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Talking throughout a panel on the theme “Crossed views on infrastructural challenges, the general improvement of worth chains and particular financial zones within the context of the ZLECAF”, Ahmed Khalid Benomar, advisor to the Minister of Financial system and of Finance, pressured that the creation of the Port of Tanger Med in 2007, in accordance with the strategic imaginative and prescient of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for the event of Northern Morocco, remodeled this space into a significant logistics and industrial hub.
On this sense, he indicated that Tanger Med is now the main port within the Mediterranean and is among the many 20 largest container ports on this planet, due to its strategic place frequented by 100,000 ships per 12 months, including that this port provides industrial infrastructure and incomparable logistics in Africa.
Mr. Benomar specified that investments within the port of Tangier Med and in connection infrastructures exceeded 200 billion dirhams, together with port infrastructures, logistics zones, highways, railways, and airports, in addition to improvement initiatives within the hinterland, highlighting the significance of an built-in imaginative and prescient combining infrastructure and business.
These infrastructures now make it potential to generate an export turnover of greater than 120 billion dirhams per 12 months within the areas across the Tangier Med port complicated and to profoundly rework the nationwide economic system, with the car sector. which has change into the main exporting sector, he stated.
On this regard, he famous that the Tanger Med port and the high-speed rail community are concrete examples of the optimistic influence of well-managed infrastructures, highlighting specifically their influence on the facilitation of economic exchanges, the creation of jobs, in addition to stimulating financial progress.
Highlighting Morocco’s pan-African dedication, Mr. Benomar affirmed that the Kingdom is able to share its expertise within the improvement of infrastructure and particular financial zones for an built-in and affluent future in Africa, contemplating that the ZLECAF is essential to stimulate intra-African commerce and promote the financial integration of the continent.
“The Kingdom of Morocco is able to share its expertise with pleasant and brotherly nations and strengthen financial partnerships and mutual studying,” he stated, stressing that the African continent wants a transparent imaginative and prescient, sturdy management, a strong governance framework, certified human capital, in addition to strong logistics networks and infrastructure.
The opening of the work of this two-day occasion, which goals to mirror on the acceleration of the implementation and completion of infrastructure initiatives in Africa, was chaired Tuesday by the Congolese Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works, Alexis Gisaro.
This discussion board, organized by the Assume Tank RDC-Strategie, introduced collectively numerous stakeholders, together with coverage makers, infrastructure specialists, traders and worldwide companions.
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