Morocco

With an ideal location in Northern Africa, Morocco shares its borders with the Western Sahara, North Atlantic Ocean, and Algeria, allowing investors easy access to Europe through Spain and France and the African region. Morocco is now working hard to advance its economy, through establishing itself as the gateway to Africa. As a result of this improvement, a range of multinational companies are beginning to move their regional headquarters to Morocco. The Moroccan government has reassured investors by maintaining peace and stability while developing its economy. As proof of this Morocco remained resilient through the global economic crisis, and in fact, saw economic expansion. This stability provides minimal risk for investors willing to start businesses in Morocco.

As such there has been an increase and diversification of the range of investors in the country. The fast developing nature of the Moroccan economy can be attributed to a number of factors, including an increasingly liberalized economy, evidenced by entry into significant free trade agreements with the United States of America, the European Union, Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan. Further, Morocco’s establishment of investment agencies dedicated to easing the investment process by providing information and assistance with administrative requirements has enjoyed massive success. Finally, its implementation of strategies focused on setting and improving the groundwork for global investment such as the National Plan for Industrial Development has signaled Morocco’s welcoming of international market integration.