{"id":206268,"date":"2025-12-27T07:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T07:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206268\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T07:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T07:23:07","slug":"moroccos-cgem-pushes-for-localised-african-value-chains-to-drive-industrialisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206268\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco\u2019s CGEM pushes for localised African value chains to drive industrialisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/Morocco-s-CGEM-pushes-for-localised-African-value-chains-to-drive-industrialisation-2015411?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/10176168.295.jpg\" alt=\"The group aims to foster investment and entrepreneurship\" title=\"The group aims to foster investment and entrepreneurship\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/> <\/a>The group aims to foster investment and entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), a premier network of entrepreneurs, is urging the creation of localised and complementary value chains across Africa to accelerate industrialisation and reduce dependency on imports.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Zerouali, Vice President of CGEM\u2019s Africa Commission, said regional integration could drive investment and create jobs by leveraging each country\u2019s competitive advantages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to grow alone. We want to bring along our African brothers by building regional and continental value chains,\u201d he told a group of African journalists.<\/p>\n<p>He cited Ghana\u2019s rubber industry as an example, saying it could supply raw materials for Morocco\u2019s automotive sector, while Ghana imports Moroccan-made tyres and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndustrialisation is crucial, and we must use each country\u2019s strengths to create a complementary system,\u201d Zerouali added.<\/p>\n<p>CGEM, which represents more than 90,000 companies, has hosted over 30 African delegations to deepen commercial ties and operates 19 bilateral business councils across the continent, including one in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The group aims to foster investment and entrepreneurship, as Africa\u2019s population is projected to reach 2.5 billion in 2050 by the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Marwa Tellal, Director of Communications and International Affairs at CGEM, said the demographic surge makes industrialisation urgent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must harness our natural resources and agricultural potential to reduce reliance on imports,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Tellal stated that they had been working closely with Ghana\u2019s Employers\u2019 Associations to foster a positive business environment, providing more possibilities, and supporting entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Karim Tazim stressed that a shared vision among African nations would help build a stronger business ecosystem and drive sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasised the importance of African countries supporting each other in development across various sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The group aims to foster investment and entrepreneurship The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), a premier network&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[114,293,85,46],"class_list":["post-206268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}