Rabat – Morocco is becoming a gateway for foreign investors to Africa, owing to its experience in partnership with Francophone Africa, said on Wednesday Fiona Woolf, lord-mayor of the City of London, one of world’s leading economic and financial centers.
“The United Kingdom can learn from Moroccan know-how in the region where Morocco is a pioneer”, she said at a press conference following a two-day visit to Morocco.
The Lord-Mayor, who called Morocco to develop its stock market legislation, noted that “the United Kingdom pledges to help Morocco develop its laws to increase Casablanca Stock Market attractiveness for foreign capital”
The two-day visit was an opportunity to “explore cooperation perspectives and create synergies between the financial institutions of Morocco and the United Kingdom”, went on Fiona Woolf, the second woman to serve as lord-Mayor of the City of London.
During her visit to Morocco, Woolf who was received by King Mohammed VI, toured the Casablanca stock market and met with several officials and entrepreneurs.
