Banque Populaire launched on Wednesday May 19, 2021 in Fez “Les Régionales de l’Investissement”, the first step in a series of 10 unprecedented regional meetings across the Kingdom, in the service of economic recovery.
First step of its roadshow “The Regional Investment”, which takes place until July 08, 2021 in 10 large cities of the Kingdom, the Banque Populaire organized Wednesday May 19 in Fez a first meeting in the form of a webinar, in the strict compliance with health rules and monitored directly by more than 300 economic operators.
The kick-off of this event, which is part of the national strategy for relaunching investment and which reflects the Bank’s strong commitment to financing and supporting businesses, was given by Mr. Mohamed Karim MOUNIR, President of the BCP group, who recalled that “… all the ingredients are conducive to the economic revival of our regions as of today”.
Several public and private actors took part in this meeting around 3 panels:
Panel 1: Strengths and opportunities of the region
A first panel through which Mr. Hassane EL ATTAR SOFI, President of the Management Board of Banque Populaire Fès-Meknès, Mr. Lehcen EL AOUANI, Vice-President of the Regional Council of Fès-Meknès and Mr. Mohamed BERRADA RKHAMI, President of the CGEM Fès-Taza offered us a clear overview of the advantages and challenges of the Fès-Meknes region. Mr. Yassine TAZI, Managing Director of the Fès-Meknès Regional Investment Center also affirmed that “… the Fès-Meknes Region has an attractive incentive framework which allows it to be part of a significant investment dynamic and actively participate in economic recovery ”.
Panel 2: Project banking and investment recovery
The second panel, introduced by the projection of a video message from Mr. Moulay Ha fi d ELALAMY, Minister of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy, saw the participation of Mr. Jalil SEBTI, Managing Director of the Commercial Bank of the BCP group, Mr. El Mahdi ARRIFI, Director General of the Agency for Agricultural Development (ADA), Mr. Saïd MOULINE, Director General of the Moroccan Agency for Energy Efficiency (AMEE) and Mr. Youssef FADIL, Director of Food Industries at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy. The latter declared that “… beyond supporting project leaders, we are carrying out structuring action to facilitate the access of our manufacturers to public and private orders. ”
Panel 3: Relaunching investment: funding and support mechanisms As for the last panel, it was that of the solutions proposed in the field, in particular through the interventions of Mr. Mohamed AMIMI, Executive Director of the SME market of the Banque Centrale Populaire, Mr. Hicham SERGHINI ZANATI, General Manager of the Central Guarantee Fund (CCG), Mr. Amine AL-HAZZAZ, founding member of the Federation of the Startup Ecosystem of Morocco (MSEC) and Ms. Soumia ALAMI OUALI, Executive Director of the Moroccan Market of the World of the Banque Centrale Populaire, who affirmed that “… the Banque Populaire, a long-standing partner of the Moroccans of the World, supports them to enable them to seize the opportunities offered by the revival of investment at the level of different regions of Morocco. ”
Mohamed BENCHAÂBOUN, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Administrative Reform, came personally to close this first stage.
The Fez stage continued in the afternoon with a dedicated workshop, which saw the participation of many companies who made one-to-one appointments with the main players present.
Note that the next “Regional Investment” meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 in Rabat.