AMDIE: best investment promotion agency in the MENA region

The Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE) won the award for Best Investment Promotion Agency in the MENA region and the Gold Partner award at the 14th Annual Investment Summit (AIM) Congress held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Morocco attended with a large team led by Ali Seddiki, Director General of AMDIE, and Karim Zidane, Minister Delegate for Investment, Convergence and Public Policy Evaluation, who spoke at the opening of the event where he presented the variety of Morocco's offer to the more than 12,000 attendees from more than 180 countries, highlighting the presence of figures such as heads of state, ministers, governors of central banks, stock market leaders, as well as major investors and international financial institutions.  

The Congress got off to an important start with the intervention of Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates, under the slogan ‘Mapping the Future of World Investment: The New Wave of a Globalised Investment Landscape - Towards a New Balanced World Structure’. 

At this important event, the award given to AMDIE is worth highlighting. This international recognition reflects the reforms implemented by Moroccan institutions aimed at establishing Morocco as a reliable country in economic and investment terms. 

Likewise, this acknowledgement reflects the importance of AMDIE as the main national investment agency in all of Morocco's economic movements, in the promotion of foreign investment, and in the work it carries out so that large financial projects with very high potential are finally carried out in Morocco. 

This was confirmed by the Agency through its social networks: ‘These awards highlight the constant commitment to boost investment and exports, and certify the international recognition of the structural reforms initiated under the vision of Mohammed VI to turn Morocco into a competitive, reliable and determined place towards the future’. 

Morocco is supported by a solid base of modern infrastructures, an ambitious industrial dynamic and structural reforms that are unlocking the full potential of its economy, thanks to the development that AMDIE has sponsored through investment of more than 1.7 billion dollars and advanced support to established companies to meet their needs. 

With more than 150 industrial zones, 27 economic activity zones, 10 industrial acceleration zones, 3 tax-advantaged parks and 4 economic agropoles, the Agency has a comprehensive presence throughout the country. This momentum has generated the creation of more than 51,000 direct jobs. 

In parallel, Minister Karim Zidane took part in the high-level session held under the slogan ‘The world's governments as incubators of tolerance: a balanced approach to prosperity’, organised in parallel in Abu Dhabi. In his speech, the minister emphasised that Morocco's vision places tolerance and coexistence at the centre of the approach to sustainable development, regional integration and inclusive growth. 

In addition, several agreements were signed and a Memorandum of Understanding between the UAE Ministry of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies and the UAE Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence was signed, reinforcing the shared commitment to promote values-based development and economic and strategic partnerships.