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President of the Regional Council of Meknès-Tafilalet, Said Chbaatou
In view of what’s going on around us in the world, no country can survive on its own. Solutions are to be found at a global level.
Morocco Top Stories
Morocco: The Western Kingdom — the “California of the Middle East”
Thus the real meaning of Morocco’s official name is actually “The Western Kingdom.” In fact, Morocco was long thought of as the western or “last frontier” of the Arab world;
Morocco Top Stories
Morocco Stability: Where are the riots in Morocco?
In Morocco, one of Tunisia’s close neighbors, the story is different. By January 12, a Moroccan news headline was asking, “Morocco: Where Are the Riots?” On January 17, Fox News reported
Top Conglomerates and Family Groups in Morocco
Moroccan Economy is dominated by large family groups. Top 20 of these groups account for 20-30% of the GDP. The heart of Moroccan economy is constituted by medium family owned enterprises they represent: 95% of all companies, employ 50% of the workforce, 31% of total exportation, 51% of total national investments and 40% of the production.
L’ONA (SNI) – Agriculture, Distribution, Finance, (Belongs to the Royal Family) (Centrale laitière, Bimo, Cosumar, Managem, Axa Assurances, Marjane (with Auchan), Sopriam (importer Peugeot/Citroën), Tractafric, Brasseries du Maroc)
Benjelloun Group – Banking, Distribution, ( BMCE, Basf, Saida Star Auto, Maghrebail, Salafin, Cfg, Maroc Soir)
Ynna Holding – Industry, Agriculture, Construction – (Groupe Chaâbi) (Dimatit, Aswak Assalam , Hotels, Textiles, Agro industry, construction)
Groupe Akhannouch – Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Retail – (Mr. Akhannouch -Minister of Agriculture) ( Afriquia, Akwa Holding, Maghreb Gaz, Maghreb Oxygène, Nouvelle Tribune, Médi Télécom)
Agouzal Group (Agriculture, Industry) – (Chimicolor, Meknes Oils, Conserves, Mills)
Safari Group – (Karim Lamrani – Groupe Lamrani) ( Foodipex, Marotrans, Smeia, Smm Socodam Davum, Crédit du Maroc, Bois de l’Atlas, Marocéan, Imm Procter & Gamble, Cema Bois)
Dianna Holding – Agriculture, Industry (Brahim Zniber – Groupe Zniber) (Ebertec, Celliers de Meknes, Atlas Bottling, S.n.v., etc)
Kettani Family – Banking – (Attijariwafa Bank et subsidiaries, l’Economiste, Agroplus, Tisbrod, Manar)
Holmarcom Group – (Mr. BenSalah – Real-Estate, Finance) (Atlanta assurances, Comptoir métalurgique, Otis Maroc, Oulmes, Sanad, Smdc, Orbonor)
El Alami – Industry (Jacob Delafon, Snr, Aluminium du Maroc, Structal, Industube, Afric Industries)
Amhal (Omafu, Somepi, Tissir PrimaGaz, Jorfgaz)
Sekkat – Industry (Ingelec, 10 Rajeb, Maghreb Steel)
Groupe Kabboud
Groupe Kabboud
Groupe Saham
Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water, and Environment, Minister, HE Amina Benkhadra
In our evaluation for the short, medium, and long term, the demand for primary energy will double by 2020 and will triple by 2030.
French Morocco Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Director General, Dominique Brunin
Today there are three main difficulties. One is the difficulty of accessing land, the legal and judicial environment remains difficult and third is the access to human capacities and resources.
Center of Investment Meknes-Tafilalite , Director, Hassan Bahi
This region has become a locomotive for the national economy as big regions such as Casablanca, Tangier, Marakesh and Agadir.
Tarik Senhaji Chairman of Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development
We’ve surveyed 1450 sites and out of these only 350 are exploited, meaning there is massive untapped potential in Morocco to do business.
Mr. Horani assesses Moroccan economy and gives his recommendation to the foreign investors. Strategically, the choice of Morocco for the foreign investment can be resumed in 2 points: The first one consists in creating a production platform and the second one consists in creating exports platform.
To reduce dependency on foreign sources of energy (95% of energy is imported), the government has come up with a strategic plan to invest in renewables, especially in solar and wind energy. By 2012, Morocco is aiming to produce 20% of electricity generated from renewable sources and by 2020 renewable energy will represent 42%.
