Midi infos - 27/06/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to Midi-Info. Let's take a look at today's headlines.
00:17FIAT 2024 opens its doors in Casablanca.
00:21The African Development Forum welcomes more than 2,000 business leaders and political decision-makers from 30 countries on the continent and partner countries. We'll talk about this in a few moments.
00:36In Morocco, the results of the normal Baccalaureate session are known.
00:41There are 245,881 candidates who have dropped out of their Baccalaureate this year, a 67.8% success rate.
00:52The 17th edition of the Mussem of Tintin was launched yesterday in honor of the Hassani nomadic tradition and culture.
01:01This festival is organized under the patronage of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI.
01:052,000 business leaders and political decision-makers from 30 countries on the continent and partner countries.
01:17FIAT 2024 has opened its doors today in Casablanca, the economic capital of the Kingdom of Morocco.
01:23The African Development Forum is organized by the African Development Club, the Tijeri Wafa Bank, in partnership with the Pan-African Fund, the MEDA, under the patronage of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI.
01:38This forum provides a means of connecting with the participants, a conference on the issues of development and investment in Africa, thus a market for investment.
01:51As you can see, this edition, which comes just after a break due to the health crisis and the subsequent crises that followed the COVID crisis,
02:10demonstrates the interest of African and international operators in renewing their contacts to accelerate the development of the African continent.
02:20The theme chosen for this 7th edition, here in Ninvisi, is Africa, the African continent.
02:28It must be said that the African continent is experiencing one of the strongest economic growths on an international scale, even in times of crisis.
02:37This demonstrates its resilience, its vigour, but also that the continent is experiencing a metamorphosis, a rapid and important transformation.
02:48It is a continent that is emancipating itself, it is a continent that wants to fix a part of the value chain within the continent,
02:56which requires massive investments in infrastructure, whether it is energy, highways, railways, ports, airports, in logistics areas,
03:07but also that wants to industrialize these economies, because most of the wealth today is exported as raw materials,
03:18and that the continent imports most of its needs, even in food, while it is a continent that has the potential to cover all of its needs.
03:30We have just listened to Mr. Mohamed Ketani, Director General of Tijali Wafa Bank.
03:36I propose to continue to take the pulse of this FIAT 2024 in Casablanca with Mr. Bakari Segah Batili, Director General of APICS,
03:47the Senegalese agency in charge of the promotion and investment of large-scale projects, and who is also taking part in this forum.
03:56Hello to you, sir, and thank you for accepting the invitation from Mediain TV.
04:04Hello, it is a pleasure for me to be among you today.
04:07Thank you.
04:08To start, can you tell us about this FIAT 2024, which more and more affirms its African anchoring with the term chosen this year,
04:18Here, we invest. What inspires you this platform dedicated to strengthening business and intra-African cooperation?
04:28First of all, I would like to thank the Tijali Wafa Bank group for the invitation to organize this large investment market forum in Casablanca.
04:43It is a real pleasure for us to be able to share this moment with our Moroccan brothers and friends, but also with our African brothers and friends.
04:52Today, as you know, we are in a Pan-Africanist approach, as seen by the election of Mr. Bakari Segah Batili.
05:00We, at Nouveau du Senegal, we promote Pan-Africanism in our relations with our African brothers and friends.
05:08And Morocco today is a privileged partner.
05:11As you know, Morocco, beyond economic partnerships, has a long history of traditional partnerships with Senegal, which is multidimensional.
05:20And today, our presence here gives us the opportunity to present to Moroccan investors, but also to African investors, the opportunities for investment in Senegal.
05:30So, this market is a sub-regional integration market, and it strengthens us in the idea that Pan-Africanism today is an opportunity,
05:39through these tools and these devices, including the Azelekaf, which allow today a better integration of our economies.
05:47And it is through this path that we intend to develop Africa today. Indeed, we confirm that here in Africa we invest.
05:54So, you are talking about a regional integration market.
05:59Senegal is currently experiencing a real economic boom in this market.
06:05It will experience an estimated growth of more than 10% in 2025, according to FMI projections in this context.
06:13How is the flow of investments in the Teranga country evolving?
06:22As you know, today, in terms of investment flows, already on the international level, we have been able to note a 2% decline in ideas at the international level and a 3% decline in Africa.
06:35But despite everything, Senegal maintains its ideal level of investment at $2.7 billion.
06:47This constitutes an opportunity for investors to show the resilience of the Senegalese economy.
06:54Today, Senegal, as you have surely followed, has entered the restricted circle of oil and gas-producing countries.
07:02This gives an opportunity, but on which we do not intend to base ourselves only to develop Senegal.
07:07Senegal has a great ambition to become a logistics platform for West Africa,
07:12by implementing structuring infrastructures today in terms of logistics,
07:17but also by developing development poles, by developing areas to accommodate large Senegalese industries.
07:25Senegal relies on its agriculture, on its primary sector, agriculture, livestock and fishing, which give a lot of opportunities.
07:33With 700 km of coastline, today we have access, a privileged access to the sea and the blue economy in its entirety.
07:42Senegal, today, which had to test and this test was conclusive to the introduction of wheat,
07:49gives opportunities. We are producing 800,000 tons of wheat at the moment,
07:54but with a clear progression, this gives us a considerable margin to enter the restricted circle of wheat producers
08:02and to be able to provide the African market with this.
08:07Rice also, we are about 1.5 million paddy rice, but the missing chain for Senegal constitutes the transformation.
08:16Today, we intend to give opportunities to investors here to show them the opportunities
08:25and by saying that Senegal is a land of investment, a land of welcome for the transformation industries,
08:31as Morocco was today, and it gives the opportunity for us and for investors to be able to invest in Senegal.
08:39This opportunity is based on the partnership, because there is a Senegalese private sector that is very strong,
08:44which is ambitious and we are looking for partners to be able to support us in our way of development.
08:49Okay, so before talking about these partners and these partnerships, you have just spoken about it,
08:55you have declined the assets of Senegal in this context of regional market.
09:01What are the other assets of Senegal, but also the obstacles to the growth of IDE?
09:09First, I think that one of the opportunities is to have a president who has a clear and defined vision.
09:18This vision allows us, institutions such as the PIX, which is the Agency for Investment Promotion,
09:23to implement these strategies today, which allow us to facilitate access or to raise the constraints.
09:31Today, we are working on a global strategy that allows us today to raise the constraints on investment.
09:36Among these constraints, we have been able to promote access to funding, access to financing,
09:40and especially the development of infrastructures that allow industries to settle.
09:45Among the challenges today is the structuring of our economy on the basis of industrialization,
09:52and this structuring is an industrial policy.
09:55Yesterday, the President of the Republic declined this strategy and this vision at the Council of Ministers,
10:01by instructing the Minister of Commerce and Economy to define the new industrial policy of Senegal.
10:06In addition, at the level of the PIX, we are committed today to develop areas dedicated to industries,
10:14whether it is the artisanal industry, the industry of the transformation of agricultural products,
10:20but also to welcome today the decline of the exploitation of oil and gas.
10:26Senegal is also a country that produces mines.
10:30Today, we export 400 billion francs CFA in raw materials of gold,
10:39and today we want to set up refinery industries, which is a considerable asset for Senegal.
10:45But beyond this aspect, our big challenge is sub-regional integration.
10:51The Senegalese market is not enough.
10:53We must have a vision of sub-regional integration of 360 million consumers.
10:58This is the approach that we have come to sell today in Morocco,
11:02on the occasion of this investment market.
11:05Okay, so with this ambition and this vision of integration of the sub-regional market,
11:12FIAD obviously presents itself as a platform and an opportunity for a large-scale networking,
11:20what attracts the most, in your opinion, the Moroccans to Senegal?
11:25And what are the prospects in this area of economic cooperation with Morocco?
11:35I think there is a privileged relationship between the Moroccan and the Senegalese.
11:40I think it is something very well known, and we are also proud of it.
11:44Today, Senegal is the first destination country for Morocco's exports.
11:50The first partner of Morocco in sub-Saharan Africa is Senegal.
11:54Today, Senegal benefits from 6% of Morocco's IDEs, which is very considerable.
12:00Today, on the occasion of this investment market,
12:03we have been able to foster firm investment intentions of large Moroccan investors
12:10who are in the Moroccan Patronat.
12:12And we are happy because if we had not come here,
12:15we would not have been able to raise these points of blockade that constitute their investment intentions.
12:21And today, we are very happy to see that large Moroccan employers are more interested in Senegal
12:28and the opportunities for investment, whether in mining, but also in other sectors, including tourism.
12:34Today, Senegal expects to increase its capacity for tourism.
12:39And we are ready to welcome Moroccan investors at this level,
12:42who will find in Senegal a welcoming land,
12:45they will find their brothers and sisters Senegalese,
12:48and they will always be welcome,
12:50and this is already a positive point in our bilateral relations.
12:54Bakary Segah Abatili, thank you very much for being with us.
12:58I remind you that you are the General Director of Apex, the Senegalese agency
13:03responsible for promoting investments and large-scale projects.
13:05Thank you very much.
13:10It is I who thank you.
13:13We continue in Morocco with the moment of delivery,
13:16which has finally arrived for the students of Terminal.
13:19Candidates for the normal Baccalauréat session know their Baccalauréat grades.
13:24I propose an analysis of these results with Shaima Fekri.
13:3067.8%.
13:32This is the success rate of the Baccalauréat this year,
13:35against 59.8% in 2023.
13:38Results with an increase of 8 points.
13:40Of the 493,651 candidates who took the national exam,
13:45245,881 students have successfully passed this normal session.
13:51As every year, the success rate of the girls exceeds that of the boys, 72% of the candidates,
13:58a total of 143,366.
14:01We can take up the challenge.
14:03On the boys' side, the rate has reached 62.6%.
14:07Regarding the obtention of the exemption,
14:09148,362 students,
14:12that is, 54% of the total candidates, have succeeded.
14:16In addition, 147,317 candidates
14:19will pass the tests of the catch-up session on 10, 11, 12 and 13 July 2024,
14:24including 106,725 enrolled candidates and 40,592 free candidates.
14:31The results of this session will be announced on 19 July 2024.
14:35As a reminder, the results are accessible electronically
14:38thanks to the Ministry's digital database.
14:41Three options are offered to students via the Ministry's official website or the Tiling.ma platform.
14:46And the novelty this year is to receive these results
14:49by text messages sent on mobile phones.
14:55Abdel Latif Hammouchi, on a business visit in Germany,
14:58is the Director-General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance.
15:02He met with German Federal Police officials
15:06to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation
15:09in various security areas,
15:11including the fight against terrorism,
15:13organized trans-border crime
15:16and the security of major sporting events.
15:23The distribution of medical aid sent by the Kingdom of Morocco
15:27continues in the Gaza Strip.
15:2940 tonnes of medical products were sent by land
15:34to the south of the Palestinian enclave.
15:36The Al-Hamel Hospital received part of this donation.
15:40Souhej Alley tells us more.
15:42The medical aid ordered by King Mohammed VI
15:45reaches the Al-Hamel Hospital in southern Gaza.
15:49It was composed of 40 tonnes of medical products
15:52containing devices for taking care of burns
15:55and surgical and traumatological emergencies,
15:58as well as first-need medicines,
16:01medical products for both adults and children.
16:05The initiative intervenes at the right time
16:08to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians
16:11who are going through a disastrous humanitarian situation
16:14in the Gaza Strip.
16:15Aid that meets urgent needs
16:17in the face of the difficulties faced by hospitals.
16:20The Palestinian Red Crescent
16:22and the Ministry of Health in Palestine
16:25because of the siege imposed in Gaza
16:27and the shortage of medicines and medical equipment.
16:30A noble gesture, once again illustrating
16:32the human values of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
16:35As a reminder, Moroccan aid was sent
16:38through the same unprecedented land route
16:40taken during the food aid operation
16:43deployed on instructions of the sovereign
16:45in the month of last Ramadan.
16:48Israel does not want a war against Hezbollah in Lebanon,
16:51but nevertheless inflicted enormous damage to this country,
16:54warned the Israeli Minister of Defense.
16:57Israel even has the ability to bring Lebanon
17:00back to the Stone Age.
17:02The case of Zechean has insisted,
17:05Yoav Galant, a threat that concerns the UN,
17:07the head of humanitarian affairs of the UN,
17:09believes that the spread in Lebanon
17:12of the war Israel is waging against Hamas
17:14in the Gaza Strip would be potentially apocalyptic.
17:20Last night, five people were injured in the south
17:24when they were shot down by an Israeli air strike.
17:41The Iranians called for a vote tomorrow.
17:43They must elect a new president
17:45among six candidates.
17:47Initially planned in 2025,
17:49this presidential election was organized
17:51in a few weeks to replace
17:53President Ebrahim Raisi,
17:55killed in a helicopter crash on May 19,
17:59having started the campaign without passion.
18:02The campaign was more controversial
18:04than the previous one in 2021,
18:06thanks in particular to the presence
18:08of Reformer Massoud Bezeke-Yassiant,
18:10who imposed himself as one of the three favorites.
18:13His two main opponents are
18:15the Conservative President of the Parliament,
18:17Mohamed Bagger-Ralibaf,
18:19and Saeed Jalili,
18:21the former negotiator of the nuclear case.
18:30Mark Rutte, officially appointed
18:32Secretary-General of NATO.
18:34The Dutch Prime Minister,
18:36who has been appointed by the 32 member states of NATO.
18:40He will take office on October 1,
18:42replacing the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg.
18:46In office for 10 years,
18:48the new Secretary-General will have composed
18:50the United States,
18:52representing half the military weight
18:54of the Atlantic Alliance,
18:56in particular with the result
18:58of the November US elections.
19:02We must stop Russian aggression,
19:04Putin's aggression.
19:07Together with our partners and allies,
19:09united, determined,
19:11united.
19:14And in the news also,
19:16this attempted coup d'état in Bolivia.
19:18The head of the armed forces
19:20was dismissed and arrested yesterday
19:22after picking up men and armoured men
19:24in front of the presidential palace
19:26of La Paz, of General Juan José Zúñiga,
19:28was apprehended.
19:30He wanted, I quote,
19:32to restructure democracy.
19:34He was taken to the police station
19:36of the Special Forces to fight crime.
19:38He did not yet specify
19:40what the charges against him were.
19:42In a video message to the nation,
19:44alongside his ministers,
19:46President Luis Arce,
19:48for his part, launched an appeal
19:50to mobilisation.
19:52We need the Bolivian people
19:54to organise against the coup d'état
19:56in favour of democracy.
19:58Did he launch it?
20:02Back on the continent,
20:04we are at J-2
20:06of the presidential election.
20:08In Mauritania, seven candidates
20:10are in the running.
20:12Among them, the head of the armed forces,
20:14Mohamed Chirkul Rezouani,
20:16who has been in power for five years.
20:18The election campaign ends today.
20:20This is a report from a workshop
20:22by Sidi Mohamed Chahmed.