Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, announced the official launch at the end of July-beginning of August 2025 of a gas pipeline project between the port of Nador (northern Morocco) and the city of Dakhla (southern Morocco). This section represents the first phase of the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline.
The cost of this phase is estimated at 6 billion dollars. The overall project involves 11 African countries and aims to strengthen the continent’s energy integration, with extensions planned to Mauritania and Senegal, while improving connectivity to the European market via the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline. This highlights a major strategic issue for Africa, as it offers an opening to the European market.
The Trans-African gas pipeline is expected to be approximately 6,000 kilometers long and built in several phases for a capacity of 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. The project cost exceeds 20 billion dollars.
