AMDIE: «Чтобы построить будущее Европы, нужно сосредоточиться на Африке»

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AMDIE: «Чтобы построить будущее Европы, нужно сосредоточиться на Африке»  «Чтобы построить будущее Европы, нам нужно сосредоточиться на Африке», — сказал в интервью The Big Question Али Седдики, генеральный директор Марокканского агентства по инвестициям и развитию экспорта.  ЧИТАТЬ ДАЛЕЕ : http://ru.euronews.com/2025/06/02/amdie-chtoby-postroit-budushee-evropy-nuzhno-sosredotochitsya-na-afrike  Подписывайтесь: Euronews можно смотреть на Dailymotion на 12 языках

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00:00Для строительства в Европе, мы должны focussenть на Африке.

00:03Мы также можем сделать единственный стран в Африке

00:05с Европой и Европейской Федерацией.

00:09Когда мы комментируем, мы делаем.

00:16Великолепный вопрос.

00:19Это серия из Европейской Федерации,

00:21где мы поговорим с некоторыми из самых известных людей

00:24в мире, в бизнес-федерации.

00:26And it's my pleasure to welcome to the stage this evening

00:31for this special episode, Mr. Ali Siddiqui,

00:34General Director of AMD,

00:36the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development.

00:41Pleasure to have you on the show, Mr. Siddiqui.

00:43Thank you for having me.

00:43Please take a seat.

00:44So lots to talk about, Mr. Siddiqui.

00:46But first of all, let's start off by talking about

00:50how Morocco has emerged, of course, as we know,

00:53as a gateway between Europe and Africa.

00:56Can you just talk us through how the kingdom

00:59is leveraging its strategic position

01:02to foster regional growth

01:04and attract long-term partnerships?

01:07I would say that the first thing

01:09that has been spoken about Morocco

01:14was stability.

01:17Morocco is the second oldest monarchical system in history.

01:21This is the ground and the foundation of our nation

01:24and that gives us the ability to project

01:27and to have long-term planning.

01:30So combining stability with vision,

01:33I think, is the first and most important asset

01:36Morocco was able to provide investors with

01:39at a time where there is a lot of uncertainty in the world.

01:42On top of that, we have the best graded economy in Africa.

01:46Even our grade was upgraded last year.

01:49We went from BB plus with stable outlook to positive outlook.

01:53And now we're talking about something that happened after COVID,

01:55after the energy crisis.

01:57So it's telling of our capacity to provide our partners

02:01with a stable environment overall.

02:04This stability led to another leading asset of Morocco,

02:07which is a world-class infrastructure.

02:10We're not an oil and gas country,

02:11so building the infrastructure with this quality in Morocco

02:18took sophistication and dedication and engagement.

02:22And this helped us build world-class industrial ecosystems.

02:27If you add to that the fact that we are one of the most open economies

02:30in the world, we have free trade agreements with 90 countries,

02:32more than 55 free trade agreements,

02:34that opened a market of more than 2.5 billion consumers worldwide.

02:38And we are also the only country in Africa

02:41to have a free trade agreement with Europe and the United States.

02:46Fun fact, we're also the closest country to Europe

02:48to have a free trade agreement with the United States.

02:51So again, the openness was part of the recipe.

02:55And to add to that, human capital, trained, educated,

02:59with an average age of 29, which is compared to Western Europe,

03:02you know, the average age is 44.

03:04And at a time where you have shortages in talents, in HR,

03:09this is the greatest asset of Morocco.

03:12And last but not least,

03:13and this is something that is difficult to explain

03:15because you actually need to experience it.

03:18Morocco is execution-driven.

03:20When we commit, we deliver.

03:22We honor our signature.

03:24And to take very simple examples,

03:27when you're in one of our special economic zones

03:29and you request a construction permit,

03:31it takes less than two weeks.

03:33So we are dedicated and we're execution-driven.

03:36What specific incentives or reforms has Morocco introduced recently

03:47to make the investment process essentially easier

03:50and more transparent for European businesses?

03:53Even from years ago, we've been adapting the regulatory framework

03:58to be compatible to the one in Europe.

04:01And a European investor in Morocco, I mean,

04:03does not think that the environment is different

04:06from the one he has in Europe.

04:07I'm talking about the regulatory framework.

04:09On top of that, His Majesty, the King Mohammed VI, in 2021,

04:14called for a complete new charter for investment,

04:17which would provide, of course, incentives for investors.

04:21But even more than that,

04:23it works on creating a suitable environment for investors,

04:27less bureaucracy, more efficiency in the way we deal

04:31with the administrative processes.

04:33And a dedicated ministry for investors has been created

04:37to assist and to help and support investors.

04:42And, of course, there is the Moroccan Agency for Investment

04:44and Export Development that was specifically created

04:48to help investors answer the question

04:51and provide end-to-end services.

04:53And we work as a one-stop shop for any kind of investor.

04:57And Morocco has also been making strides,

04:59Mr. Siddiqui, in the renewable energy sector.

05:01How are you encouraging investment

05:03into Morocco's green economy,

05:07particularly from Europe again?

05:09To be frank, we don't really need to encourage investments

05:11in the green energy or the green economy sector,

05:15because now people know and understand

05:18that Morocco has a key role to play,

05:20and they come by themselves.

05:21What we do, of course, we support them

05:23and we connect them with any stakeholder

05:25in the industry in Morocco.

05:28IRENA, which is the International Renewable Energy Agency,

05:31estimated the potential, the capacity

05:34for green energy generation in Morocco

05:37of more than 40,000 gigawatts.

05:40This is huge, enough to power

05:42the entire European continent.

05:45It's a fact.

05:46What we want to make sure of is that

05:47this potential is used to impact positively

05:51the Moroccan economy.

05:54We, as I said, we have a great young population

05:56entering the job market.

05:57That's a huge opportunity,

05:59but also it's a challenge.

06:00We need to create jobs.

06:02So now the strategy is how can we leverage

06:04our natural resource, sustainable resource,

06:07in order to create sustainable jobs

06:10for our young people entering the job market.

06:13And the good news, they're talented,

06:15skilled and educated.

06:16So investors are now working.

06:18We're working with them in order to build together

06:21this Euro-Mediterranean green economy.

06:23Looking to the future, Mr. Siddiqui,

06:26let's look ahead to 2030.

06:28What's your vision for Morocco's role

06:31in the global economy

06:32and how critical will partnerships with Europe

06:35be in achieving that vision?

06:37Well, the vision is pretty clear.

06:40As I said, Morocco is a world-class hub

06:43for sustainable investment and trade.

06:46So we do everything to keep on supporting

06:48this Moroccan value proposition.

06:50When we discuss with our European counterpart,

06:52we understand that green and ESG-compatible industries

06:56are important for Europeans.

06:59They are also looking for additional cost-efficiencies,

07:01competitiveness, and also for future markets.

07:05And so Morocco has that opportunity

07:07to be a medium between Europe and the rest of Africa,

07:12building the continent.

07:13I mean, Morocco is definitely a market of the present,

07:16but Africa is also the market of the future.

07:18And if you want to make sure

07:19that we have all the elements required

07:22in order to build the future of Europe,

07:24we need to focus on Africa.

07:25This is exactly what Morocco has done.

07:27And so our agenda for 2030 is pretty clear.

07:29It means keeping on sharing our experiences

07:32with the rest of our continent.

07:34It's also putting ourselves

07:35as a great partner to Europe.

07:37And clearly, we think that Morocco is part

07:39of the solution for the European companies.

07:42Thank you very much

07:43for sharing your insights with us

07:45on the big question.

07:46It's been a pleasure to have you on the show.

07:48And thank you very much

07:49to all our viewers at home for watching.

07:51See you again next time.

07:53We'll see you again next time.

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