On the sidelines of the forum, is organized in the presence of the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, a Morocco Now session under the theme “Co-Shaping Regional Value Chains to Thrive”, in which Mohcine Jazouli, Ali Seddiki and Chakib Alj took part.

This session dedicated to highlighting the many assets of Morocco in terms of investment, is also an opportunity to present the new Investment Charter and to expose the investment opportunities. A discussion panel bringing together high-level economic players, composed of Saïd Ibrahimi, Managing Director of Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA), Cheick-Oumar Sylla, Regional Director for North Africa of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) , by Myriam Lahlou Filali, Managing Director of Pharma 5, Hicham Kabbaj, Managing Director of JESA Group and Imane Zaoui, Managing Director of Nestlé Morocco, and moderated by Abdou Diop presents models of concrete experiences.

The day of June 6 will be dedicated to a series of high-level business meetings with leading players in the private sector in order to promote the Kingdom’s assets in terms of investment and encourage companies to seize the collaborative opportunities.

In a continental context characterized by prospects for a post-Covid recovery in growth to +3.7% in 2023 – higher than the world growth estimated at 2.8% according to the latest IMF updates – Africa is regaining real momentum. economy in the trend of overall recovery. In this situation, although weakened by the uncertainties relating to the global economic crises, most productive sectors maintained their performance. The strong orientations relating to industrialization and the policies for strengthening regional value chains, observed in most of the continent’s economies, as well as the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECAf), should constitute factors beneficial to Africa’s overall economic competitiveness.