The Department of Equipment is continuing to strengthen the national motorway network. After the Casablanca-Rabat continental motorway and the Beni Mellal-Bipôle Fez-Meknes motorway connection project, the ministry is working on studies to define a high-level motorway axis between Tangier and Tetouan-Fnideq. This new infrastructure will strengthen the transport offer of the Tangier metropolis and adjacent cities and support the significant growth recorded in the project area… More

Africa is now proving to be a fertile ground for millionaires and billionaires from around the world. According to a recent report “Africa Wealth Report 2024” by Henley & Partners, total investable wealth in Africa currently stands at $2.5 trillion, while its millionaire population is expected to increase by 65% ​​over the next decade. Some countries stand out, and Morocco is one of them. The “big 5” African markets in terms of wealth are, in order, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and Morocco. They alone account for 56% of the continent’s millionaires and more than 90% of its billionaires. “Despite a difficult decade, South Africa remains the richest country with 37,400 millionaires, followed by Egypt with 15,600 millionaires. Morocco rises to 5th place with 6,800 millionaires” … More

News for the titanic project of the Gibraltar Strait tunnel, which is to connect Morocco and Spain. The Spanish government has commissioned the public engineering company Ineco to prepare a new preliminary design for the said tunnel. This document should be delivered by 2026. The final architecture and especially the final route of this major work will depend on its conclusions, indicates the magazine Challenge. “Ineco has been commissioned to update the preliminary design produced in 2007 by the companies Typsa (Spain), Ingema (Morocco), Lombardi (Switzerland) and Geodata (Italy). To achieve its mission, the engineering company will collect and analyze all the technical and economic data necessary for the implementation of the project,” we read… More

The government has set up a five-year plan 2024-2028 for the eradication of the remaining stock of slums, for the benefit of 120,000 households. The new approach of the “Cities without Slums” (VSB) program is based on a pilot experiment carried out at the level of the Skhirat-Témara municipality, involving the participation of the private sector. Thus, the resettlement model that has prevailed until now will give way to a “rehousing” approach targeting apartments qualified as social housing… More

L’âge moyen des emprunteurs s’établit à environ 39 ans. Concernant la répartition par sexe, les hommes représentent 64,75 % des emprunteurs, tandis que les femmes comptent pour 35,25 %. Le revenu moyen des demandeurs de prêts est d’environ 49.241,51 dirhams mensuels, tandis que le montant moyen de crédit immobilier sollicité se situe aux alentours de 893.853 dirhams. L’apport moyen en fonds propres pour les prêts est de 457.377 dirhams, avec environ 78,69 % des emprunteurs réalisant un apport en fonds propres, indiquant un engagement financier significatif de la part de la majorité des demandeurs. La durée moyenne sur laquelle les MRE choisissent d’emprunter est d’environ 17 ans … More