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Casablanca’s major rail upgrade is moving ahead a year after King Mohammed VI launched the program on September 24, 2025. The 20-billion-dirham Greater Casablanca program forms part of Morocco’s national rail transformation plan for 2030, which carries a total investment of 96 billion dirhams, and aims to improve train services and ease travel across the […]
Morocco is entering a decisive turning point by placing the welfare state at the heart of its priorities, according to the Paris-based Jeune Afrique Magazine. Expectations now center on Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, national coordinator of the PAM, whom King Mohammed VI named head of government on 29 September. Her party puts the program’s extra […]
DHL Group has designated Morocco as a Geographic Tailwinds priority market, bolstering global supply chain networks across key European and African trade routes. The announcement, delivered at Tangier Logistics Days 2026, places Morocco within an exclusive selection of high-growth economies identified by DHL as major beneficiaries of structural realignments in global trade. Morocco’s strategic position […]
French Société Générale Group has agreed to sell its entire 60.22% stake in Société Générale Ghana, with Attijariwafa Bank taking 55.22% and the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) acquiring the remaining 5%, according to press reports. The deal, announced on October 1, is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions. Once completed, […]
Morocco increased its blueberry exports to Switzerland for the third consecutive marketing year. Between July 2025 and June 2026, Switzerland imported 655 tons of Moroccan blueberries valued at more than US$8.9 million, according to EastFruit news platform. Shipments increased 75 per cent compared with 2024/25 season, reaching a record for trade between the two countries. […]
Morocco’s state intends to speed up the processing of subsidy claims from carmakers and automotive suppliers, in a bid to smooth disbursements and sustain investment momentum, Le Matin daily reported. Driven for years by the Industrial Acceleration Plan, the sector has recorded sustained growth in exports and job creation, making the Kingdom Africa’s leading car […]
The post-election period opens a phase of trade-offs for Moroccan economic policy. Purchasing power, employment, investment, water, housing, social protection and competitiveness must be reconciled with budgetary margins and external balances as the 2027 Finance Bill nears. Bank Al-Maghrib held its policy rate at 2.25% on 22 September and forecasts average inflation of 0.7% in […]
Morocco’s automotive sector topped the country’s industrial exports in the first eight months this year at 116.14 billion dirhams. Exports of cars and parts increased 14.5% over the same period, while the automotive sector sales rose 21.5% to 23 billion dirhams. This helped offset a deepening trade deficit by 25% to 282 billion dirhams, triggered […]
Morocco actively encourages and facilitates foreign investment, particularly in export sectors such as manufacturing, and is implementing strategies aimed at boosting employment and attracting foreign investment, says a 2026 report issued by U.S. Department on investment climate in the Kingdom. There are huge investment opportunities offered in several industrial sectors including automotive, aeronautics, textiles, energy, […]
Marsa Maroc, Morocco’s major terminal operator, has strengthened its bulk handling operation with the deployment of the first Liebherr LPS 550 in Africa. The new rail-mounted Liebherr with electric drive that combines a 48-metre boom and a high-capacity bulk handling performance delivers the reach and precision required for vessel operations at the Port of Casablanca, […]