This first cohort, composed of 31 high-potential industrial companies operating in strategic sectors (agri-food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and para-chemicals, electricity, and metallurgy), successfully completed an intensive support programme.
This training pathway combined collective sessions, practical workshops and individualised support built around key modules, notably “Entrepreneurial Mindset and Capital Opening,” “Strategy, Governance and Organisation,” “Overview of Financing Solutions,” and “Building and Enhancing the Equity Story.”
The certification of this group marks a decisive milestone. It transforms the potential of these companies into a concrete capacity to reach new levels of growth.
Now equipped with the necessary tools and best practices, these companies are able to effectively structure their growth projects and prepare for financing through the capital market.
Launched on 3 October 2025, the industrial enterprise growth support programme is part of the joint efforts of all partners to energise the capital market and make it a financing lever serving the Kingdom’s industrial sovereignty, in line with the enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, stressed the imperative of scaling up in a context of increased openness of the national economy.
Successful experiences of entrepreneurs who have faced international competition demonstrate, according to him, that Moroccan companies possess the skills and resilience necessary to assert themselves in more structured and competitive markets.
The challenge is not merely individual enrichment, but also the sustainable creation of value and the emergence of national champions capable of multiplying their scale, the minister explained.
In an address delivered on the occasion, the Chief Executive Officer of the Casablanca Stock Exchange, Nasser Seddiqi, underlined that this ceremony marks the completion of a key stage with the awarding of certificates to the 31 companies that took part in this first cohort.
In this regard, he highlighted that this first cohort is part of a sustainable approach, with the imminent launch of the second and third cohorts, with a view to firmly anchoring this programme in the service of national industrial development.
Along the same lines, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Casablanca Stock Exchange, Brahim Benjelloun-Touimi, affirmed that this ceremony consecrates the central place of the Moroccan industrial enterprise in the Kingdom’s development ambition.
The synergy between the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the CGEM, the AMMC and the Casablanca Stock Exchange made it possible to implement the “Croissance” programme, the result of the convergence of the expertise of these four institutions in the service of a new development trajectory for the selected companies, he stated.
For his part, the President of the CGEM, Chakib Alj, indicated that the objective of the programme is not to multiply stock market listings in the short term nor to artificially push companies towards operations for which they would not be ready. According to him, the initiative is designed within a long-term logic aimed at building a solid, credible and structured pipeline of companies capable of accessing the capital market under optimal conditions.
Mr Alj noted that participating companies undertook in-depth work on determining dimensions, notably governance, the reliability of financial information, internal organisation and the capacity to project themselves over the long term.
As for the Acting Director of the Treasury and External Finance at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Tarik Bchir, he observed that this initiative proves that sustainable economic development is based on effective convergence between public action, the financial market and private sector commitment, considering that this dynamic constitutes a strategic lever to support the transformation of the national productive fabric.
Industrial growth, he argued, cannot be sustainable without coherent articulation between the real economy, the financial sphere and the entrepreneurial ecosystem, specifying that the objective is to strengthen the capacities of national champions, structure their development trajectory and create the conditions for more robust, inclusive and sustainable growth, commensurate with the Kingdom’s economic ambitions.
During the ceremony, the call for expressions of interest for the second and third cohorts of the programme was officially launched, reaffirming the partners’ determination to embed this initiative over the long term.
Through this programme, the partners reaffirm their commitment to supporting the growth of Moroccan companies and contributing to the building of a competitive, solid and sustainable economic fabric. They also underline the central role of the capital market, particularly the Stock Exchange, in financing the national economy.
Editorial team/le7tv