OCP is taking a new step in the United States. Its North American subsidiary is preparing a phosphate fertilizer plant in Louisiana with agricultural giant CHS, for an investment that could reach $450 million and a capacity of more than one million tonnes per year.
Chinese group Boway Alloy confirms the transfer to Nador of an industrial project initially planned for Ningbo. The electronic materials factory, intended in particular for the European and American markets, represents an investment of approximately $150 million.
In 2025, Morocco attracted more than twice as much foreign direct investment as Algeria. Inflows reached approximately $3.3 billion in Morocco, compared with approximately $1.5 billion in Algeria, according to UNCTAD data.
Chinese company Sanlian Forging is outlining its European setup: a factory in Tangier to cut transportation time from 45 days to 3 or 4 days, and a sales presence in Frankfurt to move closer to its customers directly.
Less than a week after obtaining its mining license in Morocco, the TitanBeach project in Tan-Tan is picking up pace. A new company has been established and an agreement signed with a multinational public group, notably to prepare a pilot plant.
The Guizhou Tyre project in Tangier is entering a much more concrete phase. A new tender reveals the scale of the future Chinese factory : more than 20 hectares, 19 buildings in the first phase and an initial capacity of 6 million tyres a year.
Morocco is expanding its motorways, stadiums, factories and major projects as 2030 approaches. But behind this spectacular transformation lies a more difficult problem to solve: some young people still do not see this modernization translating into enough jobs.
The billions invested by the UAE in Morocco conceal a much broader strategy. A new report shows how Rabat and Abu Dhabi are gradually building an economic axis linking the Gulf, Europe and, above all, Africa .
Morocco continues to be driven by a powerful investment cycle. But behind the major construction projects, the World Bank is identifying the first signs of a slowdown: in the first quarter of 2026, cement sales fell by 11 % year on year.
Morocco retains favorable access to international financial markets, but money borrowed abroad now costs the state more. The average cost of its external public debt has reached 3.9%, up 0.7 percentage points.
Since January, the Moroccan Embassy in Brussels has received around 250 Belgian-Moroccans seeking information about moving to, investing in or setting up a project in the Kingdom. Still a modest but revealing sign of a generational change.
Morocco’s economy recorded its strongest growth in nearly a decade in 2025. But behind the 4.9% GDP progression lies a significant gap: investment surged 16.3%, while household consumption increased by only 1.2 %.