
Morocco Slashes Red Tape for Investors, Halving Required Documents in 2024
Starting next year, the number of documents required for processing investment files in Morocco will be reduced by nearly half.

Starting next year, the number of documents required for processing investment files in Morocco will be reduced by nearly half.

The delegate minister to the head of government in charge of the Digital Transition and Public Administration Reform, Ghita Mezzour, did not wish to open an investigation into the scandal of ghost civil servants, estimated at more than 90,000 in the public administration and local authorities.

Launched three years ago, the anti- corruption hotline of the Public Prosecutor’s Office receives more than 100 calls per day, according to Ghita Mezzour, Minister of Digital Transition and Public Administration Reform.

HCL technologies, a giant Indian IT company, will set up in Morocco to create a "Delivery center", which could generate thousands of jobs. An agreement has been signed to this effect with the government.

Despite the crisis currently affecting the world, Morocco remains attractive in terms of foreign investment. Proof of this is the signing last week in Casablanca of four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) relating to investment projects in the outsourcing sector.

Based on Law 19-55 on the simplification of administrative procedures, the government plans to eliminate 800 administrative procedures that have no legal basis. This will simplify the lives of citizens.