Morocco is rapidly becoming a leading economic platform in Africa, attracting numerous foreign investors and creating more and more openings in different business sectors. Today, I want to seize the opportunities it offers, and enter this new global hub by starting my own business or investing in the sector that seems most profitable to me. But which option should I choose?
Morocco features ultra-modern infrastructures and offers an important range of jobs, with industrialization gathering pace and digital transformation underway. The world's major economic players are continuing to set up in the Kingdom, which offers them a favorable environment in which to invest in various sectors conducive to success. For example, the services sector is still very attractive, with a booming industry and new sectors opening up to investment, such as healthcare. Investing in Morocco also means duty-free access to a market of one billion consumers, thanks to the multitude of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) linking the Kingdom to several economic groupings.
His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God bless him, has consistently called for openness to foreign investment and expertise. Today, you can benefit from this initiative. Hundreds of success stories are listed, with testimonials from people who have made the winning choice to invest or set up a business in Morocco. Joining the Moroccan economic system by providing the experience and know-how acquired abroad is an active contribution to the Kingdom's development. Morocco offers great flexibility for foreign investment, with complete freedom to invest in all sectors of economic activity. Whatever the nature of your project, your single point of contact is the Regional Investment Center (CRI) at your future place of business. The CRI, through its business start-up and investor assistance desks, will help you get your project off the ground as quickly as possible and with complete peace of mind.
Investment in Morocco by Moroccans or non-resident foreigners can take a variety of forms:
Whether for non-resident foreigners or for Moroccans living abroad, investments financed in foreign currency benefit from a convertibility regime that guarantees investors complete freedom to transfer the income generated by their investments in Morocco, as well as the proceeds from the liquidation or sale of their investments.
A subsidy is also available to Moroccans from around the world with business start-up or expansion projects worth at least 1 MDH. This subsidy is intended for small and medium-sized Moroccan businesses (SMEs) and very small businesses (VSEs).
The offer consists of financing of 10% of the Moroccans of the World's share in the project in the form of a non-refundable contribution with a ceiling of 5 MDH in the industrial and industry-related services sectors, or in the education, hotel and health sectors.
The equity contribution must be at least 25% of the total amount of the investment project, in the form of a foreign currency contribution. To qualify, all you need to be is a Moroccan resident abroad, with a valid residence permit, foreign identity document or consular card, or a Moroccan who has resided abroad and returned permanently for a maximum period of one year prior to the date on which the investment project is submitted to the bank.
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