The son of Moroccan immigrants in Germany, Mohammadi Akhabach helped launch Lieferheld before building a group of several companies. Honoured in Marrakech last May, the entrepreneur is now announcing a move into Rabat to support German companies looking to invest in Morocco.
Applicants for tourist visas to France have avoided a new €50 tax. Introduced as part of the 2027 budget, the measure would have affected Moroccan travelers in particular. French MPs rejected it on Tuesday, November 3, after a debate over its cost and compliance with European rules.
In Chtouka Aït Baha, near Agadir, 24-year-old Zakaria Afkir has found a way to better irrigate the 10 hectares of cherry tomatoes grown by his family. Since summer 2025, a connection to desalinated seawater has transformed daily life on the farm.
Marrakech’s Mandarin Oriental has just entrusted Italian fashion house Missoni with decorating its pool area. The hotel charges 2,000 dirhams per adult for a day at the Pool Garden, including lunch.
Before Abderrahim Mansouri was killed by a police officer in Milan in January 2026, the man suspected of killing him had boasted about beating Moroccans. Messages recovered by investigators reveal his violent remarks, broken batons and troubling photographs.
Eleven years after selling its Moroccan subsidiary Maroc Élévation to Atlas Rental, French group Accès Industrie is now buying Atlas Rental from Loxam. It’s a striking turn of events in Morocco’s construction equipment rental sector.
Soumia and Amal had studied German before leaving Morocco to work in a bakery. Once they were behind the counter, the two young women discovered that their language classes had left them in for quite a surprise.
On Royal Air Maroc flights between Morocco and Europe, an extra 23 kg bag can cost 560 or 890 DH, depending on when it is purchased. Travellers can avoid the 330 DH difference by arranging it before departure.
In Suriname, Maisha Neus proposes drawing on Moroccan law to protect dual-nationality footballers living in the Netherlands. Yet President Jennifer Simons had categorically rejected the idea six months earlier, citing national sovereignty.
In Spain, 31-year-old Mohamed El Aoud Kriam has developed a device that lets people contact a driver without knowing their phone number. He arrived from Morocco at the age of three and came up with the idea after being stuck for nearly three hours in a parking lot in the Pyrenees.
A car stunt performed in the Moroccan desert for “Matchbox,” the action film starring John Cena, has entered the Guinness World Records. The organization has just revealed details of the feat, filmed in March 2025, in which a stunt driver smashed the previous world record.
Moroccan lemon exports to Russia are rising sharply in 2026, despite the rejection of several citrus shipments in the spring. Moscow has just released new figures showing that imports from the Kingdom increased sixfold in the first nine months of the year.