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Tamy Emma Pepin joins from the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, held in Marrakech October 9–16, 2023. The meetings brought together 12,000 finance professionals in Morocco, touting the country as a blueprint development model for emerging markets.
Monocle Radio, October 12, 2025A conversation on the growth of Morocco and global macroeconomics on London's Monocle Radio. From the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Marrakech. October 12th, 2023.
Monocle Radio You may listen to snippets of the Briefing here. You may also read key takeaways of the Meetings, on UPPL News.
Excerpt (UPPL News):
With favorable wind in its sails, a strategic geographic location, political stability, investment-friendly policies, and a skilled workforce, it appears that Morocco is well-positioned to continue its journey as a thriving and attractive investment destination.
“We’re looking at hydrogen, we’re looking at logistic future zone, which is really one of our specialties in emerging markets. We’re looking at tourism. I was just with the CEO of Royal Air Maroc, I think it’s interesting to see the ambition of the country and there is good momentum so we are pretty bullish”, says Sandro Salsano, a private investor and the CEO of the Salsano Group, in an interview with UPPL. With a growing energy portfolio, the group has some renewables and has been investing in battery companies in Africa as well as South America.
And perhaps the global energy transition was the biggest focus of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings – with Morocco’s ambition to play a major role taking central stage.
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