Aguila Saleh in Rabat July 26 2020

Metacon chooses Morocco for major wind power-to-hydrogen pilot plant

Swedish-based Metacon has been awarded a $ 2 million contract to supply a 1 MW pressurized alkaline electrolysis plant to a major renewable energy company in Morocco, one of Africa’s largest wind power investors. The project involves delivering a turn-key, containerized electrolysis system powered by wind turbines to produce green hydrogen off-grid. This pilot plant […]

West, Central Africa in internet outage after undersea cable failure

Millions of internet users in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso were frustrated after an outage that was blamed on undersea cables failures. The African subsea cable operator Seacom confirmed that services on its west African cable system were down and that customers who relied on that cable were being redirected to the […]

Spain & Morocco, an enduring partnership cemented by close economic ties

King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Dona Letizia arrived this Wednesday in Rabat on a two-day official visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. The Spanish guests were welcomed at the airport by the Moroccan Sovereign, who was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, Prince Moulay Rachid and princesses Lalla […]