
{"id":24763,"date":"2021-11-18T02:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T02:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-regional-hub-for-sustainable-energy-solutions-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T07:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:26:58","slug":"a-vision-of-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vision of Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1.jpg\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24767\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-photo-1-840x840.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Masahide Honda<\/strong>, Director of JETRO Rabat  |  \u00a9 JETRO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Manufacturers, especially in the automotive and electronic fields are expanding their businesses in Morocco. Much of their investments are going into Morocco\u2019s various free trade zones, which have also attracted companies from the service sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interest, initiatives and investments towards a greener Morocco are growing. Morocco aims to source more than 50% of its energy from renewable sources, particularly wind, water and solar, by 2030. There are also some investments related to the production of electric vehicles. Japanese in related fields should be interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morocco has free trade agreements with more than 50 countries and regions including with the EU, USA, Turkey, and Arabic Countries.&nbsp; These free trade agreements make it easier for products being manufactured in Morocco to be exported into the world market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>I would like to introduce more Japanese businessmen to opportunities in Morocco and the North African region, matching them especially to start-ups across various growth industries.<\/p><cite><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"><strong>Masahide Honda<\/strong>, Director of JETRO Rabat<\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanese companies have discovered Morocco to be a gateway to Africa with a very stable business environment and many advantages for those exporting to the EU and the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to introduce more Japanese businessmen to opportunities in Morocco and the North African region, matching them especially to start-ups across various growth industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetro.go.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>www.jetro.go.jp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insights from Masahide Honda, Director of JETRO Rabat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[331,292,259,1010,204,279],"tags":[506],"class_list":{"0":"post-24763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-331","8":"category-articles","9":"category-bridging-japan","10":"category-government-morocco","11":"category-government","12":"category-morocco","13":"tag-industrial"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Vision of Morocco - Bridges Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Vision of Morocco - Bridges Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Insights from Masahide Honda, Director of JETRO Rabat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bridges Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/synergymediaspecialists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-18T02:20:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-14T07:26:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bridges by SMS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bridges by SMS\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/\",\"name\":\"A Vision of Morocco - Bridges Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-18T02:20:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-14T07:26:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7a4090b647c4c9fb01c40b70d8646764\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg\",\"width\":\"800\",\"height\":\"533\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Vision of Morocco\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/\",\"name\":\"Bridges Magazine\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7a4090b647c4c9fb01c40b70d8646764\",\"name\":\"Bridges by SMS\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_20220708_094049-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_20220708_094049-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bridges by SMS\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/author\/benj\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Vision of Morocco - Bridges Magazine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Vision of Morocco - Bridges Magazine","og_description":"Insights from Masahide Honda, Director of JETRO Rabat","og_url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/","og_site_name":"Bridges Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/synergymediaspecialists","article_published_time":"2021-11-18T02:20:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-14T07:26:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bridges by SMS","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bridges by SMS","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/","url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/","name":"A Vision of Morocco - Bridges Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-18T02:20:55+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-14T07:26:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7a4090b647c4c9fb01c40b70d8646764"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI.jpg","width":"800","height":"533"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/a-vision-of-morocco\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Vision of Morocco"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/","name":"Bridges Magazine","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/7a4090b647c4c9fb01c40b70d8646764","name":"Bridges by SMS","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_20220708_094049-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_20220708_094049-96x96.jpg","caption":"Bridges by SMS"},"url":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/author\/benj\/"}]}},"author_meta":{"display_name":"Bridges by SMS","author_link":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/author\/benj\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MA21-JETRO-FI-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/year\/2021\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">2021<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Articles<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bridging Japan<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/morocco\/government-morocco\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Government<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/industries\/government\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Government<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/morocco\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Morocco<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">2021<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Articles<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bridging Japan<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Government<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Government<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Morocco<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/category\/articles\/bridging-japan\/morocco\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Industrial<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Industrial<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 18, 2021","modified":"Updated on November 14, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 18, 2021 2:20 am","modified":"Updated on November 14, 2025 7:26 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79103,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24763\/revisions\/79103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}