The Casablanca-Settat region is stepping up efforts to improve access to drinking water in rural communities through a major infrastructure programme being implemented by the Société Régionale Multiservices (SRM) Casablanca-Settat in partnership with the regional authorities. The initiative forms part of Morocco’s......
British sports-car brand Lotus is preparing to officially enter the Moroccan automotive market after its first vehicles arrived at the Port of Casablanca, marking a key logistical step ahead of the company’s commercial launch in the Kingdom. The vehicles have gone through the necessary customs and logistics procedures before being prepared......
Moroccan pharmaceutical executive Lamia Tazi has moved up to 22nd place in Forbes Middle East’s 2026 ranking of the region’s Top Healthcare Leaders, strengthening her position among prominent figures in the Middle East and North Africa’s healthcare industry. Tazi, who serves as CEO of Sothema, advanced two places from her......
The Casablanca-based Observatoire Social has launched the African Social Progress Index (IAPS), a new framework intended to provide a broader reading of social progress across the continent while inviting African institutions and experts to help shape its development. Presented as an initiative designed “in Africa, for Africa,”......
Renewable energy is continuing to reshape the global electricity sector, with solar and wind power driving a rapid expansion of clean generation capacity. Yet the pace of deployment remains below what is required to meet the international objective of tripling renewable power capacity by 2030, putting greater pressure on governments and energy......
The Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences (EMSI) is taking cybersecurity training beyond the classroom with a large-scale crisis simulation involving 665 students across Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakech and Tangier from September 23 to 25. Developed in partnership with Paris-based cybersecurity school Cybersup, the three-day exercise is designed......
Five years after Morocco launched a sweeping transformation of its healthcare system and expanded mandatory health insurance coverage, the country is entering a decisive phase. The reform has significantly broadened the number of people registered with the Mandatory Health Insurance scheme (AMO) and brought major institutional changes. Yet......
At just 17, Abdellah Ouazane has experienced an unforgettable milestone after earning his first call-up to the Morocco senior national team. Yet the Ajax Amsterdam youngster initially believed he had been left out of Mohamed Ouahbi’s squad. When the Morocco coach announced his selection, Ouazane began looking through the midfielders’......
Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, are due to meet in New York this week as Madrid and Rabat continue discussions over the migration situation in Ceuta. The meeting, taking place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly's high-level week, comes after the......
As Morocco prepares to hold legislative elections on September 23, 2026, the legal framework governing the vote sets out significant criminal penalties for conduct capable of compromising electoral operations. The election of members of the Chamber of Representatives is scheduled for September 23, with the campaign period ending at midnight......
Morocco and Serbia are looking to broaden their partnership in the digital sector, with artificial intelligence, telecommunications infrastructure and cybersecurity emerging as key areas for future cooperation. The prospects were discussed during a meeting in Belgrade between Serbia’s Minister of Information and Telecommunications,......
Morocco’s Tanger Med port continues to strengthen its position as a major international shipping and logistics hub, maintaining its leading status among container ports in Africa and the Mediterranean despite changes in global trade patterns and growing geopolitical uncertainty. According to French newspaper La Tribune, Tanger Med ranked......
Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, has decided to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, maintaining a cautious monetary policy stance amid continued uncertainty over the economic outlook. The decision was taken during the central bank’s third quarterly monetary policy meeting of 2026, held in Rabat on Tuesday.......
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