TANZANIA and Morocco yesterday signed 21 mega deals involving about 4 trillion/-, thanks to the historic visit by Moroccan King Mohammed VI.
The inked deals cover the natural gas,
energy, minerals, science and technology, agriculture, tourism, banking,
insurance, export processing zones, transport and health sectors,
involving the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), Bank
of Africa, Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), Morocco’s Office
Cherifien de Phosphate (OCP), Moroccan Insurer (MAMDA), Attijariwafa
Bank and the government.
King Mohamed, whose trip to East Africa
included a stopover in Rwanda last week, had talks with President John
Magufuli in Dar es Salaam yesterday, focusing on broadening the cordial
relations between the two friendly countries.
The Moroccan Monarch promised to support
Tanzania’s renewable energy sector, promote private partnerships,
south-south relations, support the tourism industry and improve trade
relations between the two countries.
President John Magufuli, flanked by his
duputy, MsSamia Suluhu Hassan, and Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said
the visit by the Moroccan King signifies the long-term friendship
between the two nations.
Dr Magufuli, speaking at his Magogoni
office, consented to his guest’s plea to extend his stay in the city for
a night. While Morocco has named one of the golf playgrounds after Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania has one of her streets in the city named after
Morocco.
“Our aim is to build the middle income
nation powered by industries...the agreements we have signed here today
mark greater mileage towards attaining this goal,” President Magufuli
said, assuring that the Tanzanian economic growth was on track, having
recorded an impressive 7.9 per cent growth in the second quarter as well
as dwindling inflation at four percent.
“We want our economy to grow at an
average of 7.2 percent come next year,” he added. Foreign Affairs and
International Corporation Minister Dr Augustine Mahiga said the
relationship between Tanzania and Morocco dates back to 1631.
Describing it as a special visit, Dr
Mahiga said Tanzania has for the first time in history witnessed over 20
agreements and convections signed at once.
Impressed Trade, Industry and Investment
Minister Charles Mwijage said the arrival of the Moroccan King will
indeed help to improve trade and investments in the country.
He described the royal tour of the
country, preceded by a three-day Tanzania-Morocco Business Forum, as
highly successful, with fruitful deliberations through which Moroccan
investors promised to support various sectors in the country.
Morocco’s Minister for Foreign Affairs
Salahddine Mezouar and CGEM Chairperson Amine Bouarti expressed
commitment to cooperate with Tanzania’s Private Sector in exchanging and
sharing technical expertise.
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