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- It will be the completed Expansion of 4 airports: Rabat, Casa, Tangiers and Agadir. We will double the capacity to receive passengers to 80 million passengers instead of 40 million currently, and of course with the improvement of services in terms of quality.

Morocco Seals Agreement to Invest 4.2 billion USD in Airport Infrastructure.​



The airport capacity in Rabat, Marrakech, Agadir, Tangier, and Fez will be expanded. 2.5 billion USD will be directed towards building a new runway and a huge terminal at the Casablanca Mohammed V Airport. With the investment of 38 billion MAD Morocco will be able to target a passenger capacity of 80 million by 2030, doubling the capacity.


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The kingdom of Morocco plans to Invest $8 Billion USD for 85% 5G Coverage by 2030.​


The ambitious project will begin implementation by the end of 2025, with several major cities receiving 5G coverage in the initial phase. This initiative forms part of the broader “Morocco Digital 2030” strategy, which aims to accelerate the country’s digital transformation.

“This investment is more than just about technology,” said Ghita Mezzour, Minister Delegate in charge of Digital Transition. “It’s about ensuring that every Moroccan—whether in Casablanca or in a remote mountain village—has the opportunity to thrive in a connected, knowledge-based economy.”


By 2030, Morocco is projected to see GDP growth of up to 1.5% directly attributable to 5G-related innovation, according to estimates by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
 

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Important achievements for 2026


-Hosting the AFCON in Morocco, where Morocco aims to deliver the best-ever AFCON with state-of-the-art stadiums, and excellent accommodation for the guest nations, and fans.

-Morocco will open a new deepwater Mediterranean port in 2026 in the city of Nador. Nador port will begin its operations with a capacity of approximately 5.5 million containers (Morocco's first LNG terminal with a floating storage will be installed in this port in the next years with a 1 billion USD investment).

- With the current growth of the tourism sector, it seems that Morocco is heading for between 22-24 million tourists in 2026. This will allow us to generate between 15-16 billion USD in revenues. (2-2.5 billion USD more in revenues compared to 2025).


-Morocco's OCP will start to produce 200,000 tons of green ammonia in 2026, after the OCP group gradually invests 7 billion USD in an ammonia plant using green hydrogen, produced from renewable fuel.



-Two defense industrial zones will be ready to host investors, and be fully operational by the end of 2026.







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An excellent introduction to the AFCON in Morocco, with 69,500 spectators in the capital Rabat.



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You got a good review analysis by Economics Explained (which I have been following a while now). Good job Morocco!

 

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Important achievements for 2026


-Hosting the AFCON in Morocco, where Morocco aims to deliver the best-ever AFCON with state-of-the-art stadiums, and excellent accommodation for the guest nations, and fans.


Morocco broke all the records ever recorded in AFCON history.


-An estimated 600,000 visitors who travelled to the country specifically for AFCON.

-The highest Attendance in matches of 1.3 million people.

- Morocco gives a whole new dimension to the Africa Cup of Nations with the most-watched AFCON in history, totaling 6.1 billion views.

-More than 150 global TV channels around the world have acquired the broadcasting rights for the Africa Cup of Nations 2025. An unprecedented global reach that confirms the international status of the tournament and the true value of the Moroccan organization.

-Morocco generated €1.5 billion in direct revenues.

-Minister of Industry and Trade Riadh Mezour: By organizing the Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco achieved an accomplishment equivalent to ten years of development in just 24 months, and we provided the Kingdom with infrastructure that will serve its citizens for the next fifty years.




 

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You got a good review analysis by Economics Explained (which I have been following a while now). Good job Morocco!



Morocco is a country that moves at two speeds in certain sectors and fields, but not collectively as a state and people. While the monarchy is steadily modernising, the political, social, and economic progress, we have certain lobbyists in Morocco that are hindering our development. That is why the Moroccan nation wishes the royal family to establish complete autocracy with the king as the ultimate ruler of the country. The constitutional reforms given by the King to the government during the arab spring in 2011 allowed certain lobbyists to gain power, increase corruption, and hinder development.

Morocco needs a complete political change and reforms in all sectors in Morocco if we want our country to flourish. We want our country to move at two speeds in all sectors.


There are certain points that I want to mention based on the analysis made in the video.

•He mentioned that Morocco is on par with South Africa when it comes to the total production of vehicles in the automotive industry. This is false. Morocco produced a little over one million vehicles in 2025, with a localisation rate of 70%, while South Africa produced close to 600 000 vehicles with a localisation rate of 40%.


•He mentioned that we are just producing "engine parts". He failed to mention that Morocco has produced civilian engines for over a decade, aswell as conducting MRO. In the automotive industry, Morocco produced several variants of different engines in Morocco, and in the aerospace industry, we will produce PW engines and 350 LEAP-1A engines annually. Safran chairman mentioned that "We produce with Morocco, not in Morocco". Morocco has entered the stage of not only producing minor parts of aerospace engines, but also assemblying them, and producing them locally.


•He mentioned " Morocco lacks design, engineers, and local companies. Morocco is ranked number 1 on the African mainland when it comes to the Global Innovation Index (GII), but we are still lacking the political willingness to create indigenous companies. I agree that we lack local companies and designs when it comes to High-Tech Manufacturing. However i have to highly disagree that we lack engineers, when we have a very competent workforce in place in our local industry ( not to mention that Morocco is graduating around 25 000 engineers annually).



•He mentioned that Morocco has moderate GDP numbers. I would argue that the GDP numbers are incredibly low. On paper, Morocco has a GDP of 196 billion USD in 2026. I'm personally not convinced, but I will leave it for you guys to draw your conclusions. Let me provide you with some facts 😁 😁


-Export of goods and services: 86 billion USD, and imports of goods and services: 107 billion USD.

-Third-highest minimum wage in Africa after seychelles, and Libya.

-Highest monthly average salary in Africa.

- Top 3 most cash relient country in the world, with the informal sector accounting for 30% of the total economy.

-The most developed and longest motorways reaching 3000km in 2030 (Morocco ranks as the 16th country with the best road network in terms of density and quality of connections)

-The only country in Africa with high-speed trains, and a high-speed line reaching 600km in 2030.

-Morocco will have 3 deep-water ports in 2030 with the launch of the Nador port, and Dakhla port having an initial TEU capacity of 18 million TEU annually by 2030. This is almost the total capacity of the whole African continent combined.

- Third placein Africa with the biggest government budget in Africa of 83 billion USD. ( First- South africa 140 billion USD, and Second-egypt 90 billion USD).

-Second in Africa with the biggest allocated budget for public investment of 380 billion dirhams or 42 billion USD. (Double the budget of Egypt-Nigeria at around 18-22 billion USD)
 

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New news in the last 6 months:


-Morocco recently announced plans to significantly boost the "localisation rate in its desalination sector. Target: Raise local content to 70% by 2030 as part of developing a full national seawater desalination industry. This includes manufacturing, engineering, and related technologies.




-Amal Elfallah, Minister of Digital Transition: "The objective of theMoroccanGovis to foster the emergence of 3000 startups, to give birth to unicorns and to ensure the training of 100,000 digital talents each year." The ministry plans a venture building offer of +70 million USD to support 800 startups from their earliest phases. A venture capital strategy aimed at catalysing 200 million USD is also planned to support the scaling of high-potential startups.


-Morocco’s Managem Group leads $750 million investment to boost gold production by 134% across 5 African countries by 2030.

-Morocco's medical device industry is accelerating to ensure the Kingdom's healthy autonomy. Morocco aims to double the production of medical devices to reach a volume of 180 million USD, and to cover 30% from local sources by 2030. Currently we are only reaching 15%..


-Morocco has the 3rd highest millionaire growth in Africa over the last decade: 1. Mauritius +63% 2. Rwanda +48% 3. Morocco +40%.

-Morocco is included in the list of countries with the strongest growth in R&D spending, with an annual growth rate of 8.1% and $2.2 billion in expenditures for 2024. This puts Morocco in the top 15 list in the world.

-Morocco launches a call for tenders for gold and silver exploration over an area larger than countries like Qatar and Lebanon. The Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development has unveiled a project for the exploration of precious metals through a call for tenders covering a large area of 13,000 square kilometers, The Ministry launched a broad public tender for the allocation of concessions within the Tafilalt and Figuig mining basin. The Ministry stated that this new approach aims to optimize the development of the region's significant mineral resources, particularly gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, barite.


-Nador Mediterranean Port will commence this later this year. A massive port-industrial project that enhances Morocco's position in global trade: 5 billion USD in investment with a capacity of 5.5 million TEU initially, and aims to reach 12 million TEU in the long term.

- The Moroccan company SCIF has presented the first prototype of the program to manufacture 350 freight wagons for ONCF, as part of a contract worth more than 50 million USD. This strategic project boasts a local integration rate of 56%, reflecting the growing prowess of Moroccan industrial expertise in the railway sector and the ambition to strengthen national industrial sovereignty.
 

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