The London-based private investment fund specialized in Africa, Helios Investment Partners, announces that it has acquired a majority stake in two data centers in Morocco, Maroc Datacenter (MDC) and in Kenya (IXAfrica).
The airline Air Algérie is active in the acquisition of new aircraft. This is to compete with Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the undisputed leader in Africa with its hub at Casablanca airport.
On the sidelines of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), a partnership agreement was signed between Gaia Energy, a Moroccan company specializing in the development of renewable energies in Africa and H2Pro, an Israeli startup based in Caesarea, 45 km north of Tel Aviv, to massively produce green hydrogen in the kingdom.
The Latvian airline AirBaltic now connects Marrakech to Riga (the capital of Latvia). This is its first line to Morocco and the African continent.
For the 9th consecutive year, Choiseul has established the Top 100 of the best young business leaders in Africa. And as one might expect, Morocco alone has 12 business leaders in this ranking.
The trophy of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar arrived in Morocco on Saturday for a two-day stopover, before flying to Tunisia, the last stage of its journey on the African continent.
Morocco’s intercity roads are among the fastest in the world. This is the result of the ranking by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which studied the average speeds in 162 countries.
The welcome of the Polisario leader Brahim Ghali at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) which ended this Sunday, August 28 in Tunis continues to provoke reactions. Moncef Marzouki, former Tunisian president, denounces the attitude of the current Tunisian leader Kaïs Saïed, and expresses his support for Morocco.
Three of the Moroccan banks (Attijariwafa Bank, Bank Of Africa, Banque Populaire) occupy a prime position in West Africa by holding a significant share of assets, far ahead of French banks.
Morocco wants to improve the use of fertilizer in agricultural production in Africa. In this sense, the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP) has decided to make a significant quantity of fertilizer available to many countries in order to support agricultural performance.
American actor and artist Dominic Fike, star of HBO’s Euphoria, is being criticized on social media for his "racist" and "orientalist" comments about Morocco and Africa.
The Moroccan teams dominated the recent African track cycling championship held from July 14 to 17, 2022 in Abuja, Nigeria, by successively winning several medals.