Until recently, investment opportunities on the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) were limited to securities on the equity and bond markets, both of which were dominated by major Moroccan corporates, or investing in mutual funds based on such securities. However this is set to change, with the CSE and market authorities working in recent years...
Founded in 1942 Lesieur has emerged as a leading player in the Moroccan agribusiness sector, with a 57% market share of its core business – edible oil. Endowed with the largest refining capacities in Morocco, Lesieur is gradually becoming a pan-African competitor, seeking opportunities in new markets via exports and foreign direct investment....
Maroc Telecom (MT) is the leading operator in the telecommunications sector in Morocco with operations in Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa. In January 2015, MT acquired six additional sub-Saharan subsidiaries, bringing the international portion of the business contribution to revenue to 42%. While subSaharan Africa remains mostly a mobile market...
There are many signs that Morocco is on the path to becoming a financial and economic crossroad between Africa and the rest of the world. First, the EU has granted the country “advanced status”, which is intended to help progressively integrate Morocco into the EU’s internal market, and, second, Casablanca Finance City (CFC) was established in...
For several months, the use of local development companies (LDCs) seems to be the solution to all the evils inherent in the implementation of public projects. The city of Casablanca alone created seven of them between 2008 and 2014, with varying degrees of success and reservation, voiced mainly by locally elected representatives. However,...
New rules are set to be implemented to secure infrastructure; open investments in health care assets and in hospitality assets; ease real estate transactions and financing; and rebalance sales. Investors can look forward to many new developments in the Moroccan real estate legal framework in 2014 and 2015.
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