work only with its west African allies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2020

Morocco
Coronavirus: Delta Holding's ethanol monopoly nearly cost the country dear

With the coronavirus epidemic still in full flow, Morocco's sole ethanol producer nearly suffered a complete production breakdown, causing a panic in the pharmaceutical sector.

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2020

Morocco
The ANP quietly restarts work on Lamhiriz's fishing port

On March 28, the National Ports Agency (ANP) published a series of four tender calls for the completion of work [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.04.2020

Morocco
Mercure Industrie moves into the medical equipment business

It is what is called having a good nose for [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.04.2020

Morocco
Ex-Managem mining expert Ali Saquaque sets up in Conakry

Geologist Ali Saquaque is developing his business network in Africa. [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.04.2020

Morocco
Ex-Marjane man Mohamed Rais now works for Mahdi el Majidi

Mohamed Rais, who was until 2017 secretary general of the Marjane hypermarkets chain owned by royal holding company Al Mada, [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Morocco
Senhaji's arrival at Casa stock exchange augurs ill for Tawfiki

The replacement on March 19 of Casablanca stock exchange director Karim Hajji by Tarik Senhaji does not augur well for [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

Morocco
SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

At a time when major construction contracts are becoming increasingly [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.03.2020

In Focus | Africa
Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

Six months after leaving Lazard, Matthieu Pigasse is quietly working on the creation of a new boutique bank that will specialise in sovereign advisory and looking for his first state clients in Africa. He is also looking for new investments in the African entertainment sector, which is currently booming.

Subscribers only Business 23.03.2020

Morocco
Benchaâboun heads coronavirus fund

Finance minister Mohamed Benchaâboun is to take charge of the special fund for management of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) response [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.03.2020

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Mohammed VI

Morocco Maroc Télécom places Taoufik Daidai at helm of MT Cash

Morocco Sunk by royal command in Rabat marina, Boulgoute bobs back to surface with new office complex

Morocco Construction federation to launch public works college

In Focus | Morocco Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Morocco Royal Business: From La Mamounia to Western Saharan wind farms, CMS becomes Mohammed VI's favourite construction firm

Morocco Lobbying: Rabat re-opens channel to US Democrats via Glover Park

Morocco Fintech: Maroc Télécom struggles as mobile money boss disembarks and new app flops

Morocco Lamalif wins another contract to light up Rabat

Morocco With Gulf funding, Khalid Aït Taleb resumes construction of Rabat university hospital

Morocco Billboard queen Nabila Freidji mends her nets in Dakhla

Morocco Covid-19: Mohammed VI breaks with African Union, wants others to join him

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Morocco The ANP quietly restarts work on Lamhiriz's fishing port

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Morocco Ex-Marjane man Mohamed Rais now works for Mahdi el Majidi

Morocco Senhaji's arrival at Casa stock exchange augurs ill for Tawfiki

Morocco SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

In Focus | Africa Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

Morocco Benchaâboun heads coronavirus fund

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Morocco
Maroc Télécom places Taoufik Daidai at helm of MT Cash

Morocco
Sunk by royal command in Rabat marina, Boulgoute bobs back to surface with new office complex

Morocco
Construction federation to launch public works college

In Focus | Morocco
Mohammed VI to recapitalise his Al Mada holding company with funds from farmers' mutual insurance group

Morocco
Royal Business: From La Mamounia to Western Saharan wind farms, CMS becomes Mohammed VI's favourite construction firm

Morocco
Lobbying: Rabat re-opens channel to US Democrats via Glover Park

Morocco
Fintech: Maroc Télécom struggles as mobile money boss disembarks and new app flops

Morocco
Lamalif wins another contract to light up Rabat

Morocco
With Gulf funding, Khalid Aït Taleb resumes construction of Rabat university hospital

Morocco
Billboard queen Nabila Freidji mends her nets in Dakhla

Morocco
Covid-19: Mohammed VI breaks with African Union, wants others to join him

Morocco
Coronavirus: Delta Holding's ethanol monopoly nearly cost the country dear

Morocco
The ANP quietly restarts work on Lamhiriz's fishing port

Morocco
Mercure Industrie moves into the medical equipment business

Morocco
Ex-Managem mining expert Ali Saquaque sets up in Conakry

Morocco
Ex-Marjane man Mohamed Rais now works for Mahdi el Majidi

Morocco
Senhaji's arrival at Casa stock exchange augurs ill for Tawfiki

Morocco
SGTM wins contract to build Rabat's future "Cité des Métiers"

In Focus | Africa
Ex-Lazard banker Matthieu Pigasse reinvents himself in Africa

Morocco
Benchaâboun heads coronavirus fund