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After years of drought-driven hardship, Morocco’s 2025-2026 agricultural season is showing meaningful signs of recovery, driven by the most generous winter rainfall the country has experienced in decades. From cereal crops to orchards, conditions across multiple production basins have improved significantly, offering farmers cautious grounds for optimism. According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, national […]
War in the Gulf raises the prospect of renewed imported inflation in Morocco, just days before Bank Al‑Maghrib (BAM) holds its first quarterly monetary policy meeting of 2026. The conflict, which shows no sign of easing, has rattled global markets and revived fears of an energy‑driven shock at a moment when Morocco had begun restoring […]
Mauritania and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed two financing agreements worth €116.6 million to strengthen the country’s health and energy sectors. The agreements were signed in Jeddah by Mauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Abdallah Ould Souleymane Ould Cheikh Sidia, and IsDB Vice-President for Operations, Rami Ahmed, in the presence of senior Mauritanian […]
Construction is well underway on what will become Morocco’s longest bridge — a sweeping 1.7-kilometer structure spanning the Sakia El Hamra riverbed in the southern city of Laâyoune. Part of the ambitious Tiznit-Dakhla expressway project and the broader Southern Provinces Development Model, the bridge represents a landmark investment in the region’s infrastructure and connectivity. Project […]
Morocco was the fourth‑largest African trade partner of the United States in 2025, with bilateral goods exchanges reaching $7.5 billion, even as Africa as a whole accounted for less than 1.5% of total US trade. Morocco’s exports to the United States totaled $1.96 billion, consisting mainly of fertilizers, semiconductors, textiles, agricultural products and vehicles, according […]
Morocco and the United Arab Emirates are accelerating a landmark energy and water partnership, with two of the region’s most powerful utility companies — Taqa Morocco and Nareva Holding — announcing a series of major joint ventures that could reshape the Kingdom’s infrastructure landscape. The collaboration, which also involves the ONEE national utility and the […]
Pan-African Netis group, which provides comprehensive telecom infrastructure services, has enhanced its presence in Morocco with majority stake acquisition in Netcom Technologies Morocco, specializing in enterprise systems and network engineering. This strategic acquisition will enable Netis to deploy high-value telecom, IT, security and critical infrastructure solutions across the African Continent, says a statement issued by […]
Morocco has rapidly transformed its economy into a manufacturing and export-driven powerhouse, particularly in consumer goods, says “African Exponent” news platform specializing in economy, trade and business. According to latest rankings released by “African Exponent”, Morocco takes top position in consumer goods exports in the Continent in 2025/2026. South Africa comes in the 2nd place […]
Discover Airlines, a German leisure airline company, has announced its decision to expand its Morocco offerings for the winter 2026/27 season by adding two new routes between the North African Kingdom and Germany. Starting end of October, the airline will operate new direct flights between Frankfurt and coastal city of Agadir and between Munich and […]
Thanks to its critical minerals and manufacturing growth, Morocco has become crucial to China, the European Union and the United States, says the Washington-based Heritage Foundation. The North African Kingdom controls 70% of the world’s phosphate reserves that are essential to produce fertilizers and lithium phosphate battery chemistries, underlines a research published by the American think-tank. Morocco, the only African nation with […]