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Investment opportunities in Morocco’s Southern provinces and the achievements made there were highlighted on Wednesday in Paris during a meeting attended by a group of French economic operators and several members of the Moroccan community living in France.
Initiated by the “Maroc Entrepreneurs” Association, in partnership with the French Federation “InfraNum,” this meeting enabled managing directors of the Regional Investment Centers (CRI) of the three Southern regions of the Kingdom – Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Guelmim-Oued Noun, and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab – to highlight the enormous investment potential offered to Moroccans expatriates, as well as the remarkable development momentum these territories are experiencing.
In a statement to MAP, Zineb Hatim, president of “Maroc entrepreneurs,” said that this initiative is fully in line with the willingness to strengthen and accelerate investment in Southern provinces, strategic territories at the heart of the Kingdom’s economic influence.
The Director General of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Regional Investment Center, Ahmed Khathir, emphasized the “essential” role of Moroccans around the world in the development of Southern provinces, adding that this meeting represents a real opportunity to get involved, take action, and take advantage of the “strong potential” offered by these territories.
After highlighting the support mechanisms available to investors (one-stop shop, investment charter, tax incentives, support services, etc.), the Director General of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra CRI, Mohamed Jifer, pointed out that Southern provinces have many assets, such as port infrastructure, connectivity, and renewable energy, noting that all the elements are in place to develop high value-added and innovative projects, particularly in marine biotechnology, modern agriculture, and the fishing manufacturing industry.
For Mohamed Assouss, Director General of the Guelmim-Oued Noun CRI, the key is to focus efforts on projects likely to strengthen the private sector in particular, by leveraging the diverse assets of Southern provinces of the Kingdom, whether economic, natural, cultural, historical, or tourist-related.
In turn, Stephan Lelux, Vice President of InfraNum, the French Federation of Telecommunications Infrastructure Professionals, highlighted the opportunities offered by major digital infrastructure projects in Southern provinces of the Kingdom, which can support development in various areas, citing logistics around the port of Dakhla and agricultural innovation through the use of technology and sensor networks. He noted that all of Morocco’s ambitions for these three regions, “which are pillars of development and economic growth for the upcoming years,” are of particular interest to the Federation.
Ludovic Provost, Director of Public Affairs for the French group Sogetrel, host of the meeting, said that his group, already established in Casablanca, is closely following investment projects in Southern provinces, highlighting the “scale” and “enormous potential” of these initiatives, particularly the ambitious development projects in Dakhla.
Source: map
