With Morocco back in the African institutional family, India has a new strong partner to further its interests in Africa. Recently, King Mohammed presided over the signing ceremony for the Mohammed VI Tangiers Tech City – a project to be carried out by the Tangiers-Tétouan- Al Hoceima region, HAITE Chinese group and BMCE Bank. The choice of Tangiers as the host of the Mohammed VI Tangiers Tech City underlines Morocco’s strategic geographical position at the crossroads of continents and only 15km from Europe. Taken together, the Mohammed VI Tangiers Tech City is a strategic Chinese investment in Morocco that leverages the best of two countries. Even accounting for this, India has been too slow to capitalise on ties with Morocco.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 31, 2017 12:33 UTC