MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 17/02/2025
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00:00Hello and welcome to your Economic Crossroads on Medi-1.
00:12We start in Morocco with an amendment to Law 1333 relating to the mining sector
00:17and still with the Secretary General of the Government for final adjustments.
00:22The new motion wants to better value resources and also involve the SMEs
00:26in the prospecting and exploitation efforts.
00:29Via its website, the motion has been submitted to the general public for some time
00:35where it has sought several criticisms, particularly from operators in the sector.
00:40The reproaches include the draconian conditions imposed
00:44and which can exclude SMEs from obtaining research permits or exploitation licenses.
00:49It is also a question of ensuring safety in the workplaces and preserving the environment.
00:54The mining sector accounts for an average of 10% of Morocco's GDP.
00:59The Kingdom benefits from a significant wealth in this area.
01:02In addition to phosphates, it has many deposits that are poorly exploited or undervalued.
01:08Still in Morocco, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
01:11has just approved a new green financing programme.
01:14With 250 million euros, the MIGEF aims to support medium-sized ecological investments
01:21via loans granted to local banks that will redistribute them to Moroccan companies.
01:26Co-financed in part by Canada, this programme already provides a line of financing of 30 million euros
01:31in favour of the BMCI, the first partner bank of this initiative.
01:35The funds are used for investments related to renewable energies,
01:39to industrial energy efficiency, to ecological buildings,
01:43to the energy appreciation of waste, to adaptation to climate change and to the circular economy.
01:49The projects on renewable energies will be upheld at 20 MW of installed capacity
01:54and those on non-renewable energies will be upheld at 15 million euros.
01:59Since 2012, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
02:03operates in the southern and eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin.
02:07Out of a total of 24 billion euros of investments approved to date,
02:11more than 5.1 billion euros have been allocated to Morocco.
02:16In the national news, Hydrogile, a subsidiary of INOVX,
02:19has obtained a 30 million euro subsidy from the Power2X Development Fund
02:24to accelerate the development of the JORV Hydrogen Platform.
02:27This project aims to produce 100,000 tonnes of green ammonia per year by 2026,
02:31joining the OCP Group's strategy for more sustainable and low-carbon production.
02:36Developed by Hydrogile for the OCP Group, the JORV Hydrogen Platform
02:41aims to produce 100,000 tonnes of green ammonia per year by 2026.
02:46This project aims to produce 1 million tonnes of green ammonia by 2027
02:53and 3 million by 2032.
02:55Ammonia plays a central role in fertiliser production,
02:58but its conventional production remains heavily carbonised.
03:02Thanks to the exploitation of green hydrogen,
03:04the JORV Hydrogen Platform aims to significantly reduce the carbon footprint
03:09of the food chain of the Hungarians,
03:11consolidating the OCP Group's commitment to sustainable agriculture
03:16and energy transition.
03:18In other national news,
03:20Salamaroc is bidding for 50 million dirhams of Salafin shares
03:23and is below the 10% threshold in the capital of the latter.
03:27Salamaroc has proceeded with the sale of 90,500 Salafin shares
03:31on the central market of the Casablanca Stock Exchange,
03:34making a transaction of a total amount of 50 million dirhams.
03:38This session, held on February 11, 2025,
03:41at a unit price of 552.50 dirhams,
03:44led the insurer to break the 10% participation threshold
03:48in the capital of the financing company,
03:51as announced by the Moroccan Capital Market Authority.
03:54The net result of Salamaroc was 418 million dirhams in 2024,
03:59a 5.5% increase from 2023.
04:03At the end of this operation,
04:05Salamaroc now holds 300,685 Salafin shares,
04:09representing a 9.62% share in the capital.
04:14And finally for Clore, your economic newspaper,
04:17the International Financial Society
04:19will invest 1.35 billion dirhams in Hallmark Home Finance.
04:23The Competition Council has been notified
04:25of an economic concentration operation
04:28on the entry of the International Financial Society
04:31in the capital of Hallmark Home Finance Company.
04:34This investment of 1.35 billion dirhams
04:37aims to acquire by IFC a minority share of 18.62%
04:43alongside the historic shareholder, the Hallmark Home Group.
04:46The operation is part of the expansion
04:49of the partnership between IFC and Hallmark Home,
04:51announced on December 12,
04:53and which aims to improve access to financing
04:55and insurance in Africa.
04:57The main objective is to support the development
05:00of small and medium-sized businesses,
05:02in particular those run by women
05:04and those engaged in climate projects,
05:06while reinforcing the group's banking
05:08and insurance activities.
05:10That was the main piece of your economic news.
05:13Enjoy the rest of the programme on our antennas.