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An August 2026 decree authorizes Morocco's CDG to create a company with 10 million dirhams in capital to revive the stalled Ritz-Carlton project at Tamuda Bay, M'diq, following a long dispute with the Zenagui family.
WaFinkom • Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Businessman Moulay Hafid Elalamy raised his stake in French group Teleperformance to 12.5% via a 355 million euro financial swap arranged by Morgan Stanley, cementing his status as the first Moroccan to chair a CAC 40 company's board.
WaFinkom • Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Credit de Maroc signs a partnership agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to launch a risk-sharing mechanism that allows the expansion of farmer and micro-agricultural finance to AED 250 million.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Attijariwafa Bank announced on Monday in Casablanca that it has joined the Swift Payments Scheme, an initiative aimed at speeding up international transfers and boosting their transparency for customers.
WaFinkom • Monday, 7 September 2026
NARSA denies any blanket requirement to replace all Moroccan license plates before December 31, 2026, clarifying that only international-circulation plates face the deadline.
WaFinkom • Saturday, 5 September 2026
Three weeks after France's law banning unsolicited telemarketing calls took effect, Casablanca's call centers are recording their first concrete losses, including the closure of a Technopark center that left 50 employees jobless, while industry professionals estimate 10,000 jobs affected out of the sector's 150,000.
WaFinkom • Friday, 4 September 2026
Chinese group Gotion has set next October as the launch date for Africa's first battery gigafactory in Kénitra, a roughly $5.6 billion project expected to create thousands of jobs.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Marsa Maroc reported a 13% rise in consolidated revenue to 3.214 billion dirhams in H1 2026, as the port operator invests 3.4 billion dirhams in the new Nador West Med terminals.
WaFinkom • Monday, 31 August 2026
Royal Air Maroc receives a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 at Casablanca Airport, increasing the size of its fleet to 69 aircraft, as part of an ambitious development plan aimed at reaching 200 aircraft in 2037.
WaFinkom • Friday, 28 August 2026
Morocco's OCP Group, in partnership with the American CHS, is preparing to build a phosphate fertilizer plant in Louisiana with an investment of up to $450 million, the first unit of its kind to be built in America since 1984.
WaFinkom • Friday, 28 August 2026
TAQA Maroc, operator of the Jorf Lasfar thermal plant, announces a decline in its revenues by 5.4% during the first half of 2026, with a remarkable rise in investments and a decline in indebtedness.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 25 August 2026
The Exchange Office issues a new periodical that frames freehold companies, as part of a broader Moroccan path to promote compliance with international financial transparency standards.
WaFinkom • Friday, 21 August 2026
Royal Air Maroc receives a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 at Casablanca Airport, increasing the size of its fleet to 69 aircraft, as part of an ambitious development plan aimed at reaching 200 aircraft in 2037.
WaFinkom • Friday, 28 August 2026
Marsa Maroc reported a 13% rise in consolidated revenue to 3.214 billion dirhams in H1 2026, as the port operator invests 3.4 billion dirhams in the new Nador West Med terminals.
WaFinkom • Monday, 31 August 2026
TAQA Maroc, operator of the Jorf Lasfar thermal plant, announces a decline in its revenues by 5.4% during the first half of 2026, with a remarkable rise in investments and a decline in indebtedness.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Chinese group Gotion has set next October as the launch date for Africa's first battery gigafactory in Kénitra, a roughly $5.6 billion project expected to create thousands of jobs.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Attijariwafa Bank announced on Monday in Casablanca that it has joined the Swift Payments Scheme, an initiative aimed at speeding up international transfers and boosting their transparency for customers.
WaFinkom • Monday, 7 September 2026
An August 2026 decree authorizes Morocco's CDG to create a company with 10 million dirhams in capital to revive the stalled Ritz-Carlton project at Tamuda Bay, M'diq, following a long dispute with the Zenagui family.
WaFinkom • Wednesday, 9 September 2026
