Press reviewSupported by state-of-the-art infrastructure and an incentivizing regulatory framework, the southern provinces are asserting themselves as a strategic investment hub. The latest guide from BDO Morocco details the metamorphosis of this region, now positioned as a major logistics and industrial hub between the Kingdom and the continent. This article is a press review from the daily newspaper L’ Economiste.
he southern provinces of Morocco are now establishing themselves as one of the Kingdom’s new investment hubs, supported by an ambitious public strategy, massive infrastructure development and a particularly attractive incentive framework. This dynamic aims to position the region as an essential bridge between Morocco and West Africa. « This observation is at the heart of the Doing Business-Invest in the Southern Provinces of Morocco guide, published by the consulting firm BDO Morocco, which presents these territories as a real business space in the midst of geopolitical and economic change, » notes the daily L’Economiste in its edition of Thursday, July 16.
At the center of this transformation is a highly strategic geographical location. Positioned on the Atlantic corridor, at the junction of Europe, the Maghreb, the Sahel and West Africa, these provinces aim to establish themselves as a major logistics hub. This projection is materialized by colossal investments in connectivity networks, including first-rate road infrastructure, modern ports, connected airports, next-generation industrial zones and state-of-the-art telecommunications networks.
This structural modernisation is promoting a rapid diversification of an economic fabric that was once dependent on its fisheries resources. While fishing remains a historical pillar and a major provider of jobs, the local economic structure is now opening up to sectors of the future. « Renewable energies and the nascent green hydrogen sector are finding exceptional climatic conditions to develop, while aquaculture, agro-industry, nature tourism and high value-added services are experiencing remarkable growth, attracting new profiles of national and international operators, » says L’Economiste.
To support this sectoral attractiveness, the global business environment has been thoroughly rethought. Investors now benefit from the new mechanisms of the Investment Charter, coupled with tax and territorial advantages specific to the southern provinces. Administrative processes have been simplified and largely dematerialised, reducing the time taken to set up a limited liability company to a period of between five and ten working days. Finally, this dynamic is largely facilitated by optimized access to financing, in particular thanks to the deployment of the tools of the Mohammed VI Fund for Investment and various national support programs, thus securing the path of project leaders in this rapidly expanding region.
