Mocal News is published by the Morocco California Alliance. Weekly analysis of housing, urbanization, and the capital shifts reshaping the Kingdom.
For seventy years, a few dozen families from the old city of Fes ran Morocco's banks, businesses, and ministries. English, the internet, and $13 billion a year in diaspora remittances are ending their grip.
Adam Chraibi
12 min read · Founder, MoCal Alliance
Prefecture, 2024 census (+20% since 2010)
All-time record, +33% on 2024 (AIVAM)
Up from 52.6% in 2000
MAD 122B in diaspora inflows, over 8% of GDP
Active Airbnbs in Marrakech (27% of national supply)
Max permissible hike per 3 yrs (Law 67-12)
Long-form reporting across five topic areas, tracking the structural forces that reshape a country.
How Morocco's cities are absorbing a rural exodus the infrastructure was never designed for.
The interplay between Law 67-12, short-term rentals, and the disappearance of long-term housing.
Remittance flows, FDI, and the outsized role of the diaspora in shaping Moroccan real estate.
Roads, rail, BRT: the visible gap between demographic demand and public investment.
Fertility, migration, and the generational turnover of the Kingdom.
Mocal News is published by the Morocco California Alliance, a bridge organization connecting California's technology sector with Morocco's growing talent pool. The writing here is a byproduct of that work.
No syndicated takes, no press release rewrites. Just primary data, on-the-ground context, and patient analysis.
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