2023-06-16 14:42:30
The Africa Development Club of the Attijariwafa bank group and Attijari bank Mauritania organized on June 14 and 15 in Nouakchott a multi-sector mission around the theme ” Development of Agriculture and Fisheries in Mauritania: what opportunities for investment? “. This is the 36th mission of this kind organized since 2016.
More than 200 business and institutional leaders, including delegations from Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Egypt, Mali and Morocco took part, in the presence of the Minister of Fisheries and the Maritime Economy, Mr. Mohamed Abidine MAYIF and the President of the UNPM (National Union of Mauritanian Employers), Mr. Mohamed Zeine El Abidine OULD CHEIKH AHMED. An Investment Market highlighted Cameroon, Mali, Morocco and Mauritania, promoted respectively by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development of Cameroon, API Mali (Investment Promotion Agency), AMDIE (Moroccan Agency for the Development of Investments and Exports), API Mauritania and the Nouadhibou Free Zone.
More than 200 structured meetings in B to B and B to G allowed participating companies to generate business opportunities in the sectors of Fishing, Agriculture, Agro-industry, Construction, IT, Services and Energies.
« This initiative reflects the permanent and unwavering commitment of Attijari bank Mauritania, through the mobilization of all its resources, at the service of its customers, and therefore actively participate in the economic and social development of Mauritania. declared on this occasion the Managing Director of Attijari bank Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed BOUBRIK. The Director of the Africa Development Club of the Attijariwafa bank group, Ms. Mouna KADIRI, for her part, mentioned: “ We have been working to provide a reliable framework and develop trade and investment corridors for more than 13 years. This event brings together businesses in Africa determined to work together and develop value in the service of our communities and our youth. ».
Highlighting the strengths of Mauritania, the Director General of APIM (Agency for the Promotion of Investments in Mauritania), Ms. Aïssata LAM welcomed this initiative, stressing the importance of the incentive mechanisms put in place by the country.
A first panel dedicated to the prospects for the development of the fisheries sector was moderated by Mr. Mohamed Ely Barham, Director of Programming and Cooperation at the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, Mr. Mahmoud LEHBIB, Technical Advisor at the Investment Promotion Agency in Mauritania, Mr. Hamady Ould Hamady OULD BABE, President of the National Fisheries Federation, Mr. Ahmedou
Yacoub Med EL NANY, CEO STAR FISH and Mr. Mohamed Lemine ABDEL HAMID, Independent Expert.
During the second panel on the development of Agriculture in Mauritania, the interventions of Mr. Mohamed El Mokhtar SIDI MOHAMED, Technical Advisor in charge of Research and Training at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Moustapha MAOULOUD, Technical Advisor at the Investment Promotion Agency in Mauritania, Mr. Adama DIA, President of the Mauritanian Federation of Agriculture, Mr. Cheikh Mohamed ABDERRAHMANE, CEO PAP SARL and Mr. Moulay OUMAR, Independent Expert allowed the guests to have first-hand information on the possibilities of investing there.
The mission was punctuated by two field visits organized during the day of June 15: The 1st in the Nouakchott region, where the participants were able to discover the Port of Tanit as well as a processing, freezing and marketing unit of fish ; while other participants visited two agricultural perimeters in the Rosso region.
Through this major event, Attijari bank Mauritania and the Africa Development Club reaffirm the commitment of the Attijariwafa bank group to serve South-South Cooperation and an advancing Africa.
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