Start this Wednesday of the first edition of the investment forum in collaboration between the agency for the promotion of investments in Mauritania and the Islamic center for the promotion of trade.
This is the second edition of the investment forum “Islamic Center Investment Days for Trade Development.
The organization of this second edition in Nouakchott, intervenes in reaction to economic developments and the efforts made in recent years to promote investment and the improvement of the business climate according to a press release from the agency for the promotion of investments in Mauritania .
According to the agency’s press release, political stability, economic growth and Mauritania’s privileged geographical position, which gives it a set of diversified natural resources, have enabled it in recent years to establish itself among the most attractive countries in the region.
The forum “investment days of the Islamic center for the development of trade” which constitutes a high-level meeting, is intended to shed light on the opportunities for new investments in Mauritania and will also constitute an opportunity to consolidate the economic relations between Mauritania and the 56 member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
This forum will be attended by hundreds of economic promoters including nearly 60 foreign investors from the public and private sectors, institutions for the promotion of investments, unions of businessmen, professional associations, bankers and companies. insurance.
The work of the forum will focus on workshop work, the exhibition of structural projects for investors in different priority sectors such as basic infrastructure, renewable energy, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, tourism , information technology, extractive industry and public-private partnership projects.
The opening ceremony will be presided over by Prime Minister Mohamed Bilal Messaoud and the Secretary General of the Islamic Cooperation Organization Houceïn Ibrahim Taha at the Nouakchott Congress Palace.
During the first day, two sessions will be organized with the participation of decision-makers and experts from both the public and private sectors.
the first will focus on the issue of financing the economy with intelligence and comprehensiveness, while the second will deal with the subject “Mauritania in full swing: reaching a higher level”.
The workshops will be an opportunity to expose the current portfolios of projects to investors and one of them is intended to consolidate financial integration for women’s establishments in Mauritania through the “AFAWA” initiative under the African bank of development.
The second day will be devoted exclusively to visiting strategic project sites located in Nouakchott.
