ONCF Rail Rehabilitation

The ONCF Rail Rehabilitation project sits at an early and opaque stage. Classified as Phase 1 of 5 under the Global Gateway transport pillar, no investment figure has been publicly disclosed by the EU, and searches of both the IATI Datastore and the EIB project database return no matching committed or disbursed amounts. There is, at this point, no independent financial confirmation that EU Global Gateway funds have been allocated or transferred to this specific project. That absence is a meaningful signal: without disbursement records, the project remains an announcement rather than an active intervention. The broader context, however, is one of genuine and accelerating Moroccan rail investment, driven largely by the country's co-hosting of the 2030 FIFA World Cup. African Business reported in December 2024 that Morocco's rail expansion programme had secured a $14 billion boost following World Cup confirmation, suggesting the overall investment environment is active and politically committed.