Eco-Médias

Eco-Médias
Eco-Médias
Native name	ايكوميديا
Type	Société Anonyme
Industry	Media
Founded	1991; 35 years ago
Founder	Nassredine El Afrit; Marie-Thérèse Bourrut; Abdelmounaïm Dilami
Headquarters	Casablanca, Morocco
Key people	Marie-Thérèse Bourrut ; Abdelmounaïm Dilami
Total assets	capital MAD 50 million
Owner	Zouheir Bennani (70%)
Subsidiaries	Assabah; L'Économiste; Atlantic Radio
Website	ecomedias.ma

Eco-Médias (Arabic: ايكوميديا) is a Moroccan media company.

It controls two newspapers (Assabah, l'Economiste), one radio station (Atlantic Radio) and one journalism school (ESJC).

The main owner of Groupe Eco-Medias is businessman Zouheir Bennani.

He is the founder of supermarket company Label Vie, also known as Carrefour Maroc. He is also the founder of real estate company Aradei Capital.

Subsidiaries

Assabah (Arabic-language daily, printed 86,907 copies/day in 2012)
L'Économiste (French-language economic news daily, printed 24,053 copies/day in 2012)
L'Economiste (French-language monthly business magazine)
Atlantic radio, (French-language music and business news radio)
Ecole Supérieur de Journalisme et de Communication, the leading journalism school in Morocco
Eco-print, company that prints their publications

Key people

Abdelmounaim Dilami, President and Director General
Khalid Belyazid, Director General
Marie-Thérèse Bourrut (French citizen and wife of Abdelmounaim Dilami. She writes under the pen-name Nadia Salah), Director of publication

Ownership

As of 2009:

Marie-Thérèse BOURRUT 31.3%
Abdelmounaïm DILAMI 29.2%
Khalid BELYAZID 3.5%
AIXOR (holding company owned by Jean Luc Martinet, the national delegate for the right-wing French party UMP) 10.3%
SUNERGIA (Nader MAWLAWI, Lebanese businessman) 10.3%
GLOBAL COMMUNICATION (subsidiary of SNI 10.3%
SOPAR (Kettani family) 7.5%

After the death of Hassan II the couple Bourrut-Dilami increased their share in the company, controlling today the majority stake. Additionally the company saw the entrance of French national Martinet in the capital despite a ban on foreign ownership in the media in the Moroccan law. In 1996 the ownership was:

Marie-Thérèse BOURRUT (a.k.a. Nadia Salah) 15%
Abdelmounaïm DILAMI 9.5%
Khalid BELYAZID 3.5%
Nassredine EL AFRIT (Tunisian national) 7.5%
Moulay Abdelhafid EL ALAMY (president of the Holding Saham and Minister of Industry since 2013) 9.5%
Abderrahmane SAAÏDI (Minister of privatisation at the time) 9.1%
Global Communication 9.5%
Sopar 7.5%.
Afriquia (subsidiary of Aziz Akhannouch's Akwa) 5%
Kat (OUAZZANI family and Kamil Ouazzani, importer of Alcoholic beverages and liqueur) 9.5%
Sunergia 9.5%
Attijari Capital Risque (subsidiary of Banque Commerciale du Maroc which merged with Wafa to form Attijariwafa bank in 2003) 7.5%

Recently

In 2020, businessman Zouheir Bennani and his associate Nader Mawlawi purchased 70% of Groupe Eco-Media. Bennani is one of the most famous businessman in Morocco. He is known as the founder of supermarket company Label Vie-Carrefour Maroc.

References

1 2 "Chiffres – OJD Maroc – OJD". OJD.ma. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
1 2 "High-End Monthly Launched in Morocco". The Arab Press Network. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
1 2 3 "Groupe ECO-MEDIAS". Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Mariage français en vue pour Eco-Medias ?". Maghreb Confidentiel. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "PROJET DE CAHIER DES CHARGES SERVICE RADIOPHONIQUE RADIO ATLANTIC" (PDF). Haca. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Actionnariat d'Ecomédias". Ecomedias. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ Khalil Hachimi Idrissi. "Billet bleu". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "En toute transparence: Les comptes de L'Economiste". L'Economiste. 31 October 1996. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "FIL DIRECT Éponge J.L Servan-Schreiber". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Maroc | Maroc : les cigarettiers mettent le paquet". Jeune Afrique. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Eco-Médias: le couple Dilami-Salah passe la main à Mawlawi dans une culbute byzantine - Le Desk". Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2026-08-31.

External links

Ecomedias.ma

[pub-1] 1 2 "Chiffres – OJD Maroc – OJD". OJD.ma. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[apn-2] 1 2 "High-End Monthly Launched in Morocco". The Arab Press Network. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[people-3] 1 2 3 "Groupe ECO-MEDIAS". Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[4] "Mariage français en vue pour Eco-Medias ?". Maghreb Confidentiel. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[5] "PROJET DE CAHIER DES CHARGES SERVICE RADIOPHONIQUE RADIO ATLANTIC" (PDF). Haca. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[6] "Actionnariat d'Ecomédias". Ecomedias. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[7] Khalil Hachimi Idrissi. "Billet bleu". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[1996own-8] "En toute transparence: Les comptes de L'Economiste". L'Economiste. 31 October 1996. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[9] "FIL DIRECT Éponge J.L Servan-Schreiber". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[10] "Maroc | Maroc : les cigarettiers mettent le paquet". Jeune Afrique. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[11] "Eco-Médias: le couple Dilami-Salah passe la main à Mawlawi dans une culbute byzantine - Le Desk". Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2026-08-31.