Morocco has always been a pioneer and a fervent advocate for a sovereign South-South African economy. It consistently demonstrates its commitment to strengthening economic ties with African countries through the creation of new regional flows. Having gained crucial experience in free trade agreements since the 1980s and excelled in transshipment and logistics management activities via the platforms of Tanger Med, Nador West-Med, and soon Dakhla Atlantique, Morocco proposes an Afro-Atlantic space on a West African scale capable of structuring African and international trade based on a win-win concept through maritime openness.
With the aim of increasing its exports through better integration of production sectors, Morocco has been working to strengthen its South-South relations. The text emphasizes that this direction is the culmination of a long process of economic and territorial integration focused on two models of development for the country and the Saharan provinces since 1975. Today, the Kingdom is moving to the next level, establishing a triple framework of geopolitical and geostrategic logistics platforms aimed at Africa, Europe, and Latin America, not to mention new partners around the world. Through a detailed analysis, the text provides the content of this tri-pole strategy and examines the metamorphosis of the regional metropolises of Laâyoune and Dakhla in their functional and prospective dimension in relation to the African hinterland.
