The year 2013 was one of ups and downs for emerging market equities. The Moroccan All Shares Index (MASI) eased downwards in 2013 for the third consecutive year, ceding 2.6%. However, the decline was markedly slower than in 2012, when it fell 15.3%. The Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) certainly grappled with a number of exogenous pressures, hitting a five-year low at the end of August 2013....
With an increasing focus on value-added export industries in manufacturing, Morocco has become one of Africa’s leading countries for industrial FDI. The 2009 strategic plan to bolster six designated segments by investing billions of dirhams and facilitating new investments, has drawn in sizable injections of capital and seen an increase in manufactured production, due to strong performance by...
Morocco’s tourism sector has undergone a major shift in recent years in large measure due to the implementation of the Moroccan National Tourism Office’s (ONMT) Vision 2020 programme, which seeks to attract 20m tourists by 2020. The programme also aims at raising the country’s “sun and surf” profile, boosting annual revenues to Dh140bn (€12.43bn), increasing hotel bed capacity to 375,000 and...
Morocco’s insurance market has become more competitive in recent years. It is now Africa’s second-largest insurance market in terms of penetration after South Africa and the third-largest in the Middle East and North Africa after Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Total premiums in 2012 reached €2.3bn, up 8.9% on the previous year. Non-life premiums – thanks to automobile coverage – continued to...
The Moroccan transport sector has made some great strides in recent years, and projects across the spectrum are ongoing and set for delivery over the next year and a half, in line with the government’s medium-term infrastructure development plans. While major events such as the 2008-09 financial crisis, the ensuing eurozone debt crisis and recent regional political instability have impacted...
Anchored by the port city of Tangiers, Morocco’s diverse northern region has undergone a significant transformation in the past 10 years thanks in large part to efforts to decentralise governance, boost local infrastructure and encourage industrial growth. The crux of these efforts is an integrated economic development plan that aims to capitalise on the region’s location at the juncture of...
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