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Morocco received 18 million tourists during the first eleven months of 2025, a historic level that already surpasses the entire 2024 total with over 600,000 additional visitors, according to the Ministry of Tourism. This exceptional performance confirms sector momentum, representing 13.5 percent growth compared to the same period last year. The ministry emphasized that this […]
Morocco has positioned football at the center of its economic development strategy, preparing to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and co-organize the 2030 World Cup with Portugal and Spain. The kingdom’s sporting achievements include reaching World Cup semi-finals as the first African nation and capturing the under-20 world championship title. Geopolitics of sport […]
Algeria’s President Tebboune has sought to play down the dire financial and monetary conditions in the country as the currency plunged to a historic low, trading at 290 dinars per euro on the informal market. This collapse signals a deeper structural crisis in an economy crippled by hydrocarbon dependency, corruption, and chronic mismanagement. The dinar’s […]
Morocco reached a new milestone in its hydrogen strategy with March 2025 announcement of six green hydrogen projects in southern regions totaling 319 billion dirhams. Guelmim, Laayoune, and Dakhla emerge as new centres for energy transition now playing out at territorial scale. Five selected consortiums, including Emirati Taqa, Spanish Cepsa, and German Nordex partnered with […]
A new wave of family-owned businesses is reshaping Morocco’s financial landscape as they increasingly turn to the Casablanca Stock Exchange to secure growth and ensure succession. The latest example is SGTM, a heavyweight in Morocco’s construction sector, which is preparing a landmark initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for December 16, Jeune Afrique reported in a […]
OCP Green Energy recently commissioned the Oulad Farès photovoltaic plant in Khouribga, featuring 105 megawatt-peak capacity that makes it Morocco’s largest solar farm of this type currently operational. The facility powers the world’s largest phosphate mine while injecting green electricity into the national grid. The installation spans 168 hectares with thousands of solar panels converting […]
The new Moroccan fund regulation is expected to be credit neutral to Fitch-rated Moroccan Money Market Fund (MMF) ratings, the global ranting agency says in a press release. On 21 October 2025, Morocco’s Chamber of Representatives adopted Project/Law No. 03.25, a reform of the regulatory framework for collective investment undertakings in transferable securities (OPCVMs). The […]
Morocco, which is globally recognized as one of the top travel destinations, is currently ranked in the top ten across a number of international tourism listings for 2025-2026, says international “Travel & Tour World” magazine. The country’s tremendous heritage, rich culture and coastal tourism enable travellers to live and enjoy memorable tourist worldwide, adds the […]
Morocco has launched bids for the construction of a 1,000 km ultra-high-voltage alternating current line to transmit about 2 GW between Boujdour and Tensift, with applications due Jan. 15, 2026. In a press release, Morocco’s National Office for Electricity & Potable Water (ONEE) says the power line will connect the regions of Boujdour and Tensift, […]
Morocco secured election to the vice-presidency of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Council during the agency’s 179th conference in Rome on Monday. The kingdom will serve on the FAO Council, the organization’s 49-member executive body responsible for overseeing policy implementation and strategic direction, until 2029. This election confirms member states’ confidence in Morocco’s […]