Dakar, Dec 19 (APS) – The organization “Casablanca Finance City” (CFC), a Moroccan public initiative aimed at making Casablanca an important financial center, wants to highlight regional cooperation to unlock the potential of the African continent, indicated its deputy general director, Lamiae Marzouki.
.”Regional cooperation is really something very important and, for us Africans, it is the only way to unleash the potential of our continent in an approach of co-development and co-emergence,” he said. she indicated during an interview with APS.
She explained that CFC is a government initiative which aims to make Casablanca “an economic and financial dream” dedicated to Africa.
Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA) is the managing body of the Casablanca financial center, first African place according to the GFCI (Global Financial Centers Index) ranking for seven consecutive years.
Casablanca Finance City welcomes not only financial companies but also any type of company, from any sector that wishes to operate on the continent from Casablanca.
”The major eligibility criterion is the African vocation, that is to say that we must operate in Africa from Casablanca to attract investments, drain value and expertise towards the continent,” explained Ms. Marzouki.
It is with this in mind that CFC organized on December 16 and 17 in Dakar, in collaboration with the Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Major Works (APIX), the 1era edition of the CFC Africa Tour.
This meeting allowed member companies of the CFC community to interact with economic and financial actors from the Senegalese private and public sector.
”The objective for companies in the CFC community is the identification of tangible business opportunities, the launch of joint projects and the establishment of lasting relationships,” said the deputy general director of CFC. , recently elected president of the Global Alliance of International Financial Centers.
Lamiae Marzouki informed that Africa Tour is itself part of the partnership that CFC has established for years with APIX.
”The goal of this partnership is to both promote regional cooperation, facilitate the critical path of CFC members in African countries and explore concrete business opportunities and raise awareness of the opportunities in Senegal,” she said. underlines.
She explained that Senegal is a rapidly developing country which presents “many opportunities” and that CFC member companies have expressed the wish to meet the stakeholders.
”Senegal is a very important country even at the level of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) and the country has put in place an attractive framework for foreign investors,” insisted Ms. Marzouki.
A Japanese conglomerate and other companies based in Europe, operating in the sectors of agriculture, renewable energies, infrastructure, among others, participated in these business meetings.
”We have faith that there are lasting partnerships because that is the objective and that these companies adapt to the local ecosystem while helping to strengthen CFC’s position as a secure and strategic hub.” ‘, wished Lamiae Marzouki.
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